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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 6 – Parking, Standing, and Stopping Regulations">
  <container prefix="Part" num="1" heading="Method of Parking">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-1" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="2-way streets.">In all cases where any vehicle is stopped or parked upon a 2-way roadway, the right-hand wheels of said vehicle shall be parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="1-way streets.">In all cases where any vehicle is stopped or parked upon a 1-way roadway:<para num="(1)">the right hand wheels of said vehicle shall be within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway; or</para>
        <para num="(2)">the left-hand wheels shall be within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Angle-parking.">Where it has been determined that a roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle-parking without interfering with free movement of traffic, the Director of Transportation may permit angle-parking by the erection of signs so stating.</para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Distance from other vehicles.">No vehicle shall be stopped or parked on any roadway in such manner that its front or rear is less than 4 feet distant from the front or rear of any other vehicle.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §81</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §64</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §76</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §55</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 37-524</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 74-765</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-2" heading="Motorcycles and motor bikes.">
      <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of &lt;cite data-path="|31|§6-1"&gt;§ 6-1 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, in all cases where motor-driven 2- or 3-wheel vehicles known generally as motorcycles or motor bikes shall stand upon the streets of the City:</text>
      <para num="(1)">they shall be so placed that either their front or rear wheels or both front and rear wheels are next to the curb and not more than 12 inches therefrom; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">said motor-driven 2- or 3-wheel vehicles known generally as motorcycles or motor bikes shall not protrude into the roadway for a distance of more than 5 feet.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §56</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 68-182</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 75-920</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-3" heading="Obstructing free passage.">
      <text>No vehicle shall be so parked or otherwise stopped as to prevent the free passage of other vehicles or street cars in both directions at the same time.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §83</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §66</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §78</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §58</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§§" num="6-4 to 6-5" reserved="true" />
  </container>
  <container prefix="Part" num="2" heading="Places Prohibited">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-6" heading="Fire hydrants, lanes, houses.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Fire hydrants.">No vehicle shall stand within 15 feet of any fire plug or fire hydrant in any part of the City unless in actual charge of a person capable of running or operating the same.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Fire lanes.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="Prohibited stopping.">No vehicle shall stop within any designated fire lane on private property open to the use of the general public.</para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Designation and posting.">
          <para num="(i)">The Fire Chief shall designate the lanes to be utilized as fire lanes.</para>
          <para num="(ii)">The owner of the property shall post these lanes in a manner approved by the Director of Transportation.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Engine houses.">No vehicle may stop in front of or opposite to any fire engine house in spaces designated by the Director of Transportation.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §§77, 78</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §§41, 42</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §§55, 56</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §§42, 43, 43A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 75-920</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 77-306</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-7" heading="Limited-access highways.">
      <text>No vehicle shall be permitted to stop at any limited-access highway within the confines of Baltimore City.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §53A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 78-884</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-8" heading="Entrances to parking lots or garages.">
      <text>No vehicle shall be permitted to stand, at any time, on a street adjacent to the entrance to a public parking lot or garage, for a distance of 8 feet from each side of said entrance.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1950, art. 38, §77</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §91</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §67</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 47-904</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-9" heading="Space reserved for disabled persons.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Sign required.">Each space restricted to the use of disabled persons must be marked by a sign that complies with this section.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Parking and stopping restricted.">A vehicle without special registration plates for disabled persons or not displaying a disabled person’s parking permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration may not be stopped in a space or zone marked in accordance with this section as restricted to the use of disabled persons, on private or City-owned property open to the use of the general public.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Sign specifications.">
        <para num="(1)">The space or zone must be marked by a sign that meets the following specifications:<para num="(i)">Sign size 18"x 24".</para>
          <para num="(ii)">Wheelchair symbol, white on blue background.</para>
          <para num="(iii)">Sign to read:
Parking for (Wheelchair Symbol) vehicles displaying handicapped tags or Motor Vehicle Administration permit.  Other cars towed away and owner subject to fine.</para>
