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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Parking - 1-Lane Streets
FOR the purpose of authorizing an alternative parking method on 2-way roadways that have only 1 traffic lane; correcting, conforming, and clarifying certain language; and generally relating to parking, stranding, and stopping regulations.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 1-1(p) and 6-1(a) and (b)
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Code
Article 31. Transit and Traffic
Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions
§ 1-1. Definitions - A to L.
(p) Lane.
"Lane" means any section of a roadway [which] THAT is clearly delineated from the other sections of [said] THAT roadway by lines, markings, or physical barriers.
Subtitle 6. Parking, Standing, and Stopping Regulations
Part 1. Method of Parking
§ 6-1. In general.
(a) 2-way streets.
(1) [In] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, [all cases] where any vehicle is stopped or parked [upon] ON a 2-way roadway, the VEHICLE'S right-hand wheels [of said vehicle] shall be parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(2) HOWEVER, WHERE ANY VEHICLE IS STOPPED OR PARKED ON A 2-WAY ROADWAY THAT HAS ONLY 1 TRAFFIC LANE:
(I) THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT HAND WHEELS SHALL BE WITHIN 12 INCHES OF THE RIGHT-HAND CURB OR EDGE OF THE ROADWAY; OR
(II) THE VEHICLE'S LEFT-HAND WHEELS SHALL BE WITHIN 12 INCHES OF THE LEFT-HAND CURB OR EDGE OF THE ROADWAY.
(b) 1-way streets.
[In all cases where] WHERE any vehicle is stopped or parked [upon] ON a 1-way roadway:
(1) the VEHICLE'S right hand wheels [of said vehicle] shall be within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway; or
(2) the VEHICLE'S left-hand wheels shall be within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
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