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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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City Streets - Bike-Safe Grates
FOR the purpose of requiring that all City street paving and repaving contracts require that drainage grates be installed in a bike-safe alignment; requiring anyone undertaking a street paving project to install drainage grates in a bike-safe alignment; and generally relating to bike-safe grates on City streets.
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BY adding
Article 26 - Surveys, Streets, and Highways
Section(s) 18-11
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 26. Surveys, Streets, and Highways
Subtitle 18. Grades, Grading, and Paving
§ 1811. “BIKE-SAFE” GRATES REQUIRED.
(A) CITY CONTRACTS
NO CONTRACTS MAY BE MADE BY THE CITY FOR PAVING OR REPAVING ANY STREET, AVENUE, LANE, OR ALLEY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS UNLESS THE CONTRACT REQUIRES THAT ALL DRAINAGE GRATES IN THE AFFECTED AREA BE PLACED SO THAT THE GAPS BETWEEN THE BARS ON THE GRATES ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC.
(B) GENERAL PAVING
NO PAVING PROJECT MAY BE PERMITTED ON ANY STREET, AVENUE, LANE, OR ALLEY WITHIN THE CITY UNLESS THE PERSON UNDERTAKING THE PROJECT ENSURES TH...
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