Oxnard, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Yellow zone hours
- 7 a.m.-6 p.m., except Sundays/holidays
- Passenger loading
- Maximum 3 minutes
- Freight loading
- Maximum 20 minutes
- Governing section
- Oxnard Code Sec. 8-51
- Enforcement
- Cited as a Sec. 8-60 parking violation
Summary
Oxnard Code Sec. 8-51 lets vehicles stop in a yellow curb zone only to load or unload passengers or freight between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on days other than Sundays and holidays. Passenger loading is capped at three minutes and freight loading at 20 minutes.
Between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays, no person shall stop a vehicle in a yellow zone except to load or unload passengers or freight. The loading and unloading of passengers shall not consume more than three minutes, and the loading and unloading of freight shall not consume more than 20 minutes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Contains Supplement current through 1-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 8-51 of the Oxnard Code, carried forward from `64 Code Sec. 18-76 under Ordinance No. 2448, restricts yellow curb zones to their loading purpose during business hours: between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sundays and holidays, a vehicle may stop in a yellow zone only to load or unload passengers or freight, not for general parking or errands. The section then sets separate time caps for the two uses: loading or unloading passengers cannot take more than three minutes, while loading or unloading freight, meaning goods or merchandise, is allowed up to 20 minutes.
Yellow zones sit alongside the code's other color-coded curb rules in the same article: white zones (Sec. 8-52) cap stops at three minutes for passenger loading or mail deposit, green zones (Sec. 8-53) allow up to 15 minutes between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. except Sundays and holidays, and red zones (Sec. 8-54) bar stopping altogether. The traffic engineer designates and signs these curb colors under the article's general enforcement authority, and a vehicle exceeding the posted time in a yellow zone is treated the same as any other parking-article violation under Sec. 8-60, which lists overstaying a time-restricted location as a specific violation.
Violations & Fines
Overstaying the three-minute passenger or 20-minute freight limit in a yellow zone is a parking-article violation under Sec. 8-60 and is punishable under the citywide schedule in Sec. 1-10: an infraction fine of $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second within a year, and $500 for a third, or prosecution as a misdemeanor carrying up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
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