La Habra, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Loading time limit
- 20 minutes maximum, § 10.24.030
- Curb color, loading
- Yellow paint
- Curb color, passenger
- White paint
- Max curb reserved
- Half of block's total curb length
- Zone locations
- Central/business districts, entrances, halls
- Coach zones
- Normally far side of intersection
Summary
In the City of La Habra, the traffic commission sets loading zones in the central traffic district, business districts and in front of business entrances or assembly halls, but no more than half of any block's curb can be reserved that way. Municipal Code § 10.24.030 caps commercial loading or unloading at twenty minutes, and yellow or white curb paint marks which zone applies.
§ 10.24.010. Establishment of loading zones. A. The traffic commission is authorized to determine locations for loading zones as follows: 1. At any place in the central traffic district or any business district; 2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place used for the purpose of public assembly. B. In no event shall more than one-half of the total curb length in any block be reserved for loading zone purposes. ... ... § 10.24.030. Use of loading zones. A. Permission granted in this chapter to stop or stand a vehicle for purposes of loading or unloading of materials shall apply only to commercial vehicles and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than twenty minutes.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 10.24 lets the traffic commission place loading zones only in the central traffic district or a business district, or elsewhere directly in front of a business entrance or a hall used for public assembly, per § 10.24.010(A). Subsection B keeps any one block from being swallowed by loading space: no more than half its total curb length can be reserved for loading zone purposes. Section 10.24.020 tells drivers how to read the curb: loading zones are painted yellow, while zones reserved for passenger loading are painted white.
Section 10.24.030 sets the clock: a commercial vehicle loading or unloading materials, express or parcel-post packages may use the zone only for the time actually necessary and never more than twenty minutes, and the same twenty-minute ceiling applies to loading or unloading passengers and their personal baggage. Sections 10.24.040 and 10.24.050 turn those time limits into enforceable curb rules, making it unlawful to stop, stand or park in a yellow or white zone for any purpose, or beyond the time, other than what § 10.24.030 allows.
Section 10.24.060 lets the city traffic engineer establish separate coach zones for buses and other common carriers to load and unload passengers, normally on the far side of an intersection.
Violations & Fines
Stopping, standing or parking in a yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading materials, or beyond the twenty-minute limit set by § 10.24.030, violates § 10.24.040; the same rule for a white passenger zone is enforced under § 10.24.050. Both are citable parking violations enforced by the La Habra Police Department under the city's general parking-citation process.
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