San Jacinto, CA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

San Jacinto Municipal Code § 10.16.200 sets the time limits for loading and unloading zones in the City of San Jacinto, Riverside County, California. Permission to stop or stand for loading or unloading of materials applies only to commercial vehicles, extends no longer than the time necessary, and in no event runs more than six minutes. The materials category is narrow: it covers commercial deliveries, plus the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail.

Passengers get a shorter window. Permission to stop or park to load or unload passengers includes personal baggage, extends no longer than the time necessary, and in no event runs more than three minutes.

Subsection D sets the enforcement attitude: the section is enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading, but without permitting abuse of the privileges granted. A driver who needs the time and uses it for the stated purpose is protected; a driver who parks in the zone is not.

The zones themselves come from § 10.16.190. The yellow curb restricts stopping, standing or parking between six a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays to loading and unloading of passengers or materials, using the same three-minute and six-minute caps. A white zone allows passenger loading only, up to three minutes, at all times. Curb signs and markings go at any place in the business district and elsewhere in front of or adjacent to any place of business, school, park, building, hall or place used for public assembly. No more than one-half of the total curb length in any block can be reserved for loading zone purposes, and a marked loading zone is a yellow paint line stenciled with black letters "LOADING ZONE" on top of the curb. In alleys, § 10.16.220 allows loading of materials where signs prohibit parking, for no more than 20 minutes.