Greenwich, CT Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed duration
- Only as long as loading/unloading takes
- Fine
- $55.00 (Sec. 14-34(b))
- Governing schedule
- Schedule XIV loading zones (Sec. 14-18)
- Appeal window
- 15 days, online request to PAHO
- Late fine
- Doubles at 15 days, triples at 30
Summary
Sec. 14-18 of the Code of Ordinances limits any vehicle in a Schedule XIV loading or unloading zone to only as long as loading or unloading actually takes; lingering past that draws a fifty-five dollar fine under the Sec. 14-34(b) penalty schedule.
Sec. 14-18. - Loading zones. No operator of any vehicle shall park for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or materials in any place designated as a loading or unloading zone in Schedule XIV, attached to and made a part of this chapter. (See Schedule XIV.) ... Loading zone $55.00
Full Breakdown
Sec. 14-18 governs every loading and unloading zone the Town designates in Schedule XIV of the Code of Ordinances. It limits an operator to parking there only for the time actually needed to load or unload passengers or materials; once that task is finished, continuing to occupy the space is a violation even if no time-limit sign is posted, because the ordinance ties the allowed duration to the activity itself rather than a fixed number of minutes. Loading zones sit within the same Article 2 framework as Greenwich's other parking schedules, so Sec.
14-25 makes clear a street or lot can be subject to more than one restriction at once and, where rules conflict, the stricter one controls. The Sec. 14-34(b) penalty table fines a loading-zone violation fifty-five dollars under the 'Loading zone' line item, the same rate charged for double parking or parking within ten feet of a fire hydrant. As with any Chapter 14 ticket, Sec. 14-34(a) allows an officer to serve the notice on the driver directly or by attaching it to the vehicle, giving fifteen days to pay, and Sec.
14-34(c) lets the recipient request an online appeal hearing with a Parking Appeal Hearing Officer within that same window before the fine can double or triple under Sec. 14-34(d).
Violations & Fines
Parking longer than actually needed to load or unload in a Sec. 14-18 zone is fined fifty-five dollars under the 'Loading zone' line of the Sec. 14-34(b) penalty schedule. Ignoring the ticket doubles the fine after fifteen days and triples it after thirty days under Sec. 14-34(d), and the registered owner is presumed to be the violator under Sec. 14-35.
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