In <cite data-path="|31">this article</cite>, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
“Alley” means any roadway open to the general public primarily designed and used for the servicing of contiguous buildings through their rear or side entrances.
“Authorized emergency vehicle” means any vehicle of the fire department, police department, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as are lawfully designated or authorized by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City.
“Bicycle” means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having 2 tandem wheels either of which is more than 20 inches in diameter.
“Bus” means every motor vehicle which is at the same time a mass transportation vehicle.
“Commercial vehicle” means:each motorized vehicle designed, maintained, and used primarily for the transportation or hauling of property, including but not limited to equipment, merchandise, parcels, earth, trash, refuse, scrap, or motor vehicles;
each motorized vehicle, except a passenger car as defined in State Transportation Article § 11-144.2 {“Passenger car”}, that has commercial advertising on the exterior of the vehicle or on equipment attached to the vehicle;
each vehicle of Federal Highway Administration Class 3 or higher;
each vehicle that is designed to carry more than 15 passengers; and
each trailer, as defined in <cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-107" data-path="|31|§1-3|(k)">§ 1-3(k)</cite> of this article, or each vehicle that has a trailer attached.
“Commercial vehicle” does not include a vehicle to which a trailer has been attached, if the vehicle:has been assigned a special disability registration number and special disability registration plate under § 13-616 {“Special disability registration number and plates”} of the State Transportation Article;
displays a parking placard issued under § 13-616.1 {“Parking placards”} of the State Transportation Article; or
displays a temporary parking placard issued under § 13-616.2 {“Temporary parking placards”} of the State Transportation Article.
“Crosswalk” means:that part of a roadway at an intersection included between the prolongations of the lateral curb line and the building line; or
any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings.
“Curb” means the lateral boundary of a roadway, whether marked by curb stone or not.
“Department” means the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
“Director” means the Director of the Baltimore City Department of Transportation or the Director’s designee.
“Driver” means every person in actual physical control of a vehicle.
“Driveway” means a communicating way between a roadway and an off-street facility designed in such manner as to permit a vehicle to leave said roadway at grade and enter entirely into said off-street facility.
“Expressway” means:any limited-access through highway or freeway designated as an expressway by the Director of Transportation; or
any highway designated as an expressway by ordinance of the Mayor and City Council in accordance with and for the purposes of that portion of the City Code that deals with the prohibition of advertising matter on or adjacent to an expressway.
“Footway” means that section beyond the vehicular path along a paved or unpaved roadway reserved for and normally used by pedestrians.
“Highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
“Intersection” means:the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of 2 highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles; or
the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
“Lane” means any section of a roadway which is clearly delineated from the other sections of said roadway by lines, markings, or physical barriers.
“Loading” means the expeditious taking on or discharging of merchandise.
City Code, 1966, art. 31, §38(1) - (17)
1976/83, art. 31, §28(1) - (17)
Ord. 66-815
Ord. 88-136
Ord. 13-092
Ord. 13-098
Ord. 15-349
Ord. 15-435
“Mass transportation vehicle” is any vehicle used primarily for the transportation of the general public, with a seating capacity of 10 or more persons.
“Motorcycle” means every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than 3 wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
“Motor vehicle” means every vehicle that is self-propelled and every vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated on rails.
“Motor vehicle repair service” means a person that is engaged in the business of performing major or minor repairs to a motor vehicle, including:collision services, including body, frame, or fender repair or straightening;
maintenance, repairs, or adjustment of any engine components;
brake adjustments and repairs;
repair or replacement of cooling, electrical, fuel, or exhaust systems;
wheel alignment, balancing, and servicing;
tire replacement, repair, or rotation;
repair, replacement, or adjustment of mufflers, tail pipes, hoses, belts, bulbs, fuses, windshield wipers, grease retainers, wheel bearings, and shock absorbers;
painting; or
another similar service.
The terms “park” and “parking”, when prohibited or regulated as to vehicles:mean the standing of a vehicle, whether or not occupied; but
do not include the standing of a commercial vehicle while actually engaged in lawful, expeditious loading or unloading.
“Pedestrian” means any person afoot.
“Police officer” means:every officer of the municipal police department; or
any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
“Private way” means every way or place:in private ownership; and
used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having the owner’s express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
“Public transportation vehicle” means any vehicle used primarily for the transportation of the general public.
“Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
“Railroad train” means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except streetcars.
“Residential district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
“Right-of-way” means the privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
“Roadway” means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic.
City Code, 1966, art. 31, §38(18) - (32)
1976/83, art. 31, §28(18) - (32)
Ord. 66-815
Ord. 92-122
Ord. 13-092
Ord. 13-098
Ord. 15-435
Ord. 22-125
“Safety zone” means the area or space:officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians; and
which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
“School bus” means any vehicle in use as a conveyance for students to or from a public, private, or parochial school, marked and equipped as specified in the Maryland Vehicle Law.
“Sidewalk” means any paved footway.
“Stand” or “standing” means to occupy or remain in 1 place.
The terms “stop” and “stopping” or “stand” and “standing”, when prohibited as to vehicles, refer to any stopping of a vehicle, whether or not occupied, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device.
Public transportation vehicles shall be permitted to load passengers, when said passengers are at the curb and ready for immediate loading.
“Street” means a highway, as defined in <cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-107" data-path="|31|§1-1|(n)">§ 1-1(n) {“Definitions: Highway”}</cite> of this subtitle.
The term “taxicab” as used in <cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-107" data-path="|31">this article</cite> shall embrace any motor vehicle for hire, designed to carry 9 persons or less, including driver, operated upon any public street or highway in this City or, on call or demand, accepting or soliciting passengers, indiscriminately for transportation for hire between such points along public streets or highways in this City, as may be directed by the passenger or passengers so being transported.
“Traffic” means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, and any other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel.
“Traffic control device” means any official device that controls or directs the movement of traffic.
“Traffic control signal” means any traffic control device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
“Trailer” means a vehicle that:has no motive power;
is designed to carry people or property;
is designed to be towed by a motor vehicle; and
is constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle.
“Transit loading zone” means a space at a curb or any other place properly designated by official signs or markings, reserved for the use of transit vehicles.
A “transit mall” is a street so designated by the Director upon which vehicular traffic, other than transit vehicles, is prohibited during certain hours by rule or regulation adopted and promulgated by the Director.
“Transit stop” means a transit loading zone.
“Transit vehicle” means any mass transportation vehicle.
“Truck” means any commercial vehicle.
“‘U’ turn” where prohibited means the reversal of the direction of travel by a vehicle without leaving the roadway upon which it is proceeding.
Any person making a “U” turn shall also be presumed to have made a left turn.
“Vehicle” means every device in, on, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
City Code, 1966, art. 31, §38(33) - (38)
1976/83, art. 31, §28(33) - (48)
Ord. 66-815
Ord. 73-428
Ord. 84-107
Ord. 13-092
Ord. 15-435
Ord. 22-125
The purpose of <cite data-path="|31">this article</cite> is to:
provide for the safe and expeditious movement of traffic in the City of Baltimore;
protect the safety of the citizens using its streets; and
create conditions favorable to the safe and expeditious movement of mass transit vehicles in the City of Baltimore.
City Code, 1950, art. 38, §1(a)(intro cl.)
1966, art. 31, §1(a)(intro cl.)
1976/83, art. 31, §1(a)(1)
Ord. 51-1678
Ord. 53-786
Ord. 57-1006
Ord. 99-526