Hollywood, FL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Max loading stop
- 30 minutes
- Fine
- $200
- Oversize ban
- >7.5 ft wide or >30 ft long in CBD
- Passenger exception
- 5 minutes
- Requirement
- Flashers on while loading
Summary
Hollywood limits freight loading zones to actual loading and unloading, capping stops at 30 minutes and requiring flashers on while working, under Code of Ordinances section 72.016. In the central business district between Sherman and Harrison Streets east of the Intracoastal, vehicles over 7.5 feet wide or 30 feet long cannot use a freight zone at all.
(A) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pick-up and loading of materials in any place designated as a freight loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. Such vehicles shall have flashers on when engaged in these activities. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes. ... (B) In areas in the central business district from Sherman Street to Harrison Street east of the Intracoastal Waterway, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle exceeding 7.5 feet in width or 30 feet in length in any place marked as a freight loading zone.
Full Breakdown
016(A) bars stopping, standing, or parking in a designated freight loading zone for anything other than expeditious loading, unloading, delivery, or pickup of materials while the zone's posted hours are in effect, and any vehicle using the zone must run its flashers during that work. No loading stop may exceed 30 minutes under any circumstance. The Parking Administrator decides how much loading access a location needs and sets the hours and days the zone restrictions apply. 5 feet or longer than 30 feet may stop, stand, or park in a freight zone there at all, regardless of purpose.
Division (C) carves out a narrower passenger exception: outside the times the size restriction applies, a driver may still stop in a freight zone for up to five minutes solely to load or unload passengers. 015, so a delivery truck and a passenger drop-off are governed by different time caps in the same block. 151, and the Office of Parking & Intergovernmental Affairs administers the loading zone designations citywide.
Violations & Fines
A freight loading zone violation under section 72.016 carries a $200 fine, the highest flat parking fine in Hollywood's schedule outside handicapped and fire-zone violations, set by section 72.999(E)(8). Every citation also adds a $5 school crossing guard surcharge under section 72.999(E)(7). Payment is due within ten business days of the citation before late fees of $10, then $25, attach under section 72.999(J).
Frequently Asked Questions
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