          <para num="(iv)">Red letters on white background and red border.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">Signs must be approved by the Director of Transportation.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Notice of posting.">After erection of a handicapped parking sign, the owner of the property shall notify the Director of Transportation that a sign has been posted in accordance with this section.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §67A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 78-856</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 79-1104</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 97-163</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-10" heading="Space reserved for small cars.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Maximum size.">No vehicle larger than 5' 6" wide and 15' 6" long shall be permitted to be stopped or parked in any place marked as a parking space for small cars only.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Maximum extension.">A vehicle occupying such a parking space shall not extend beyond the painted parking stall markings.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §67B</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 84-150</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-11" heading="Private property.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited without permission.">A person may not stop or stand a vehicle on any private property not owned by the owner or driver of the vehicle, unless the person has express or implied permission from the property owner, his tenant, or his agent to stop or stand the vehicle, as the case may be.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Enforcement.">In Baltimore City, upon request of the owner, his agent, or his tenant, a police officer may issue a citation for a violation of the provisions of this section.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §146A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 83-1043</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-12" heading="Private driveways.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Stopping prohibited.">No vehicle may stop in or in front of any private driveway, without consent of the owner of the premises, in such manner as to obstruct or interfere with vehicles entering or leaving the premises.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Marking or signing area.">On request of the owner or occupant of the premises, the Director of Transportation:<para num="(1)">shall determine the distance from the driveway in question, not to exceed a distance of 10 feet, in which parking should be prohibited in order to prevent obstruction or interference with vehicles entering and leaving the premises or in order to expedite the free movement of traffic; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">either:<para num="(i)">may authorize the owner or occupant of the premises to paint the curbs adjacent to the driveway for the distance so determined and with the type of paint specified by the Director; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">if the owner of the premises so requests in writing and also agrees in writing to waive his or her right to consent to the obstruction of the driveway, may place signs that prohibit stopping during the hours that the Director finds necessary.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Posting for impounding.">
        <para num="(1)">On the written request of the owner or occupant and if the owner or occupant pays the complete cost of inspection, fabrication, and erection, the Director of Transportation shall:<para num="(i)">determine, on a case-by-case basis, in the case of nonresidential property, the times when stopping is prohibited; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">erect signs on either side of the entrance to a private way, driveway, or service drive.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">Signs posted for residential property shall read “No Stopping Any Time – Cars Towed Away”.</para>
        <para num="(3)">Signs posted for nonresidential property shall read "No stopping from           to         .  Cars Towed Away”, or “No Stopping Any Time – Cars Towed Away”, as determined by the Director of Transportation.</para>
        <para num="(4)">These signs are and shall remain the property of the City of Baltimore.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Implementation not a dedication.">Nothing in this section is intended nor shall it be construed as an acceptance of dedication by the City of any private driveway, lane, alley, or street as public property.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1950, art. 38, §29</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §41</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §§31, 31A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 50-1386</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 51-1691</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 62-1345</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 65-464</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 81-425</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-506</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-13" heading="Public buildings.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In the following locations, no vehicle is permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, freight, or merchandise:<para num="(1)">in front of the entrance to any church, theater, public dance or entertainment hall, or driveway (public or private);</para>
        <para num="(2)">within 25 feet to any entrance to any hospital; or</para>
        <para num="(3)">in front of any theater or place of amusement or in front of any exits or fire escapes from a theater or place of amusement, where performances or amusements are being held, or where persons in large numbers are assembled.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Shipping entrances.">No vehicle is permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, merchandise, or freight in front of any shipping or receiving entrance to business houses and other places where “No Parking” spaces have been established by the Director of Transportation and designated by proper signs or markings.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Municipal property.">No vehicle, not belonging to the Police Department, Fire Department, or other municipal departments, is permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, merchandise, or freight in any space reserved by appropriate signs or markings, provided by the Director of Transportation, in front of any public building or other places for the parking of vehicles belonging to the a municipal department.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §79</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §79</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §95</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §71</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-14" heading="Street cleaning routes.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Posting signs.">The Director of Transportation shall, at the request of the Director of Public Works, post “Street Cleaning” signs on certain streets, lanes, or alleys throughout the City.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Parking prohibited during specified hours.">Whenever such signs are posted, no vehicle shall be permitted to park during the hours designated on such signs.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Enforcement.">Any vehicle parked in violation of the aforesaid signs:<para num="(1)">shall be subject to the impounding provisions set forth in &lt;cite data-path="|31|§31-7"&gt;§ 31-7 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;; but</para>
