Bryan, TX Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Sec. 118-94 of the Bryan Code of Ordinances governs what a driver may do in any place marked as a loading zone. The city manager designates these zones citywide, by sign, after an engineering and traffic investigation shows the zone serves public interest and safety.

The core sentence is written as a prohibition with a single carve-out. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle 'for any purpose or length of time' other than the expeditious unloading of material or persons. Stopping, standing and parking are all named, so a driver waiting at the wheel in a Bryan loading zone is treated the same as a parked car. The word 'expeditious' matters as well. The loading has to be under way and moving along, and it cannot serve as a reason to hold the space.

The restriction runs 'during the hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect'. Each zone's posted hours set the enforcement window, so the sign at the zone controls when the limit applies.

The closing sentence sets a hard ceiling. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes. The phrase 'in no case' means a delivery that is still in progress does not extend the time. The 30-minute figure is attached to materials. Passenger vehicles may stop briefly at a marked curb-loading zone, but only while actively loading or unloading people.

Any other stop, stand, or park in a marked zone is a violation under Ch. 118.