Cupertino designates commercial and passenger loading zones by curb color. Yellow curbs allow 20 minutes for commercial loading and white curbs allow three minutes for passenger loading, with strict time limits enforced by citation.
Cupertino's Code Enforcement parking guidance sets loading-zone rules through painted-curb designations backed by CMC Title 11 and the California Vehicle Code. A yellow curb is a commercial loading zone with a 20-minute limit for loading or unloading passengers and materials. A white curb is a passenger loading zone with a three-minute limit for loading or unloading passengers only. Green curbs allow 12-minute limited parking between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Loading zones are intended for active loading only; leaving a vehicle unattended or exceeding the posted time turns lawful loading into a parking violation subject to citation.
Exceeding the 20-minute (yellow) or 3-minute (white) loading limits, or misusing a loading zone for general parking, is a citable violation. Parking fines in Cupertino range from about $35 to $336.
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