Palm Beach Gardens, FL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 78-361 sets the baseline: every use covered by the loading subdivision must provide and maintain off-street loading facilities in the amount this subdivision requires, though the city does not force uses that existed before August 18, 1994, to add more loading than they already had, only enlargements or expansions after that date trigger loading for the added increment. Section 78-362 then fixes size, at a minimum 12-foot-wide, 35-foot-long space with 15 feet of overhead clearance and a matching maneuvering apron, and location. Loading facilities generally sit on the same property they serve and cannot be closer than 100 feet to a residential zoning district, and the city can require enclosure to control visual impact, noise, and related effects on neighbors.

The tightest restriction targets refrigerated trucks and similar equipment that runs continuously or periodically, such as compressors and engines: those vehicles cannot park within 250 feet of a residential district during set hours, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, which functions as the city's loading-noise curfew near homes. Section 78-364 sets the number of required spaces by building size in Table 35, ranging from one space for buildings up to 10,000 square feet up to two or three spaces as square footage climbs past 50,000, with hotels instead required to submit a study based on room count.