Loveland, CO Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 10.04.020 (amends MTC § 1204(1))
- Alley stops
- Capped at 20 minutes
- Clearance rule
- 3 feet minimum from parked vehicles
- Catch-all ban
- Interfering with traffic flow/maintenance
- Bus stops
- Parking always prohibited
- Owner presumption
- Registered owner presumed the parker
Summary
Loveland, Colorado bars stopping, standing or parking in ways that block traffic, cut clearance too tight, or overstay an alley loading zone. Loveland Municipal Code § 10.04.020 adds five parking prohibitions to the adopted Model Traffic Code's Section 1204, covering alleys, unlicensed vehicles, traffic interference, spacing between parked cars, and bus stops.
N.Section 1204(1) of the Model Traffic Code is amended by the addition of new subsections (l) through (p) to read as follows:(l)within an alley except during the necessary expeditious loading and unloading of merchandise, freight, or passengers, and in no case shall a stop for loading or unloading of merchandise, freight, or passengers exceed (20) minutes;(m)with respect to any vehicle that is required to be licensed by the Colorado Statutes, upon any street, highway, public right of way, or public property within the City unless a valid license is properly displayed upon the vehicle;(n)upon any street, highway, public right of way, or public property within the City in such a manner or under such conditions as to interfere with the free movement of vehicular traffic or proper street or highway maintenance;(o)upon any street, highway, public right of way, or public property within the City, when parked in such a manner as to leave available less than (3) feet of clearance between the vehicle and previously parked vehicles;(p)in any place that has been designated by the City as a bus stop;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
020. ' Subsection (l) limits stops in an alley to the time needed for expeditious loading or unloading of merchandise, freight or passengers, capped at 20 minutes. Subsection (m) bars parking any vehicle that Colorado statute requires to be licensed anywhere on a City street, right-of-way or public property unless a valid license is properly displayed. Subsection (n) is the City's general-purpose catch-all: no vehicle may be parked on a street, right-of-way or public property in a manner that interferes with the free movement of traffic or with proper street or highway maintenance.
Subsection (o) sets a minimum three-foot clearance between a parked vehicle and any vehicle already parked nearby. Subsection (p) bars parking in any place the City has designated as a bus stop. A separate item in the same section, amending Section 1204(3)(b), preserves the rule that parking is also prohibited wherever official signs specifically prohibit or regulate it. The City further amended Section 1209 to create a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner of a vehicle cited for one of these violations was the person who parked it, shifting the practical burden onto the vehicle's owner of record.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of subsections (l) through (p) is enforced by Loveland Police as a parking citation under the general penalty clause § 1.12.010; parking offenses do not carry the Code's standard $15.00 surcharge. Under the amended Section 1209, the registered owner is presumed to be the person who parked the vehicle, so ownership records alone can support a citation absent contrary proof.
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