Dunwoody, GA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- §§ 30-115, 30-116
- Zone authority
- Public works dept. sets location/hours
- Freight zone use
- Trucks only, actual loading/unloading
- Passenger exception
- Brief stop to load/unload passengers
- Enforcement condition
- Requires posted signs (§ 30-102)
Summary
Dunwoody lets the public works department designate passenger and freight curb loading zones and post the hours they apply. Inside a marked freight zone, section 30-116 limits trucks to actual loading or unloading and bars any other vehicle from stopping there to load or unload materials during posted hours.
The public works department may determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating them and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable. ... (a)No person shall stop, stand or park a truck for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a freight curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to these zones are in effect, nor stop, stand or park any other vehicle for the unloading or loading of materials.(b)The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily at a place marked as a freight curb loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any motor vehicle used for the transportation of materials which is waiting to enter or about to enter the zone.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 49).
Full Breakdown
Sections 30-115 and 30-116 of the traffic code govern curb loading in Dunwoody. Section 30-115 gives the public works department authority to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and requires it to place and maintain signs marking them and stating the hours during which the zone restrictions apply; outside those posted hours, the space functions as ordinary curb parking. Section 30-116(a) then restricts a marked freight curb loading zone during its posted hours: no one may stop, stand or park a truck there for any purpose other than the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, and no other vehicle may stop there to load or unload materials at all.
Section 30-116(b) carves out a narrow exception for passenger vehicles, which may stop temporarily in a freight zone to load or unload passengers, but only while actually engaged in doing so and only if the stop does not interfere with a delivery truck waiting to enter or about to enter the zone. Because enforcement depends on posted signage under section 30-102, a curb space that has not been marked and signed as a loading zone is not subject to these restrictions and functions as regular parking.
Violations & Fines
Parking a non-loading vehicle in a marked freight curb loading zone during its posted hours, or leaving a delivery truck there longer than needed to load or unload, is a Code violation under section 30-116. A passenger vehicle that lingers in the zone beyond an actual passenger drop-off, or that blocks a waiting delivery truck, is likewise a violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I park in a Dunwoody freight loading zone to run an errand?
Who decides where loading zones are and what hours they operate?
Can I drop off a passenger in a freight loading zone?
Sources & Official References
Other rules in Dunwoody
Compare Dunwoody to another location·View the Georgia parking rules overview
See something wrong?
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.