Clovis, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Materials loading limit
- 20 minutes, commercial vehicles only (§ 4.5.1220)
- Passenger loading limit
- 3 minutes (§ 4.5.1220, § 4.5.1240)
- Yellow zone hours
- 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., except Sundays/holidays (§ 4.5.1210)
- Max curb reserved per block
- One-half of total curb length (§ 4.5.1200)
- Curb color code
- Yellow=materials, white=passengers (§ 4.5.1200)
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor up to $1,000/6 months, or infraction fine (§ 1.2.01)
Summary
Clovis marks curb loading zones in yellow paint and passenger zones in white under Municipal Code § 4.5.1200, and the City Engineer can reserve at most half a block's curb for them. A commercial vehicle gets 20 minutes to load or unload materials in a yellow zone; loading or unloading passengers, in either zone, is capped at three minutes.
(a) Permission granted in this chapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty (20) minutes. (b) The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries and to the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. (c) Permission granted in this chapter to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend the time necessary thereof, and in no event for more than three (3) minutes.
Full Breakdown
1200, the City Engineer is authorized to establish loading zones in the Central Traffic District, any business district, or in front of business entrances and public-assembly halls, but no more than half the total curb length in any block may be reserved for loading purposes. Loading zones are marked with yellow paint on top of the curb; passenger loading zones use white paint. on any day except Sundays and holidays, other than to load or unload passengers or materials, and passenger loading in a yellow zone cannot exceed three minutes.
mail packages; passenger loading, including personal baggage, is capped at three minutes. 1240 applies the same three-minute passenger cap to white passenger zones. 1250. The rules trace to Ordinance 390, effective December 1, 1965, as amended by Ordinance 94-6, effective March 24, 1994, and Ordinance 99-17, effective August 11, 1999.
Violations & Fines
Standing beyond the time limit or using a marked loading zone for any purpose other than loading (§ 4.5.1230, § 4.5.1240) is a Municipal Code violation. Under the general penalty section, § 1.2.01, a violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both, unless the City Attorney or a court treats it as an infraction, which carries escalating fines of $100, $200, and $500 for a first, second, and third violation of the same provision within a year.
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