Lodi, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Freight loading limit
- 20 minutes
- Passenger loading limit
- 3 minutes
- Default freight hours
- 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Passenger zone hours
- 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Fine schedule
- $100 / $200 / $500
Summary
Lodi's public works director designates and signs loading zones and passenger loading zones citywide. Freight loading is capped at twenty minutes and passenger loading at three minutes, running 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays unless a sign states otherwise, under Municipal Code § 10.44.150.
A.The public works director is authorized to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs or markings indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this chapter and the Vehicle Code are applicable, except as provided in this title.B."Loading zones" means no stopping, standing or parking at any time as indicated for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or freight; provided, that the loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes nor the loading or unloading of freight more than twenty minutes. Unless indicated otherwise, loading zone restrictions shall be in effect between ten a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
44 lets the public works director determine where loading zones and passenger loading zones sit and requires signs or pavement markings stating the hours the restrictions apply. 150(B). every day except Sundays and holidays. except Sundays and holidays, with two carve-outs that apply around the clock: zones in front of a hotel or a mailbox are restricted at all times, and zones in front of a theater, school, park or church are restricted at all times except when that facility is closed. The public works director installs the signs that make each zone's hours effective, so an unsigned curb segment is not a legal loading zone even if the block otherwise matches the definition.
Violations & Fines
A vehicle left in a marked loading zone longer than the posted limit, or parked in a passenger loading zone outside its purpose, is cited under Municipal Code § 1.08.010, the general penalty section: a first infraction draws up to a $100 fine, a second violation of the same provision within a year up to $200, and a third or later violation within that year up to $500. The city treats each day of a continuing violation as a separate offense, and the prosecuting attorney can instead charge a misdemeanor.
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