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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Transit and Traffic - Commercial Vehicles
FOR the purpose of defining "passenger car", as used in an exception to vehicles having commercial advertising; conforming that and certain other elements of the definitions of "commercial vehicle"; correcting and clarifying related provisions; and generally relating to the regulation of commercial vehicles.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 31 - Transit and Traffic
Section(s) 1-1(f) and 6-26(a)
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.
(f) Commercial vehicle.
"Commercial vehicle" means:
(1) every vehicle designed, maintained, and used primarily for the transportation and/or hauling of property, including but not limited to equipment, merchandise, parcels, earth, trash, refuse, scrap, or motor vehicles;
(2) every vehicle, except a passenger car (AS DEFINED IN MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW§ 11-144.1), [which] THAT has commercial advertising on the exterior of the [body] VEHICLE or on equipment attached [thereto] TO THE VEHICLE;
(3) every vehicle [having] THAT HAS a maximum gross vehicle weight of 7,000 pounds or more or a manufacturer's rated capacity of ¾ ton or more; and
(4) every vehicle that is designed to carry more than [10] 15 passengers and is used to carry people.
Subtitle 6. Parking, Standing, and Stopping Regulations
§ 6 26. Commercial vehicles.
(a) "Commercial vehicle" limited.
In this section, "commercial vehicle" does not include a vehicle that:
(1) has a maximum gross vehicle weight of less than 7,000 pounds or a manufacturer's rated capacity of ¾ ton;
(2) EXCEPT FOR A PASSENGER CAR (AS DEFINED IN MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW§ 11 144.1), has no commercial advertising on the exterior of the [body] VEHICLE or on any [attached] equipment [compartments, or apparatus] ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE;
(3) is not visibly loaded with supplies or equipment; and
(4) is designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers.
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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