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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 31-6 Vehicles obstructing traffic.">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-6" heading="Vehicles obstructing traffic.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">
      <para num="(1)">It shall be unlawful for any person to use City streets to park, stop, store, or operate a vehicle or part thereof in such a manner as to obstruct or impede the free flow of traffic thereon or the movement of pedestrians.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Determination by the Commissioner that such a vehicle is actually obstructing traffic as aforesaid shall be considered prima facie evidence of a violation hereof.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Removal of vehicle.">
      <para num="(1)">The Commissioner is authorized to cause such vehicle to be removed immediately so as to clear the streets.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Such removal may be:<para num="(i)">to another part of the same street;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">to a side street; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">effected in the manner hereinafter provided for impounded and abandoned motor vehicles.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §87</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 69-343</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 86-772</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
