Minnetonka, MN Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 930.005 defines a loading zone as a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials. Section 930.030, paragraph 16, sets the process and the conduct rules in the City of Minnetonka.

To get a zone, a person asks the city council in writing to establish one abutting premises that the person occupies. If the council grants the request, the city bills the applicant for the estimated cost of placing appropriate signs and painting the curb. Once the amount is paid to the city treasurer, the city engineer installs the signs and paints the curb. The hours are whatever is posted on the signs, since the code attaches the rule to posted loading zone hours rather than a fixed clock window.

During those posted hours, no one can stop, stand or park in the zone except to receive or discharge passengers or freight, and then only for no longer than necessary. A vehicle that is not a truck cannot occupy the zone for more than five minutes. Trucks get no printed minute cap but remain bound by the no longer than necessary standard.

Related provisions in chapter 930 point the same way. The definition of parking excludes standing temporarily while actually loading or unloading merchandise or passengers. Paragraph 9 bars parking in an alley but allows less than one hour in an alley for access to abutting property for loading or unloading when parking on the property itself is not available. Section 930.035 reserves bus stops and taxi stands, with an exception for loading or unloading passengers. Under paragraph 17, a dumpster or other object that is not a motor vehicle cannot sit on the paved portion of a public street without a permit from the city engineer.