        <para num="(2)">shall be subject to the fine generally applicable to violations of &lt;cite data-path="|31"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1950, art. 38, §89</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §107</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §79</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 37-523</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 68-131</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 73-457</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-15" heading="Snow emergency routes.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Parking prohibited during snow emergency.">Whenever the Director of Transportation has declared that an emergency exists due to the covering or partial covering of any of the streets in Baltimore City by snow, sleet, or freezing rain, no vehicle is permitted to park on any of the streets of the City that the Director has designated as “snow emergency routes”.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Removal of vehicles.">When a snow emergency has been declared by the Director of Transportation, the Police Commissioner may take possession of and remove any vehicle parked or abandoned so as to obstruct traffic on any street that has been designated as a “snow emergency route”.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Assessment of costs.">To defray the cost of removing or towing any such vehicle, the Police Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge and collect:<para num="(1)">the sum of $5 for each vehicle so removed, to cover the cost of removal and storage for a period, not exceeding 48 hours; with</para>
        <para num="(2)">an additional charge of $1 for each day or fraction thereof which said vehicle is stored in excess of the first 48 hours said vehicle is impounded,
these charges to be in addition to any fine or other penalty imposed for the violation of any traffic ordinance.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 31, §102</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §76</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 58-1234</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 58-1364</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 61-1060</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-526</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-16" heading="Passenger and freight loading zones.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Freight loading zone.">“Freight loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb that, during specified times, is reserved exclusively for the use of commercial vehicles during the expeditious loading or unloading of property.</para>
        <para num="(3)" heading="Passenger loading zone.">
          <para num="(i)">“Passenger loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb that, during specified times, is reserved exclusively for the use of vehicles that are loading or unloading passengers and their baggage.</para>
          <para num="(ii)">“Passenger loading zone” does not include:<para num="(A)">a valet parking zone established under Title 14 {“Valet Parking”} of &lt;cite data-path="|31"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;; or</para>
            <para num="(B)">a mobile vending zone designated under &lt;cite data-path="|15|§17-5"&gt;Article 15, § 17-5 {“Mobile vending zones”}&lt;/cite&gt; for the use of mobile vendors.</para>
          </para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Establishment of zones; signs.">
        <para num="(1)">The Director of Transportation may determine the location of and operational hours for passenger loading zones and freight loading zones.</para>
        <para num="(2)">The Director shall place and maintain at each passenger loading zone and freight loading zone appropriate signs that:<para num="(i)">indicate the location of the zone; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">state the operational hours during which the restrictions of this section apply.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Freight loading zones.">
        <para num="(1)">No person may park a vehicle in a freight loading zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours.</para>
        <para num="(2)">No vehicle person may stop a vehicle in a freight loading zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours unless:<para num="(i)">the vehicle is a commercial vehicle actually in the process of expeditiously loading or unloading property; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the vehicle is a passenger vehicle stopping for the purpose of and while actually engaged in expeditiously loading or unloading passengers, as long as its stopping does not interfere with any commercial vehicle that is waiting to enter or about to enter that zone.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Passenger loading zones.">
        <para num="(1)">No person may park a vehicle in a passenger loading zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours.</para>
        <para num="(2)">No person may stop a vehicle in a passenger loading zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours unless the vehicle is a passenger vehicle stopping temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in expeditiously loading or unloading of passengers and their baggage.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §84</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §68</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §93</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §68</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 54-1179</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 56-461</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-006</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-237</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Paragraph (3)(ii)(B) of subsection (a) was added by Ordinance 14-237, in conjunction with that Ordinance’s comprehensive revision of &lt;cite data-path="|15"&gt;Article 15&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 17 {“Street Vendors”}.  The addition here is effective February 28, 2015, the 30th day after the General Services Department filed its rules and regulations under revised Art. 15, § 17-4.</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-17" heading="Valet parking zones.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="“Valet parking zone” defined.">In this section, “valet parking zone” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|31|§14-1"&gt;§ 14-1 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Parking prohibited.">No person may park a vehicle in a valet parking zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours unless the person:<para num="(1)">is in the process of seeking valet parking services then being provided there; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">has been instructed by the valet parking attendant to park there.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Stopping prohibited.">No person may stop a vehicle in a valet parking zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours unless:<para num="(1)">the person is in the process of seeking the valet parking services being offered there; or</para>
