House File 386 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SCHUELLER, ISENHART, ZIRKELBACH, LUKAN, and MURPHY Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to parking on the left side of a roadway. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2281HH 83 4 jm/nh/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.361, Code 2009, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Local authorities may by ordinance 1 4 permit vehicles stopped or parked upon a roadway where there 1 5 are adjacent curbs, to be stopped or parked with the left=hand 1 6 wheels of the vehicle adjacent to and within eighteen inches 1 7 of the left=hand curb, if deemed safer then stopping or 1 8 parking regulations under subsection 1. 1 9 EXPLANATION 1 10 This bill relates to parking on the left side of a roadway. 1 11 The bill permits a political subdivision of the state to adopt 1 12 an ordinance allowing a vehicle to park on a roadway with the 1 13 left=hand wheels of a vehicle within 18 inches of the 1 14 left=hand curb, if the political subdivision deems it safer 1 15 than parking on the other side of the street. Current law 1 16 prohibits a vehicle from parking with the left=hand wheels 1 17 adjacent to the left=hand curb unless the roadway is a one=way 1 18 roadway. 1 19 LSB 2281HH 83 1 20 jm/nh/24