Worcester, MA Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 45, "Passenger Curb Loading Zone," bars stopping, standing or parking at a curb posted as a passenger zone adjacent to the entrance of a building with twelve or more apartments, or a bank, church, hospital, hotel, railroad or bus station, terminal, theater, public building, or other place of public assembly, except to receive or discharge passengers. The city council designates which entrances qualify and keeps a schedule of passenger zones on file with the city clerk, incorporated into the section by reference; the council can also pull the signs if a building stops serving the qualifying use.

Section 46, "Commercial Curb Loading Zone," separately bars stopping a commercial vehicle at a curb marked as a commercial loading zone for any purpose, or for any length of time, other than the "expeditious unloading or delivery or pick up and loading of material," and caps that activity at thirty minutes during the hours the zone is in effect. As with passenger zones, the city council designates commercial loading zones and files a schedule with the city clerk. Both sections were last amended July 20, 2021 (Ordinance 878).

A related rule, Section 44, separately bars parking a commercial vehicle on the side of a street adjacent to a public park or playground where official signs give notice.