Hempstead, NY Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Town Code Ch. 80, Public Parking Fields
- Non-commercial limit
- 3/4-ton pickup or panel trucks only
- Loading zone signage
- 'No Stopping - Loading Zone' posted signs
- Max fine
- $750 per offense (§ 80-11)
- Enforcement
- Commissioner of General Services
- Emergency exemption
- Police, fire, ambulance vehicles exempt
Summary
Town of Hempstead Code § 80-9 limits parking in public parking fields outside marked loading areas to pleasure vehicles and small pickup or panel trucks under three-fourths ton owned by abutting business occupants. Delivery trucks, wagons, commercial vehicles and trailers must stand only in areas posted 'No Stopping - Loading Zone,' created by the Town Board after a public hearing under § 80-3.
LOADING ZONE: An area in a parking field set aside for the exclusive use of commercial vehicles in loading or unloading goods and merchandise. ... In any portion of the Town or district parking fields, other than those designated as loading zones, only vehicles used and operated for pleasure purposes and pickup or panel trucks, not exceeding a load capacity of three-fourths ton, and owned and occupied by occupants of business property abutting the parking field in which said vehicles shall stand or be parked, shall be permitted to park or stand. Except for loading zones provided by signs posted after a public hearing, it shall be an offense against this chapter for any person to park or leave standing therein any delivery truck, wagon, commercial vehicle or trailer except in those areas marked and designated "No Stopping — Loading Zone," except as aforesaid.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4863878; v67 updated 2026-04-28; through 04-28-2026).
Full Breakdown
' Section 80-9A then restricts everyday parking: outside loading zones, only pleasure vehicles and pickup or panel trucks not exceeding a three-fourths-ton load capacity, owned by occupants of abutting business property, may stand in a Town or district parking field. Any delivery truck, wagon, commercial vehicle or trailer is barred from every other space; it may stand only in an area the Commissioner of General Services has marked and signed 'No Stopping - Loading Zone' after the Town Board holds a public hearing under § 80-3 and files the regulation with the Town Clerk.
Loading zones sit inside the same fields that otherwise cap non-commercial parking at 24 hours (§ 80-8B(7)), bar speeds over 15 mph (§ 80-8B(3)), and require a Town Clerk-issued license for any vehicle using a 'license zone' under § 80-6. Emergency vehicles, police, fire, ambulances and municipally owned or leased equipment are exempt from the loading-zone restriction under § 80-9B. The Commissioner of General Services administers the parking-field regulations and maps required by §§ 80-3 and 80-4.
Violations & Fines
Parking a delivery truck, wagon or commercial vehicle outside a posted loading zone is an offense under Chapter 80. Unless the chapter states a different penalty, § 80-11 sets a fine of up to $750 per offense, collected through the Nassau County District Court, with each day of continued violation a separate charge.
Frequently Asked Questions
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