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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 14-331 Parking garages and parking lots.">
  <section prefix="§" num="14-331" heading="Parking garages and parking lots.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Parking garages.">
      <para num="(1)">Parking garages in the C-1, C-1-E, C-1-VC, C-2, C-3, C-5, and TOD Districts must include active ground-floor uses, whether residential or non-residential uses, along at least 25% of the ground floor when adjoining a street, other than an alley.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In all other districts, if a parking garage does not include active ground floor uses along at least 50% of the ground floor, the ground floor must be screened from public view in accordance with the requirements of the Baltimore City Landscape Manual.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Parking lots.">
      <para num="(1)">A parking lot may be used solely for the parking of motor vehicles and may not be used as an off-street loading area.</para>
      <para num="(2)">No motor vehicle repair or service of any kind may be conducted in any parking lot.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Signs must comply with Title 17 {“Signs”} of this Code.</para>
      <para num="(4)">No buildings other than those for shelter of attendants may be erected in a parking lot.  The allowable shelters may not exceed 10 feet in height or 200 square feet in area.</para>
      <para num="(5)">The parking lot must be screened from public view in accordance with the requirements of the Baltimore City Landscape Manual.</para>
      <para num="(6)">The parking lot must be kept free from refuse and debris.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-216</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-181</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
