Sec. 31-26. Public parking facilities.
Montgomery County, Md., Code § 31-26 (2026)
Sec. 31-26. Public parking facilities.LinkCopy Citation
Except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers or for emergency repairs when the vehicle cannot be driven, a person must not park any vehicle on a public parking facility:
(1)
in violation of an official sign;
(2)
in a no-parking zone when posted by sign or indicated by yellow painted curb or yellow painted lines on the parking surface, except for a motorcycle where motorcycle parking is permitted by an official sign;
(3)
in any place that is not designated as a parking space by painted lines, except for a motorcycle where motorcycle parking is permitted by an official sign;
(4)
in or on any driving aisle, driveway, sidewalk, landscaped area, island, or device for channeling traffic;
(5)
in an area where parking is temporarily prohibited when marked off by temporary signs or barricades or when an official cover or hood is placed over a parking meter;
(6)
in a way that prevents another vehicle already stopped or otherwise legally parked in a designated parking space from moving away;
(7)
for longer than 14 consecutive days in surface parking lots or garages, except when otherwise authorized by Executive order;
(8)
when the vehicle is unregistered or inoperative or otherwise not capable of being operated legally or safely on County or state highways, roads or streets;
(9)
by backing the vehicle into a parking space when posted by front-in only signs;
(10)
in a way that causes the vehicle to straddle the painted lines marking a parking space or otherwise to be parked not wholly in one designated parking space;
(11)
by leaving the vehicle unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key and effectively setting the brake; or
(12)
in a way that impedes or obstructs the free flow of traffic or causes a hazard to public safety.