House
File
78
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
78
BY
ISENHART
and
LOFGREN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
local
authorities
to
permit
parking
on
the
1
left
side
of
a
roadway
during
periods
of
winter
weather.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.361,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Local
authorities
may
by
ordinance
3
permit
vehicles
stopped
or
parked
upon
a
roadway
where
there
4
are
adjacent
curbs
to
be
stopped
or
parked
with
the
left-hand
5
wheels
of
the
vehicle
adjacent
to
and
within
eighteen
inches
of
6
the
left-hand
curb
during
periods
of
snow,
sleet,
or
freezing
7
rain
or
when
snow
or
ice
has
accumulated
on
the
roadway,
if
8
stopping
or
parking
in
such
a
manner
is
deemed
by
the
local
9
authorities
to
be
safer
under
such
conditions
than
stopping
or
10
parking
as
provided
in
subsection
1.
However,
an
ordinance
11
adopted
under
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
a
road
which
12
is
a
primary
road
extension.
13
EXPLANATION
14
This
bill
relates
to
parking
on
the
left
side
of
a
two-way
15
roadway.
Current
law
prohibits
parking
with
the
vehicle’s
16
left-hand
wheels
adjacent
to
the
left-hand
curb
unless
the
17
roadway
is
a
one-way
roadway.
The
bill
permits
a
political
18
subdivision
of
the
state
to
adopt
an
ordinance
allowing
a
19
vehicle
to
be
parked
on
a
roadway
with
the
left-hand
wheels
20
adjacent
to
and
within
18
inches
of
the
left-hand
curb
if
21
the
political
subdivision
deems
it
safer
than
parking
on
the
22
right-hand
side
of
the
street
during
periods
of
snow,
sleet,
23
or
freezing
rain
or
when
snow
or
ice
has
accumulated
on
the
24
roadway.
The
provision
does
not
apply
to
a
road
which
is
a
25
primary
road
extension.
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