Bowling Green, KY Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

City Code Sec. 22-4.07 provides that no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than the expeditious unloading and delivery, or pick-up and loading, of materials or passengers in any place marked as a loading zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. Use of a loading zone during those hours is limited to vehicles bearing commercial or combination license plates from any state, and in no case may the stop exceed thirty minutes.

Because loading zones fall under Chapter 22's parking regulations, enforcement runs through the same Sec. 22-6 citation process: an officer notes the vehicle and the specific section violated on a citation, and the registered owner is responsible for the resulting civil penalty. Sec. 22-6.03 sets that penalty at $25 per violation, doubling to $50 if not paid or appealed to the City of Bowling Green Code Enforcement and Nuisance Board within 14 days, with collection costs added on top. Each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense under Sec.

22-4.10. A passenger vehicle without commercial plates that stops in a marked loading zone, even briefly, is out of compliance because the statute limits zone use to commercial or combination-plated vehicles, not merely to a time window.