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Chelan County, WA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Sleepy Hollow Road loading zone
20-minute parking limit
Wapato Way loading zone
15-minute parking limit
Outside loading zones on Sleepy Hollow Rd
No parking 24 hours per day
Signage authority
Chelan County Public Works

Summary

Chelan County designates specific loading and unloading areas on county roads with short time limits, such as a 20-minute allowance near the Sleepy Hollow Bridge and a 15-minute allowance on Wapato Way, set out in the Chelan County Code § 9.12.010 parking table.

These county ordinances apply to unincorporated areas of Chelan County. Incorporated cities within the county may have their own rules that take precedence over county-level regulations.

32. On both sides of Sleepy Hollow Road in the vicinity of Sleepy Hollow Bridge, from Lower Sunnyslope Road to the Burlington Northern Railroad crossing, located in Section 19, Township 23 North, Range 20 East, W.M., except in designated loading/unloading areas. Loading/unloading areas: 20-minute parking. No parking areas: no parking 24 hours per day. ... 59. North side of Wapato Way, one parking stall on either side of its intersection with Green Avenue, located in Section 35, Township 28 North, Range 21 East, W/M. Loading and unloading areas: 15 minute parking.

Full Breakdown

Rather than a single county-wide loading zone ordinance, Chelan County builds loading zone time limits into the same road-by-road parking restriction table used for other on-street parking rules. On Sleepy Hollow Road, near the Sleepy Hollow Bridge between Lower Sunnyslope Road and the Burlington Northern Railroad crossing, parking is otherwise banned except in designated loading and unloading areas, where drivers get twenty minutes; everywhere else on that stretch parking is prohibited around the clock. On the north side of Wapato Way at its intersection with Green Avenue, the designated loading and unloading area allows fifteen minutes.

040, where parking areas labeled "loading zone" may be used only for that purpose or by the class of persons designated on the sign, and vehicles parked contrary to the courthouse parking rules are towed and stored at the owner's expense. Public Works installs and maintains the signage that fixes each zone's boundaries and time limit, and the Sheriff's Office and, for courthouse-area limited-time parking, the City of Wenatchee under an interlocal agreement, cite vehicles that overstay.

Violations & Fines

Overstaying a posted loading/unloading time limit or parking in a no-parking area outside the designated loading zone on these road segments is enforced as a parking violation on county right-of-way, carrying the same one-hundred-dollar traffic infraction that applies to posted no-parking zones, with vehicles subject to towing at the owner's expense where posted.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long can a vehicle park in a designated Chelan County loading zone?
It depends on the road; § 9.12.010 sets a 20-minute limit for the loading/unloading area near Sleepy Hollow Bridge and a 15-minute limit for the loading and unloading area on Wapato Way at Green Avenue.
Can I park anywhere else on Sleepy Hollow Road near the bridge?
No. Outside the designated loading/unloading area, § 9.12.010 bans parking on both sides of that stretch of Sleepy Hollow Road twenty-four hours a day.
Are there loading zone rules near the Chelan County Courthouse?
Yes. Section 9.12.040 lets the county designate courthouse parking areas as "loading zone" or for other specific purposes, and vehicles parked contrary to the posted designation are towed and stored at the owner's expense.

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