Noblesville, IN Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Sections 72.25 and 72.26, most recently amended by Ordinance 67-09-21 on September 28, 2021, sit in the Stopping for Loading or Unloading Only subchapter of Chapter 72. Section 72.25 gives the Board of Public Works & Safety sole authority to pick loading zone locations, listed in Chapter 78's Schedule X, and requires the board to post signs showing the hours the zone is in effect; without a sign, the loading-zone restriction cannot be enforced against a driver under the general signage rule of § 72.44.

Section 72.26(A) then limits use of a marked, signed loading zone during its posted hours strictly to the expeditious unloading, delivery, pickup, or loading of property, capping any single stop at 30 minutes regardless of what is being moved. Subsection (B) carves out a narrower allowance for passenger drop-off: a driver may stop temporarily in a loading zone to load or unload passengers, but only while another vehicle is not waiting to use the zone for property loading. The rule distinguishes Noblesville's commercial loading spaces, tied to the Schedule X list the Board of Public Works & Safety updates by resolution, from ordinary curb parking, which carries no time limit of its own.

A vehicle that overstays the 30-minute cap or uses a loading zone for purposes other than loading and unloading is cited as a § 72.26 violation under the § 132.02 fine schedule at $25, rising to $50 if the citation becomes delinquent.