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<section number="26-145" name="Parking regulations — public parking facilities" law="code" slug="sec-26-145" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_26VETR_DIV11PUPAAR_S26-145PAREPUPAFA">
  <level label="a">
    <text>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, no person shall park any vehicle on a public parking facility:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In violation of any of the other parking provisions of this Subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In a "no parking zone" when posted by sign or indicated by yellow painted curb or yellow painted lines on the parking surface;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any place not otherwise designated by painted parking spaces or otherwise prohibited, including driving aisles, driveways, raised curb channelization structures, sidewalks, landscaped areas, islands, etc.;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>So as to prevent another vehicle already stopped or otherwise legally parked in a designated parking space, from moving away;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>For a period longer than twenty-four hours;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>By backing said vehicle into a parking space when posted by "Front In Only" signs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>In such a manner as to cause said vehicle to straddle the painted lines marking a parking space or otherwise cause the vehicle to be parked not wholly within the area of one designated parking space;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>And leave it unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and effectively setting the brake thereon; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>In such a manner so as to impede or obstruct the free flow of traffic or to cause a hazard to public safety.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Penalty. Any person issued a citation for a violation of this Section shall be subject to a fine of Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) for each violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Penalty. Notwithstanding subsection (b), any person issued a citation for a violation of parking for a period longer than twenty-four hours pursuant to subsection (a)(6) of this Section shall be subject to a fine of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).</text>
  </level>
</section>
