# § 20-8 “Bike-safe” grates required.

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 20-8 “Bike-safe” grates required.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 20-8 (2026)

After an area has been designated as a bike lane by the Director, the Director must ensure that all drainage grates within the bike lane:

(1) have bars running perpendicular to the flow of traffic;

(2) consist of a grating composed of intersecting bars; or

(3) use another design that both the Director and the State Department of Transportation have approved as meeting bicycle safety design criteria as well as engineering and structural design demands.

*History: Ord. 10-366*