Compliance

Baltimore City Code art. 31, subtit. 7, pt. 2

in effect

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-16 Lawful parking.

§ 7-16. Lawful parking. (a) In general. Parking is permissible, on payment of the applicable fee, at the locations designated on the streets, thoroughfares, and public places of the City, for the duration indicated, as provided in this subtitle. (b) Exception for designated times. No vehicle is permitted to stand in the space reserved for any parking meter during the time when parking or stopping is prohibited at that location. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 03-550; Ord. 70-905; Ord. 55-1346.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-17 Maximum time for parking.

§ 7-17. Maximum time for parking. (a) Permitted periods. (1) At any location where a parking meter is in active operation, it is lawful, on payment of the fee, to park a vehicle for the full duration designated as the maximum duration for legal parking. (2) The vehicle may be parked for the unexpired time, if any, showing on a single-space parking meter or on a multi-space receipt from a previous vehicle. (b) Prohibited period. Any vehicle parked in a space adjacent to a single-space parking meter or in an area controlled by a multi-space parking meter for a duration longer than that designated is in violation of the parking provisions of this subtitle and subject to the penalties provided in this subtitle. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 55-1346.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-18 Method of parking.

§ 7-18. Method of parking. (a) Single-space meters. In an area specified for single-space meter parking, a driver may not park a vehicle in a space adjacent to a single-space parking meter, other than with the front wheel of the vehicle approximately centered on the standard or post supporting the parking meter. (b) Multi-space meters. (1) In an area controlled by a multi-space meter, the driver may park anywhere designated for parking, but should park in a manner that maximizes the number of vehicles able to park in the same area. (2) To the extent that only a portion of the street, thoroughfare, or public place is designated for multi-space meter parking, a driver may not park outside of the designated area using a multi-space meter receipt. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 55-1346.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-19 Temporary stops by commercial vehicles.

§ 7-19. Temporary stops by commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicles engaged in the expeditious pick-up or delivery of merchandise may stop in a vacant space adjacent to a single-space parking meter that is in active operation or in a vacant space controlled by a multi-space parking meter that is in active operation, at any time before10 a.m., without payment. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 55-1346.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-20 Slugs or meter tampering prohibited.

§ 7-20. Slugs or meter tampering prohibited. (a) Using slugs. It is unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any slug, device, or substitute for a coin of the United States. (b) Tampering with meter. (1) It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, steal from, open, or wilfully break into, to destroy, to remove, or to impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under this subtitle. (2) This subsection does not apply to: (i) any person authorized by the Director of Finance to collect money or other payment placed in parking meters; or (ii) any person authorized by the Director of Transportation to regulate, repair, or maintain parking meters. (c) Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,00 or to imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or to both fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 60-347; Ord. 55-1346.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-21 Unlawful parking.

§ 7-21. Unlawful parking. No person may permit a vehicle to park or remain in any space adjacent to a single-space parking meter that is in active operation or in any space in an area controlled by a multi-space parking meter that is in active operation: (1) beyond the period during which vehicles are permitted to park or remain in that space; (2) in any manner except as specified in this subtitle; (3) except as otherwise specifically provided in this subtitle, without paying the applicable fee; or (4) except as otherwise specifically provided in this subtitle, without displaying a multi-space parking receipt when and in the manner required by this subtitle. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 99-526; Ord. 55-1346.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, § 7-22 Exception for holidays.

§ 7-22. Exception for holidays. This subtitle does not apply and may not be enforced on: (1) New Year’s Day, January 1; (2) Independence Day, July 4; (3) Labor Day, the 1st Monday in September; (4) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and (5) Christmas Day, December 25. (Ord. 06-198; Ord. 02-437; Ord. 70-905.)

Baltimore City Code, Article 31, §§ 7-23 to 7-25 {Reserved}

Source: City of Baltimore Department of Legislative Reference, City of Baltimore Law Library (codes.baltimorecity.gov; Open Law Library bulk XML)URL: https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/31/7/2Fetched: 10/25/2026