Loveland, CO Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Loveland addresses loading and unloading in two ways. First, Colorado state law treats active loading and unloading differently from parking: C.R.S. 42-4-1204 (Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places) enumerates the stopping, standing, and parking prohibitions on the public way (no stopping in an intersection, on a crosswalk, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, etc.), but a vehicle actively engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or goods is generally not treated as 'parked' for purposes of the standard parking restrictions during the active loading window. Loveland adopts the 2003 Model Traffic Code by reference through Title 10 of the Loveland Municipal Code, so the same exception applies citywide. Second, the city's Title 10 authorizes the installation of signed loading-zone restrictions where business density or street geometry requires reserved curb space for commercial deliveries; signage follows MUTCD standards. The published city rule is straightforward: a driver may not park in a loading zone unless actively loading or unloading passengers or property, flashers must be on, and the vehicle must stay within the posted time allowance (usually 30 minutes or less). Downtown loading vehicles also must clear out of on-street spaces during the 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. snow-plow / street-sweeper window (alternating side-of-street by day of week). Property owners and tenants planning regular loading operations on private property handle them under the property's posted signage and the Unified Development Code (Title 18). Complaints about vehicles blocking signed loading zones go to the Loveland Police Department non-emergency line at 970-667-2151.