CHAPTER 70: PARKING REGULATIONS
Section
Fire Lanes
   70.01   Definitions
   70.02   Applicability
   70.03   Exemptions
   70.04   Parking prohibitions
   70.05   Designation of areas
   70.06   Collection of fines
   70.07   Election to stand trial
   70.08   Withholding of registrations of parking violators
   70.09   Enforcement
 
   70.99   Penalty
Cross-reference:
   Motor vehicles, see Code of Public Local Laws, Title 7
   Vehicles in parks, see Chapter 94
FIRE LANES
§ 70.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   Any word not defined below shall have its normal meaning in customary usage unless given a different meaning in the Maryland Motor Vehicle Laws, and then shall be so defined.
   (B)   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      FIRE LANE. A lane or area for the ingress or egress of Fire Department and other emergency vehicles in order that fires may be prevented or controlled, and exitways unobstructed for life safety purposes.
      PROPERTY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC USE. All property owned or under the control of the state, the county, or the City of Baltimore, located in the county, and the paved parking lots and driveways of any retail store, shopping center, hospital, school, church, or similar location that is used by the public in general.
      RESERVOIR OR WATERSHED AREAS. All property owned by Baltimore City and located in the county, surrounding Liberty Reservoir and Prettyboy Reservoir.
(2004 Code, § 151-1) (Ord. 98-3, passed 11-18-1998)
§ 70.02 APPLICABILITY.
   This subchapter shall apply to all property open to the public use.
(2004 Code, § 151-2) (Ord. 98-3, passed 11-18-1998)
§ 70.03 EXEMPTIONS.
   This subchapter shall not apply to police department, fire department, emergency or public utility company vehicles in the course of public service.
(2004 Code, § 151-3) (Ord. 98-3, passed 11-18-1998; Ord. 02-04, passed 3-14-2002)
§ 70.04 PARKING PROHIBITIONS.
   A person shall not park a vehicle in the following areas:
   (A)   Where prohibited by any traffic control device;
   (B)   On private property open to the public:
      (1)   In a space, lane, or area designated a fire lane; or
      (2)   In a space designated for handicapped parking unless the vehicle displays a handicapped registration plate or a permit for handicapped parking issued pursuant to the Md. Code, Transportation Article.
   (C)   Along, on, or adjacent to roads that are located within reservoir or watershed areas that have been identified as such, pursuant to § 70.05(C), except in areas where traffic control devices indicate that parking is permitted, and then only in compliance with traffic control devices; or
   (D)   Those areas set forth in Md. Code, Transportation Article, § 21-1003, as amended from time to time.
(2004 Code, § 151-4) (Ord. 98-3, passed 11-18-1998)
§ 70.05 DESIGNATION OF AREAS.
   (A)   Fire lanes shall be designated by the Fire Protection Engineer in the Office of Public Safety, or its successor agency, during the site plan process, and shall be marked as such by signs, striping, or lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the roadway adjacent to or adjoining the curb. The fire lane shall be at least 18 feet in width from the curb.
   (B)   Spaces for handicapped shall be designated by the owner of the property, to conform with Md. Code, Transportation Article, § 21-1006.
   (C)   Reservoir or watershed areas shall be designated by signs along highways at the entrance to and exit from the reservoir or watershed area.
   (D)   Access roads to public utility transmission lines.
(2004 Code, § 151-5) (Ord. 98-3, passed 11-18-1998; Ord. 02-04, passed 3-14-2002; Ord. 03-04, passed 1-30-2003)
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