        <para num="(2)">the vehicle is a passenger vehicle stopping temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in expeditiously loading or unloading passengers, as long as its stopping does not interfere with any other vehicle that is waiting to enter or about to enter the zone for valet parking services.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-17.1" heading="Mobile vending zones.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="“Mobile vending zone” defined.">In this section, “mobile vending zone” means an area designated in accordance with &lt;cite data-path="|15|§17-5"&gt;Article 15, § 17-5 {“Mobile vending zones”}&lt;/cite&gt; for the use of mobile vendors.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Parking prohibited.">No person may park a motor vehicle in a mobile vending zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours unless the motor vehicle is a vendor truck as defined in &lt;cite data-path="|15|§17-1|(k)"&gt;Article 15, § 17-1(k) {“Definitions – Vendor truck”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-237</annotation>
    </section>
  </container>
  <container prefix="Part" num="3" heading="Waste Disposal">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-18" heading="Stopping, etc., for unlawful dumping.">
      <text>A person may not park, stop, or stand any vehicle on any street, highway, or alley of Baltimore City for the purpose of disposing waste or other material in violation of the &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;Health Code of Baltimore City.&lt;/cite&gt;</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §151A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-122</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-19" heading="Stopping, etc., without solid waste license displayed.">
      <text>A person may not park, stop, or stand any vehicle being used by a small hauler, as defined in Title 7 {“Waste Control”}, Subtitle 2 {“Solid Waste Collection”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;Health Code, on any street, highway, or alley of Baltimore City unless its small hauler’s license is displayed as required by that subtitle.&lt;/cite&gt;</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §151B</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-123</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-20" reserved="true" />
  </container>
  <container prefix="Part" num="4" heading="Continual or Continuous Parking">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-21" heading="Continually depriving occupant of parking spot.">
      <text>No specific vehicles shall be habitually parked in front of a building to the detriment of its use by the owner or occupant of such building.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §82</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §65</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §77</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §57</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-22" heading="Continuously parking in 1 spot.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">No vehicle shall be permitted to stand more than 48 hours continuously in the same location.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Exceptions.">
        <para num="(1)">Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be applicable to:<para num="(i)">vehicles of the Police Department or the Fire Department;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">any emergency vehicle belonging to the City or to any public utility;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">vehicles belonging to physicians or undertakers; or</para>
          <para num="(iv)">vehicles with disabled person registration plates.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">And provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed to modify in any way the restrictions or provisions of any ordinance or regulation as to parking of vehicles on any boulevard or through street, but such restrictions and provisions shall continue in effect as if this section had not been passed.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1950, art. 38, §67</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §80</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §60</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 32-279</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-326</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 75-920</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 86-808</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-136</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-262</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-191</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-347</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-195</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§§" num="6-23 to 6-25" reserved="true" />
  </container>
  <container prefix="Part" num="5" heading="Commercial Vehicles and Trailers">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-26" heading="Commercial vehicles.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Stopping by residence.">
        <para num="(1)">Except as otherwise specified in this section, no vehicle of Federal Highway Administration Class 6 or higher and no commercial vehicle may park, stand, or stop longer than 1 hour continuously on any street, lane, or alley in front of or adjacent to any property used or intended to be used as a residence.</para>
        <para num="(2)">This subsection does not apply to a commercial vehicle that is parked for the purpose of doing any public or private work for or on behalf of any person located within a radius of 1 block from the property used or intended to be used as a residence.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Nighttime hours.">Except as otherwise specified in this section, no commercial vehicle may park, stand, or stop between the hours of 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. on any street, lane, or alley of the City.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Exceptions.">This section does not apply to:<para num="(1)">vehicles of the Police Department or the Fire Department;</para>
        <para num="(2)">emergency vehicles belonging to:<para num="(i)">the City;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">any public utility; or</para>
