Glendale, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Materials loading limit
- 20 minutes, commercial vehicles only
- Passenger loading limit
- 3 minutes, incl. baggage
- Curb space cap
- 1/2 of block's curb length
- Curb markings
- Yellow (materials), white (passengers)
- Bus zone length
- 80 ft, up to 125 ft w/ council OK
Summary
Glendale limits curbside loading zones to commercial vehicles under Municipal Code Section 10.32.040: material deliveries get up to twenty minutes and only for commercial drop-offs, express packages or U.S. mail, while passenger loading, including baggage, is capped at three minutes. No more than half of any block's curb length can be set aside as a loading zone under Section 10.32.020.
A. Permission granted by this chapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty minutes. B. The loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial deliveries, also the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. C. Permission granted in this chapter to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage but shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than three minutes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4983441; v20 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
010 to designate loading zones and passenger loading zones anywhere in a business district or in front of any place of business, hall or assembly venue. 020 limits how much curb the city can hand over to this use: no more than one-half of the total curb length in any block may be reserved for loading zone purposes. 030 requires the zones to be marked with a yellow paint line stenciled 'LOADING ONLY' in black letters for material loading, and a white line stenciled 'PASSENGER LOADING ONLY' for passenger zones.
040: permission to stop for loading or unloading materials is restricted to commercial vehicles, and even then it cannot run past twenty minutes; that same materials allowance covers commercial deliveries plus express, parcel post and United States mail pickups and drop-offs, not personal errands. Passenger loading, including personal baggage, is capped at three minutes regardless of vehicle type. 050 also dictates how a commercial vehicle must sit while loading: with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of the curb, unless angle parking is authorized or the vehicle is on one of the few streets where left-side parking is allowed.
060. 070: they cannot exceed eighty feet unless the traffic and transportation administrator finds a documented need to extend one, and even an extended zone cannot pass one hundred twenty-five feet without city council approval.
Violations & Fines
Overstaying a loading zone's time limit, using one for a non-commercial purpose, or parking in the wrong position at the curb are each cited under the applicable section of Chapter 10.32 as a Title 10 infraction subject to Section 1.20.010(C)'s council-set fine, capped at $500 per violation. An unauthorized vehicle standing in a marked bus zone under Section 10.32.070(E) is cited the same way, and repeated use of the same loading zone for personal parking can draw a citation each time the vehicle returns.
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