Skowhegan, ME Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Loading zones in the Town of Skowhegan, Maine come from Sec. 46 of the Traffic Ordinance (October 27, 2020 version). Under Sec. 46(a), for the purpose of restricting parking in front of doorways and entrances of buildings where people congregate, or where unusual loading or unloading of merchandise exists, the Board of Selectmen has the authority to determine the location of loading zones and the times during which they are used, and shall cause appropriate signs to be erected and maintained. Sec. 46(b) makes it unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to park in any place marked as a loading zone during the period designated for its use. The hours are therefore whatever the Selectmen designate and the sign shows; the ordinance does not print one citywide loading window.

Loading and unloading also appears in the double parking rule. Sec. 47 defines double parking as parking outside any area designated by painted lines and contrary to Sec. 39, or with the curbside wheels more than ten feet from the paved edge of the street. Double parking is unlawful except for loading or unloading, with a downtown exception: it is unlawful to double park between 11:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, on Water Street between the intersections of Madison Avenue and North Avenue, on Commercial Street, or on Madison Avenue between Water Street and Commercial and Elm Streets. Sec. 47 also makes each offense a separate violation.

Related limits apply near loading activity. Sec. 48 bars stopping in front of a driveway or alley entrance, within 10 feet of a bus stop sign, and within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Sec. 51 bars parking in a designated bus stop. Sec. 55 gives enforcement to the Skowhegan Police Department.