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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Transit and Traffic - Temporary Parking Restrictions
FOR the purpose of requiring certain advance notices when parking on a street is to be temporarily discontinued or restricted because of work to be done on or adjacent to the street.
Body
BY adding
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 2-6.1
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 2. General Administration
ยง 2-6.1. TEMPORARY PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
(A) SCOPE OF SECTION.
(1) EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THIS SECTION APPLIES WHENEVER PARKING ON A STREET IS TO BE TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUED OR OTHERWISE RESTRICTED BY THE CITY TO ACCOMMODATE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, OR OTHER WORK TO BE DONE ON OR ADJACENT TO THE STREET.
(2) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, WHERE THE WORK ON OR ADJACENT TO THE STREET MUST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT LIFE, HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY.
(B) PRIOR NOTICE - POSTING.
(1) THE CITY SHALL POST THE AFFECTED AREA WITH ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS AT LEAST 5 DAYS BEFORE THE RESTRICTIONS BECOME EFFECTIVE.
(2) THE POSTED NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE:
(I) THE DATES AND TIMES WHEN THE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE EFFECTIVE;
(II) THE NAME OF THE CITY AGENCY OR OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE;
(III) A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE DONE; AND
(IV) A PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS AT WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED.
(C) PRIOR NOTICE - DELIVERY.
(1) IF A VIOLATION OF THE TEMPORARY PARKING RESTRICTIONS WILL AUTHORIZE IMPOUNDMENT, THE CITY SHALL ALSO GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PROPERTIES ABUTTING THE AFFECTED AREA AT LEAST 5 DAYS BEFORE THE RESTRICTIONS BECOME EFFECTIVE.
(2) THIS WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE:
(I) THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION FOR THE POSTED NOTICE; AND
(II) A PROMINENT WARNING THAT THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS MAY BE ENFORCED BY IMPOUNDMENT.
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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