# Part 2 – Compliance

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

## § 7-16 Lawful parking.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-16 (2026)

(a) Parking is permissible, on payment of the applicable fee, at the locations designated on the streets, thoroughfares, and public places of the City, for the duration indicated, as provided in this subtitle.

(b) No vehicle is permitted to stand in the space reserved for any parking meter during the time when parking or stopping is prohibited at that location.

*History: Ord. 55-1346*

*History: Ord. 70-905*

*History: Ord. 03-550*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## § 7-17 Maximum time for parking.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-17 (2026)

(a)

  (1) At any location where a parking meter is in active operation, it is lawful, on payment of the fee, to park a vehicle for the full duration designated as the maximum duration for legal parking.

  (2) The vehicle may be parked for the unexpired time, if any, showing on a single-space parking meter or on a multi-space receipt from a previous vehicle.

(b) Any vehicle parked in a space adjacent to a single-space parking meter or in an area controlled by a multi-space parking meter for a duration longer than that designated is in violation of the parking provisions of this subtitle and subject to the penalties provided in this subtitle.

*History: Ord. 55-1346*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## § 7-18 Method of parking.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-18 (2026)

(a) In an area specified for single-space meter parking, a driver may not park a vehicle in a space adjacent to a single-space parking meter, other than with the front wheel of the vehicle approximately centered on the standard or post supporting the parking meter.

(b)

  (1) In an area controlled by a multi-space meter, the driver may park anywhere designated for parking, but should park in a manner that maximizes the number of vehicles able to park in the same area.

  (2) To the extent that only a portion of the street, thoroughfare, or public place is designated for multi-space meter parking, a driver may not park outside of the designated area using a multi-space meter receipt.

*History: Ord. 55-1346*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## § 7-19 Temporary stops by commercial vehicles.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-19 (2026)

Commercial vehicles engaged in the expeditious pick-up or delivery of merchandise may stop in a vacant space adjacent to a single-space parking meter that is in active operation or in a vacant space controlled by a multi-space parking meter that is in active operation, at any time before10 a.m., without payment.

*History: Ord. 55-1346*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## § 7-20 Slugs or meter tampering prohibited.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-20 (2026)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any slug, device, or substitute for a coin of the United States.

(b)

  (1) It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, steal from, open, or wilfully break into, to destroy, to remove, or to impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under this subtitle.

  (2) This subsection does not apply to:

    (i) any person authorized by the Director of Finance to collect money or other payment placed in parking meters; or

    (ii) any person authorized by the Director of Transportation to regulate, repair, or maintain parking meters.

(c) 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 $1,00 or to imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or to both fine and imprisonment.

*History: Ord. 55-1346*

*History: Ord. 60-347*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## § 7-21 Unlawful parking.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-21 (2026)

No person may permit a vehicle to park or remain in any space adjacent to a single-space parking meter that is in active operation or in any space in an area controlled by a multi-space parking meter that is in active operation:

(1) beyond the period during which vehicles are permitted to park or remain in that space;

(2) in any manner except as specified in this subtitle;

(3) except as otherwise specifically provided in this subtitle, without paying the applicable fee; or

(4) except as otherwise specifically provided in this subtitle, without displaying a multi-space parking receipt when and in the manner required by this subtitle.

*History: Ord. 55-1346*

*History: Ord. 99-526*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## § 7-22 Exception for holidays.

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-22 (2026)

This subtitle does not apply and may not be enforced on:

(1) New Year’s Day, January 1;

(2) Independence Day, July 4;

(3) Labor Day, the 1<sup>st</sup> Monday in September;

(4) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and

(5) Christmas Day, December 25.

*History: Ord. 70-905*

*History: Ord. 02-437*

*History: Ord. 06-198*

## §§ 7-23 to 7-25

Balt., Md., Code art. 31, § 7-23 to 7-25 (2026)

Reserved