H.F. 277 Section 1. Section 321.361, Code 2015, 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 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to parking on the left side of a two-way 17 roadway. Current law prohibits parking with the vehicle’s 18 left-hand wheels adjacent to the left-hand curb unless the 19 roadway is a one-way roadway. The bill permits a political 20 subdivision of the state to adopt an ordinance allowing a 21 vehicle to be parked on a roadway with the left-hand wheels 22 adjacent to and within 18 inches of the left-hand curb if 23 the political subdivision deems it safer than parking on the 24 right-hand side of the street during periods of snow, sleet, 25 or freezing rain or when snow or ice has accumulated on the 26 roadway. The provision does not apply to a road which is a 27 primary road extension. 28 -1- LSB 1250YH (1) 86 ns/nh 1/ 1