Chandler, AZ Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

2, "Parking in alleys prohibited; exceptions," starts from a general ban: no person may park a vehicle or trailer in any alley within Chandler city limits. The Code carves out two narrow exceptions that cover commercial loading activity. First, a vehicle or trailer may stop in an alley for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, but only if it never completely obstructs or blocks normal traffic passage through the alley. Second, a vehicle may stop for repair service when necessary to load or unload tools or parts for that service.

Critically, the exception is time-limited: any vehicle or trailer stopped or parked in an alley and left unattended for more than 10 minutes is deemed a violation regardless of the loading purpose, so a driver has to stay with the vehicle or clear the alley quickly. This alley rule works alongside the separate zoning restriction in § 35-1802(8), which bars alleys serving commercial or industrial uses next to a single-family residential district from being used as access to a parking or loading area unless the City has authorized that arrangement through a use permit, meaning a business abutting a residential zone cannot route its delivery trucks through a back alley without approval from the Zoning Administrator.

2 sits with the Chandler Police Department and code enforcement staff, who can cite drivers on the spot for unattended or obstructing vehicles; there is no separate loading-zone permit or time-of-day schedule set in this section beyond the 10-minute unattended limit.