Auburn, AL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Auburn treats loading and unloading as a limited exception to its parking restrictions rather than an open-ended right. For large vehicles, the city's rule allows a commercial motor vehicle, utility trailer, or semi-trailer over seven (7) feet wide or twenty-five (25) feet long onto a public street, alley, or other public way only for loading and unloading not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours (with separate 72-hour exceptions for permitted construction and adjacent-business use). Designated curb loading zones, where marked, are reserved for vehicles actively engaged in loading or unloading passengers or freight, and a vehicle should not occupy a loading zone for general parking. In Downtown Auburn, surface (on-street) spaces are governed by the two-hour metered limit enforced 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday at $1 per hour, so deliveries to downtown businesses must work within posted loading-zone signage and the metered window. The Zoning Ordinance also requires off-street loading and parking facilities to be designed into commercial and industrial sites so that loading does not have to occur in the public street. Because specific posted loading-zone time limits are set by signage, drivers should follow the posted sign at each zone in addition to the 24-hour cap for oversized vehicles.