Fullerton, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Set by
- City Traffic Engineer + Transportation Commission
- Allowed locations
- Business Districts, schools, assembly halls
- Max curb reserved
- Half of block's total curb length
- Loading Only marking
- Yellow paint, black stenciled letters
- Passenger Loading Only marking
- White paint, black stenciled letters
- Adopted
- Ordinance 996 (1959), amended 1991
Summary
Fullerton's City Traffic Engineer, with Transportation and Circulation Commission approval, marks loading zones and passenger loading zones under FMC § 8.44.100, but only in Business Districts or in front of schools, assembly halls or public buildings. No more than half of any block's total curb length may be reserved this way. Yellow paint marks freight loading zones; white paint marks passenger loading zones.
§ 8.44.100 AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH LOADING ZONES.
(A) Engineer. The City Traffic Engineer, with the approval of the Transportation and Circulation Commission, is authorized to determine and to mark by signs or curb markings loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows: in Business Districts or in front of a school, public assembly hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly.
(B) Curb length. In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes.
(C) Loading only. Whenever curb marking is used, loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint stenciled with black letters, "Loading Only," upon the top of all curbs within such zones.
(D) Passenger loading. Whenever curb marking is used, passenger loading zone shall be indicated by white paint stenciled with black letters, "Passenger Loading Only," upon the top of all curbs in said zone.
Full Breakdown
100 gives the City Traffic Engineer authority, with the Transportation and Circulation Commission's approval, to designate loading zones and passenger loading zones by sign or curb marking, but only in Business Districts or in front of a school, public assembly hall or other place used for public assembly. The section caps how much curb any one loading purpose can consume: no more than half of the total curb length in a given block may be reserved for loading zone purposes. or on Sundays and holidays; a white curb is limited to 3 minutes for passenger loading only, with narrower exceptions for closed theaters and auditoriums. The loading-zone authority dates to Ordinance 996 in 1959 and was amended twice in 1991 by Ordinances 2771 and 2787.
Violations & Fines
Loading zone violations are enforced as Title 8 infractions under FMC § 1.08.020, with fines up to $100 for a first conviction, $200 for a second within a year and $250 for a third or subsequent conviction within that year. Parking control officers and police may cite a vehicle that overstays a marked yellow or white curb or that parks in a zone without engaging in loading.
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