Elyria, OH Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 351.09 of the Elyria Traffic Code, passed by the Elyria City Council as Ordinance 61-39 on 3-20-61, sets the rules for truck loading zones on the streets of the City of Elyria in Lorain County, Ohio. Division (a) covers passenger cars and everything else that is not a commercial vehicle: no one can stop, stand or park such a vehicle in a place marked as a truck zone from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., because the zone is reserved for loading purposes during that window.

Division (b) covers commercial vehicles themselves. A commercial vehicle can stop in a marked truck zone only for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, during the hours when the truck zone provisions apply. The cap is thirty minutes for any one stop for loading and unloading of materials, and the section prints no extension.

Division (c) steers deliveries toward the alley. Where an alley abuts the building receiving the delivery or pickup, and the building has an entrance or exit to the alley, commercial vehicles shall, where practical, load and unload from the alley.

Neighboring sections fill in the picture. Section 351.11(b) bars stopping, standing or parking within an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed 30 minutes. Section 351.155 limits trucks and trailers on residential streets to ten minutes while receiving or discharging goods, wares or merchandise. Section 351.04(a) lets a driver who cannot reach the curb stop as close as possible, only for the time necessary to load or unload merchandise.