Lyon County, NV Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Lyon County Code § 8.04.07
- Passenger limit
- 3 minutes to load or unload passengers
- Materials limit
- 20 minutes for commercial deliveries and mail
- Zone marking
- Entire curb painted yellow by the County
- Extension
- County Sheriff may permit a longer stand
- Enforcing agency
- Lyon County Sheriff's Office
Summary
Lyon County Code § 8.04.07 limits stopping in a marked loading zone to loading or unloading, capping passenger loading at three minutes and material loading at twenty minutes without a Sheriff's permit. Loading zones must be marked with yellow curb paint, and the Lyon County Sheriff's Office enforces the time limits in unincorporated Lyon County, Nevada.
8.04.07: LOADING AND UNLOADING: ... A. Loading Zones: When areas are designated by the County Commissioners as "loading zones" and have been appropriately marked with yellow paint placed and maintained upon the entire curb surface along such area, it is unlawful for any person to stop or stand a vehicle except for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or materials to the establishment for which the area was designated. B. Loading and Unloading Passengers and Materials: 1. The loading or unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three (3) minutes, and the loading or unloading of materials shall not consume more than twenty (20) minutes unless permission is obtained from the County Sheriff authorizing the standing of a vehicle for a longer period while unloading or loading materials. ... (1973 Code §11.32.170)
Full Breakdown
Lyon County Code § 8.04.07.A restricts stopping or standing in a curb-side area the County Commissioners have designated a 'loading zone' and marked with yellow paint along the entire curb, permitting a vehicle to stop there only to load or unload passengers or materials for the establishment the zone serves. Subsection B sets the time budget: loading or unloading passengers may not consume more than three minutes, and loading or unloading materials may not consume more than twenty minutes, unless the County Sheriff grants permission for a longer stand.
Where a proper sign is posted in front of a hotel, passenger and luggage loading gets the same twenty-minute allowance as material loading. The material-loading allowance is limited to commercial deliveries and to pickup or delivery of express, parcel-post packages and United States mail, and the loading-of-passengers allowance includes loading their personal baggage. Because the zone must be marked with yellow paint to be enforceable, a delivery truck stopped at an unmarked curb is instead governed by the general no-parking and time-limit rules in §§ 8.04.02 and 8.04.05, not the loading-zone time limits.
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office enforces the three- and twenty-minute caps and is the office a business or driver must ask for an extended-stand permit.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the three-minute passenger limit or the twenty-minute materials limit in a marked yellow loading zone without a County Sheriff permit violates § 8.04.07 and is a misdemeanor under the county's general penalty, Lyon County Code § 1.04.01. Using a loading zone for anything other than loading or unloading, such as parking while shopping, is also a violation, and the Lyon County Sheriff's Office can cite the vehicle regardless of whether it is attended.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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