Baldwin Park, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- BPMC § 72.35
- Curb cap
- Max 50% of block curb length
- Loading zone color
- Yellow curb paint
- Passenger zone color
- White curb paint
- Loading hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except Sun./holidays
- Time limits
- 3 min. passengers, 20 min. materials
Summary
Baldwin Park's Public Works Director may mark loading and passenger loading zones near commercial areas and business entrances, but no more than half the curb length on any block may be reserved that way. Loading zones are painted yellow, passenger zones white, under Section 72.35.
§ 72.35 AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING ZONES. ... (A) The Director of Public Works is authorized to determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: (1) At any place adjacent to a commercial area where traffic safety permits... (B) In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes. (C) Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top of and face of all curbs in the zones. (D) Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top of and face of all curbs in the zones. ('83 Code § 10.40.010) (Ord. 845, passed - -82)
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code Section 72.35, Authority to Establish Loading Zones, authorizes the Director of Public Works to determine and mark loading zones and passenger loading zones at any place adjacent to a commercial area where traffic safety permits, or in front of a business entrance, hall, or public-assembly place where traffic safety allows it. Subsection (B) caps how much curb the city can hand over to loading: in no event may more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
Subsections (C) and (D) fix the color code, yellow paint on the top and face of the curb for general loading zones and white paint for passenger loading zones, both dating to 1983 Code Section 10.40.010 under Ordinance 845. The companion Section 72.36 spells out what the yellow marking means in practice: no stopping, standing or parking between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than loading or unloading, and even then passenger loading is capped at three minutes while loading of materials is capped at 20 minutes.
Outside those hours the space reverts to ordinary parking. A business owner who needs a loading zone in front of a storefront applies through Public Works, which evaluates the traffic-safety impact under Section 72.35(A) before marking the curb.
Violations & Fines
Stopping, standing or parking in a marked loading zone outside the permitted loading or unloading use, or beyond the three-minute passenger or 20-minute material time limit set in Section 72.36, is enforceable under Section 72.36(A)(2) and carries a civil parking penalty per Section 10.99(F).
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