Section 21-1208 - Securing bicycle, motor scooter or EPAMD to certain objects. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-1208. Securing bicycle, motor scooter or EPAMD to certain objects.
 

(a)  Prohibition.- A person may not secure a bicycle, an EPAMD,  or a motor scooter to a fire hydrant, police or fire call box, or traffic control device. 

(b)  Poles, etc., within bus or taxi-loading zones.- A person may not secure a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter to a pole, meter, or device located within a bus or taxi-loading zone. 

(c)  Poles, etc., within 25 feet of intersections.- A person may not secure a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter to a pole, meter, or device located within 25 feet of any intersection. 

(d)  Poles, etc., having notices forbidding securing of bicycles.- A person may not secure a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter to a pole, meter, or device on which notice has been posted by the appropriate authorities forbidding the securing of bicycles. 

(e)  Obstructing or impeding traffic or pedestrian movement.- A person may not secure a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter to any place where the securing of a bicycle or a motor scooter would obstruct or impede vehicular traffic or pedestrian movement. 

(f)  Securing to parking meter.- A bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter may be secured to a parking meter, without payment of the usual fees, if it is entirely removed from the bed of the street normally used for vehicular parking. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-1206.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1986, ch. 472, § 1; 2001, ch. 557; 2002, ch. 546.]