HF 277 (LSB 1250YH (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 277

BY  ISENHART

A BILL FOR

An Act authorizing local authorities to permit parking on the left side of a roadway during periods of inclement weather.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.361, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  Local authorities may by ordinance permit vehicles stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs to be stopped or parked with the left-hand wheels of the vehicle adjacent to and within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb during periods of snow, sleet, or freezing rain or when snow or ice has accumulated on the roadway, if stopping or parking in such a manner is deemed by the local authorities to be safer under such conditions than stopping or parking as provided in subsection 1. However, an ordinance adopted under this subsection shall not apply to a road which is a primary road extension.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to parking on the left side of a two-way roadway. Current law prohibits parking with the vehicle’s left-hand wheels adjacent to the left-hand curb unless the roadway is a one-way roadway. The bill permits a political subdivision of the state to adopt an ordinance allowing a vehicle to be parked on a roadway with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within 18 inches of the left-hand curb if the political subdivision deems it safer than parking on the right-hand side of the street during periods of snow, sleet, or freezing rain or when snow or ice has accumulated on the roadway. The provision does not apply to a road which is a primary road extension.