          <para num="(iii)">any volunteer ambulance service;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(3)">private passenger vehicles, including automobiles, minivans, passenger vans, station wagons, and sport utility vehicles unless there is a trailer attached;</para>
        <para num="(4)">pickup trucks, unless the pickup truck has a trailer attached;</para>
        <para num="(5)">panel-body delivery trucks with less than 1,500 pounds (3/4 of a ton) manufacturer’s rating capacity, unless the panel-body delivery truck has a trailer attached; or</para>
        <para num="(6)">a vehicle engaged in loading as defined in &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-107" data-path="|31|§1-1|(q)"&gt;§ 1-1(q)&lt;/cite&gt; of this article.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1950, art. 38, §90</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §124</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §83</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-232</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-378</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-136</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-591</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-506</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-507</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-092</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-349</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-397</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-27" reserved="true">
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §84A</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 79-986</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-591</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-28" heading="Vendor trucks.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Mobile vendor.">“Mobile vendor” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|15|§17-1"&gt;Article 15, § 17-1 {“Definitions”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
        <para num="(3)" heading="Vendor truck.">“Vendor truck” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|15|§17-1"&gt;Article 15, § 17-1 {“Definitions”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="No parking in prohibited areas.">A mobile vendor may not park a vendor truck within 2 blocks in any direction of:<para num="(1)">a mobile vending zone;</para>
        <para num="(2)">a City market designated in &lt;cite data-path="|16|§1-2"&gt;Article 16, § 1-2 {“Scope of article”}&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
        <para num="(3)">the grounds of any building used as a public or private kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school; or</para>
        <para num="(4)">the perimeter of any farmers’ market authorized by the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development when the farmers’ market is in operation, unless the vendor truck prominently displays a document issued in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted under &lt;cite data-path="|15|§17-4"&gt;Article 15, § 17-4 {“Rules and Regulations”}&lt;/cite&gt; that permits a waiver from this paragraph.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-237</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-307</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">This section was added by Ordinance 14-237, in conjunction with that Ordinance’s comprehensive revision of &lt;cite data-path="|15"&gt;Article 15&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 17 {“Street Vendors”}.  In accordance with Section 4 of Ord. 14-237, the effective date of the section is February 28, 2015, the 30th day after the General Services Department filed its rules and regulations under revised Art. 15, § 17-4.</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-29" heading="Camping trailers, mobile homes,  motor homes, and travel trailers.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Camping trailer.">“Camping trailer” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gtr|11-106"&gt;State Transportation Article, § 11-106 &lt;/cite&gt;{“Camping trailer”}.</para>
        <para num="(3)" heading="Mobile home.">“Mobile home” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gtr|11-134"&gt;State Transportation Article,  § 11-134 &lt;/cite&gt;{“Mobile home”}.</para>
        <para num="(4)" heading="Motor home.">“Motor home” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gtr|11-134"&gt;State Transportation Article,  § 11-134&lt;/cite&gt;.3 {“Motor home”}.</para>
        <para num="(5)" heading="Travel trailer.">“Travel trailer” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gtr|11-170"&gt;State Transportation Article,  § 11-170 &lt;/cite&gt;{“Travel trailer”}.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Stopping by residence.">Except as otherwise specified in this section, no camping trailer, mobile home,  motor home, or travel trailer may park, stand, or stop longer than 1 hour continuously on any street, lane, or alley in front of, across from, or adjacent to any property used or intended to be used as a residence.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Exceptions.">This section does not apply to:<para num="(1)">vehicles of the Police Department or the Fire Department; or</para>
        <para num="(2)">emergency vehicles belonging to:<para num="(i)">the City;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">any public utility; or</para>
          <para num="(iii)">any volunteer ambulance service.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-508</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-30" reserved="true" />
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  <container prefix="Part" num="6" heading="Central Business District">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-31" heading="District established; boundaries.">
      <text>A district is hereby established, to be designated and known as the “Central Business District”, and this district shall embrace that portion of the City lying within and bounded by the following named streets, the boundary streets to be included – that is to say:</text>
      <text>Beginning at the northwest corner of Centre Street and the Fallsway; north side of Centre Street to west side of Howard Street; west side of Howard Street to north side of Druid Hill Avenue; north side of Druid Hill Avenue to west side of Eutaw Street; west side of Eutaw Street to north side of Franklin Street; north side of Franklin Street to west side of Greene Street; west side of Greene Street to south side of Pratt Street; south side of Pratt Street to east side of West Falls Avenue; east side of West Falls Avenue to east side of the Fallsway; east side of the Fallsway to a point opposite the north side of Centre Street, thence to the place of beginning.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §62</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §33</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §22</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 41-668</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-32" heading="Advertising vehicles.">
