Sedona, AZ Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Passenger loading exception
- Brief stop permitted, no minute cap set
- Alley/driveway loading
- Permitted only if it does not block traffic
- Dedicated loading-zone hours
- None exist in the code
- Related large-vehicle exception
- SCC 10.20.150, over 14,000 lbs
- Governing section
- SCC 10.20.020(A)-(B)
Summary
Sedona has no chapter creating marked loading zones with set hours; instead the loading privilege is written as an exception inside the general blocking-traffic rule. SCC 10.20.020(A) lets a driver stop briefly to load or unload passengers, and subsection (B) lets a vehicle stop in an alley or driveway entrance to load or unload materials if it does not block through traffic.
except that a person may stop temporarily in the actual loading or unloading of passengers or, when necessary, in the observance of traffic signs or signals of the police chief or authorized personnel. B. It is prohibited for any person to park a motor vehicle, or other vehicle, within an alley or entrance to a private driveway except for the loading or unloading of materials, and not then unless such loading or unloading can be accomplished without blocking the alley to the free movement of vehicular traffic.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Initiative Ordinance 2026-01, approved by voters at the July 21, 2026 election).
Full Breakdown
20; the loading privilege instead lives inside the general prohibition on blocking traffic. 020(A) bars parking that leaves less than 20 feet of street width for traffic, but carves out an exception for a person who stops "temporarily in the actual loading or unloading of passengers," or when necessary to observe traffic signs or signals; the code does not put a minute limit on that temporary stop, leaving "temporarily" to context and enforcement discretion. Subsection (B) extends a parallel, materials-focused exception to alleys and driveway entrances: parking there is prohibited except for the loading or unloading of materials, and even then only if that loading or unloading can be done without blocking the alley to the free movement of vehicular traffic.
150, which otherwise bars parking a vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, equipment or trailer of more than 14,000 pounds gross weight on a street bordering or within a residential zoning district, except for the purpose of loading or unloading that vehicle or equipment. 080, including its per-hour treatment of continuing violations.
Violations & Fines
Loading or unloading in a way that blocks an alley to through traffic violates SCC 10.20.020(B); stopping longer than a genuinely temporary loading stop while leaving less than 20 feet of street width violates subsection (A)'s exception. Both fold into the general civil traffic violation and council fine schedule at SCC 10.20.080, with continuing violations counted separately for each full hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a delivery vehicle stop on a Sedona street to unload?
Does Sedona have marked commercial loading zones with set hours?
Can a large delivery truck park on a residential street in Sedona?
Sources & Official References
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