Cambridge, MA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

83 (first bay required at 5,000 to 10,000 square feet of gross floor area depending on category). 93 targets noise and light near homes directly: loading bays must be enclosed in a structure if they sit within 50 feet of a Residence District and serve a use with regular night operation, such as a bakery, restaurant, hotel, or bottling plant, and any lighting installed at the bay must be arranged so it does not shine directly onto a street or adjacent property. 95 bars any reduction in a loading facility's usable capacity once installed unless the change still conforms to Article 6.

except on signed, designated truck routes (Brattle Street, Mount Auburn Street, JFK Street, Main Street, Galileo Galilei Way, Binney Street, First Street, Cambridge Street, Broadway, and Vassar Street among them) or when a delivery or pickup requires leaving those routes locally. Putnam Avenue, Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, and Warren Street bar trucks of that weight at all times except for deliveries on those streets, while River Street and Western Avenue stay open at all times to hazardous-materials carriers.