      <text>No vehicle designed or employed for the express purpose of advertising any exhibition, performance, article, or thing shall be permitted to park on any of the streets, lanes, or alleys included in the territory herein designated and described as the Central Business District.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §71</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §23</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §34</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §23</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-33" heading="Vehicles in narrow streets, alleys.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Standing prohibited.">Within the territory described in the Central Business District, no vehicle shall be permitted to stand in any streets or alleys, or portions of streets or alleys (between curb lines) of 20 feet in width, or less.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Conditioned on signage.">Provided, however, that this section shall not be enforced or applied unless and until appropriate signs are posted in conformance with the provisions of this section.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Exception.">Provided that this section shall not apply to vehicles using such streets or alleys for the purpose of loading or unloading baggage, merchandise, or freight.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 4, §73</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 38, §24</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 31, §35</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §24</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 26-823</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 52-385</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§§" num="6-34 to 6-35" reserved="true" />
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  <container prefix="Part" num="7" heading="Designated Municipal Property">
    <section prefix="§" num="6-36" heading="Stopping prohibited.">
      <text>No motor vehicle may stop or be permitted to stop, at any time, on any of the areas that, from time to time, are specified in this subtitle, unless the vehicle conspicuously displays a permit, approved by the Director of Transportation and issued by the head, chairman, or president, as the case may be, of the municipal agency having jurisdiction over the particular area, authorizing the motor vehicle to stop on the particular area.</text>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 31, §260</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §147</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-427</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-37" heading="Areas where applicable.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The areas to which this Part applies shall be as provided from time to time hereinbelow in this section.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="By Druid Health District Building.">The 2 areas adjoining or in close proximity to the Druid Health District Building, located on the southwest corner of North Avenue and Cumberland Street, and described as follows:
Beginning for the first area at the corner formed by the intersection of the northwest side of Cumberland Street, 66 feet wide and the northeast side of Pennsylvania Avenue, 66 feet wide and running thence binding on the northeast side of said Pennsylvania Avenue North 42°-139'-00" West 139.0 feet; thence North 86°-50'-20" East 77.0 feet to intersect the line of the northeast side of the bituminous concrete bumpers, there situate; thence binding on the line of the northeast side of said bituminous concrete bumpers and producing the same course, in all, South 42°-26'-40" East 81.0 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 9.0 feet northwesterly, measured at right angles from the northwest side of said Cumberland Street; thence binding on said line so drawn South 47°-33'-20" West 16.0 feet; thence South 42°-26'-40" East 9.0 feet to intersect the northwest side of said Cumberland Street and thence binding on the northwest side of said Cumberland Street South 47°-33'-20" West 42.0 feet to the place of beginning.
Beginning for the second area at a point on the west side of Cumberland Street, as now laid out at the distance of South 03°-09'-40" East about 6.50 feet from the southwest corner of Cumberland Street and North Avenue, 100 feet wide, said point being formed by the intersection of the west side of said Cumberland Street and the line of the north side of the bituminous concrete bumpers, there situate, produced easterly and running thence binding on the west and northwest sides of said Cumberland Street the two following courses and distances, namely, South 03°-09'-40" East 16.40 feet and South 47°-33'-20" West 60.0 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 4.11 feet easterly, measured at right angles from the east face of the east wall of the Druid Health District Building, there situate; thence binding on said line so drawn North 03°-09'-40" West 54.5 feet to intersect the line of the north side of the aforesaid bituminous concrete bumpers and thence binding on the line of the north side of said bituminous concrete bumpers and parallel with said North Avenue North 86°-50'-20" East 46.0 feet to the place of beginning.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="By Western Health District Building.">The areas adjoining or in close proximity to the Western Health District Building, located on the northwest corner of Lombard and Penn Streets, and described as follows:
Beginning for the first area at a point on the north side of Lombard Street, 66 feet wide, at the distance of 79.56 feet westerly from the northwest corner of Lombard and Penn Streets and running thence binding on the north side of said Lombard Street South 87°-10'-20" West 20.67 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 100.17 feet westerly, measured at right angles from the west side of Penn Street, 55 feet wide thence binding on said line so drawn North 02°-49'-40" West 108.96 feet, to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 108.96 feet northerly, measured at right angles from the north side of said Lombard Street; thence reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon North 87°-10'-20" East 42.17 feet, to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 42.17 feet easterly, measured at right angles from the second line of this description; thence reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon South 02°-49'-40" East 59.63 feet, to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 49.33 feet northerly from the north side of said Lombard Street, thence binding on said line so drawn South 87°-10'-20" West 21.50 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 20.67 feet easterly, measured at right angles from the second line of this description and thence reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon South 02°-49'-40" East 49.33 feet to the place of beginning.
