Kennewick, WA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Max stand time
- 30 minutes
- Governing section
- KMC 11.90.790
- Development loading requirement
- KMC 18.36.110
- Enforcement
- Civil traffic infraction, RCW 46.63
Summary
Kennewick limits standing in a marked loading zone to the time needed to load or unload property, capped at 30 minutes, under KMC 11.90.790; developments must also provide loading spaces under KMC 18.36.110.
(1)No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of property in any place marked as a loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zone are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of property exceed 30 minutes.(2)The driver of a vehicle may stop temporarily at a loading zone for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any vehicle which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone to load or unload property. (Ord. 3549 Sec. 1(part), 1994)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
KMC 11.90.790 governs how long a vehicle may occupy a marked loading zone in Kennewick: no one may stop, stand, or park there for any purpose other than expeditious loading, unloading, delivery, or pickup of property while the zone's posted hours are in effect, and the stop cannot exceed 30 minutes. A driver may also stop briefly to load or unload passengers if it doesn't block another vehicle waiting to load or unload property. Separately, KMC 18.36.110 requires every commercial or industrial use with deliveries to provide off-street loading space adequate for its vehicles, with no part of a loading vehicle projecting into the public way.
Violations & Fines
Standing in a loading zone past 30 minutes, or outside its designated purpose, is a traffic infraction under KMC 11.90.790, processed under the RCW 46.63 infraction procedure adopted at KMC 11.90.1050.
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