City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0314R

• File #: 11-0314R
• Version: 0
• Name: Request for State Legislation - Exception to State Law - Parking in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/19/2011
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 11/21/2011
• Title: Request for State Legislation - Exception to State Law - Parking in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly to introduce and secure passage of state enabling legislation to authorize Baltimore City to adopt parking regulations to allow, in certain circumstances, cars to be parked in a manner not consistent with State transportation law.
• Sponsors: Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/21/2011	0	City Council	Adopted
11/21/2011	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
9/22/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/22/2011	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/19/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
9/19/2011	0	City Council	Assigned
9/19/2011	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Henry


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for State Legislation - Exception to State Law - Parking in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of respectfully requesting the Honorable Chairs and Members of the Baltimore City Senate and House Delegations to the 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly to introduce and secure passage of state enabling legislation to authorize Baltimore City to adopt parking regulations to allow, in certain circumstances, cars to be parked in a manner not consistent with State transportation law.
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Recitals

In 1979, the Baltimore City Parking Authority was created to implement Residential Permit Parking Areas of restricted parking to help secure available parking for a residential community while encouraging alternative parking plans for non-residents in communities located near major employers, colleges, universities, medical institutions, and sports complexes.

More than thirty years later, many Baltimore City neighborhoods continue to fall victim to parking nightmares and citation woes. From Ferndale residents’ ongoing competition for parking with light rail commuters, to the chronic parking problems of people in Otterbein, Federal Hill and other communities nearby downtown ballparks, through the constant battle for parking in neighborhoods abutting Morgan State University – Baltimore’s parking battles rage on.

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