Georgetown, KY Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Georgetown handles loading zones in two steps. First, § 38-100(b) gives the city engineer, in consultation with the traffic committee as necessary, the power to designate and determine parking and loading zones for passenger and freight vehicles and to determine and fix the time limit for parking on streets and parts thereof. Section 38-100(c) authorizes the engineer to erect and maintain appropriate signs, devices, marks and lines upon any street. Second, § 38-109(a)(15) makes it unlawful to stop, stand or park a vehicle in a loading zone except when conducting the lawful loading or unloading of passengers or materials. The exception covers both people and goods.

The sections read print no loading zone hours, no maximum minutes and no weight classes. Those details come from the zone as designated and signed. Section 38-103 requires that when signs giving notice of restricted parking are erected, no person shall park a vehicle in a place so designated, and a vehicle parked in violation is declared a public nuisance that a police officer of the city is authorized to cause to be removed and impounded.

Trucks and business vehicles have a related rule. Under § 38-116(b), the parking of trucks, trailers, equipment and disabled automobiles on the streets or parking lots of the city is prohibited except for the purpose of loading or unloading or another legitimate business purpose, and city vehicles and city unattended trailers are exempt. In that section a truck means any truck vehicle of above one-ton rating. Section 38-116(e) separately makes it unlawful for any vehicle sales facility, repair shop, tire shop, accessory store, filling station or other establishment to use any part of a street, including sidewalks, or a city-owned parking lot for storage, repair, adjustment or equipment of vehicles or accessories.

Section 38-109(c) authorizes any police enforcement officer or citation officer to issue citations for violations of the section.