Beginning for the second area at a point on the east face of the westernmost wall of the Western Health District Building, known as No. 700 West Lombard Street, said point being distant North 02°49'-40" West 111.05 feet from the north side of Lombard Street, 66 feet wide, and South 87°-10'-20" West 99.20 feet from the west side of Penn Street, 55 feet wide and running thence binding on the east face of the westernmost wall of said building and parallel with said Penn Street North 20°-49'-40" West 42.05 feet; to intersect the south face of the northernmost wall of said building; thence binding on the south face of the north wall of said building and parallel with said Lombard Street North 87°-10'-20" East 79.6 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 19.60 feet, westerly, measured at right angles from the west side of said Penn Street; thence reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon South 02°-49'-40" East 43.60 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 109.50 feet northerly from the north side of said Lombard Street, thence binding on said line so drawn North 87°-10'-20" East 18.46 feet to intersect the west face of the easternmost wall of said building: thence binding on the west face of the easternmost wall of said building South 02°-49'-40" East 64.49 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 45.01 feet northerly, measured at right angles from the north side of said Lombard Street; thence reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon South 87°-10'-20" West 55.75 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 57.06 feet westerly, measured at right angles from the west side of said Penn Street; thence binding on said line so drawn North 02°-49'-40" West 65.75 feet to intersect a line drawn parallel with and distant 111.05 feet northerly measured at right angles from said Lombard Street and thence reversing said line so drawn and binding thereon South 87°-10'-20" West 42.14 feet to the place of beginning.</para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="By Municipal Art Museum.">Those parking areas and driveways in close proximity to the Municipal Art Museum located within the following boundaries:
Beginning at a point located 20 feet west of the westerly service drive median in Charles Street and 8 feet north of a point in line with the end of said median at the northerly entry into Art Museum Drive from Charles Street thence extending S. 89°-28'-29" W. a distance of 479.8 feet, thence extending S. 45°-30'-46" W. a distance of 424.88 feet, thence S. 14°-43'-12" a distance of 375 feet, thence in a northeasterly direction following the northerly building line of Art Museum Drive to the point of departure.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 31, §261</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §148</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-427</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord.72-086</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-38" heading="Warning notices.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Notice to be posted.">Notice of the possible removal of motor vehicles stopping on any 1 of the areas hereinbefore mentioned or described in violation of any provision of this subtitle shall be posted on signs prominently located on the particular area, and shall read as follows:
“Cars Towed Away”</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Translation.">The phrase “cars towed away”, for the purpose of this subtitle, shall mean the removal of a motor vehicle by the Baltimore City Police Department.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 31, §263</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §150</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-427</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="6-39" heading="Penalties.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any motor vehicle stopping on, and any person causing any motor vehicle to stop on, any of the areas hereinbefore mentioned or described, in violation of the provisions of this subtitle shall be subject to the provisions of, and the fines and penalties imposed by Subtitle 31 of &lt;cite data-path="|31"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Evening hours.">Any person causing any motor vehicle to stop on any of the areas hereinbefore mentioned or described, in violation of the provisions of this subtitle, between the hours of 6 p.m. of any particular day and 7 a.m. of the following day, or at any other time when the services and facilities operated by the Police Commissioner for the City of Baltimore in connection with the removal and impounding of motor vehicles found in violation of law are not available for the enforcement of the provisions of this subtitle, shall be fined not less than $15 nor more than $25 for each and every day, or any part thereof, that any such violation continues.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Alternative provisions.">Any person causing any motor vehicle to stop on any of the areas hereinbefore mentioned or described, in violation of any provision of this subtitle shall be subject to either the provisions of subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section, but not both, in connection with any such violation.</para>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 31, §262</annotation>
      <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 31, §149</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 60-427</annotation>
    </section>
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