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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 16-12 Vehicles on sidewalk.">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-12" heading="Vehicles on sidewalk.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">No person may back, draw, move, propel, drive, or operate any motor vehicle of any kind or any vehicle of any kind that is drawn by a horse or mule on or over any sidewalk or curbing of the City unless:<para num="(1)">the curbing is lowered to grade and the sidewalk so paved and arranged as to allow the passage of these vehicles; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">the person has special permission to do so from the Director of Transportation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Enforcement by citation.">
      <para num="(1)">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this section may be enforced by issuance of:<para num="(i)">an environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a civil citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The issuance of a citation to enforce this section does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Penalties.">Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 48, §138</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 32, §52</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 24, §96</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 19, §135</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §160</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1885-033</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-756</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 45-267</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 77-573</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
