Gretna, LA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Sec. 15 and last amended by Ordinance No. 4564 in 2014, sits in Article II (Stopping, Standing and Parking) of Chapter 52 (Traffic and Vehicles). It bars anyone from stopping or parking 'for any purpose or period of time' in a place signed as a loading/freight zone, except for the expeditious loading or unloading of merchandise. The section then adds a hard cap for delivery vehicles that are actually using the zone for its purpose: even a delivery vehicle may not remain in the zone longer than 45 minutes.

A vehicle that is not actively loading or unloading merchandise has no right to be there at all, regardless of how briefly it stops. The zone must be 'signed' to be enforceable, meaning the city posts the specific loading/freight zone signage on the block before the restriction applies; there is no citywide default loading zone without signage. This section sits alongside companion Article II provisions covering passenger loading zones (§ 52-207), handicapped spaces (§ 52-209) and bus/taxi zones (§ 52-210), each drafted with the same signed-zone structure. 00, with continuing violations counted as a separate offense for each day they persist.