House File 686 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 386)


    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 2281HV 83
  4 jm/nh/24

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  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 than 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 2281HV 83
  1 20 jm/nh/24