Part 2 – Places Prohibited

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.

No vehicle may stop in front of or opposite to any fire engine house in spaces designated by the Director of Transportation.

Each space restricted to the use of disabled persons must be marked by a sign that complies with this section.

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.

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.

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.

A vehicle occupying such a parking space shall not extend beyond the painted parking stall markings.

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.

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.

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.

On request of the owner or occupant of the premises, the Director of Transportation:

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.

In the following locations, no vehicle is permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, freight, or merchandise:

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.

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.

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.

Whenever such signs are posted, no vehicle shall be permitted to park during the hours designated on such signs.

Any vehicle parked in violation of the aforesaid signs:

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”.

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”.

To defray the cost of removing or towing any such vehicle, the Police Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge and collect:

In this section, “valet parking zone” has the meaning stated in <cite data-path="|31|§14-1">§ 14-1 of this article</cite>.

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:

No person may stop a vehicle in a valet parking zone for any purpose or period of time during its operational hours unless:

In this section, “mobile vending zone” means an area designated in accordance with <cite data-path="|15|§17-5">Article 15, § 17-5 {“Mobile vending zones”}</cite> for the use of mobile vendors.

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 <cite data-path="|15|§17-1|(k)">Article 15, § 17-1(k) {“Definitions – Vendor truck”}</cite>.