File #: BL2021-867    Name:
Type: Bill (Ordinance) Status: Passed
File created: 8/27/2021 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 10/19/2021 Final action: 10/19/2021
Title: An ordinance to amend Section 12.40.190 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws regarding night parking restrictions.
Sponsors: Freddie OConnell, Tom Cash, Erin Evans, Delishia Porterfield

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An ordinance to amend Section 12.40.190 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws regarding night parking restrictions.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Section 12.40.190 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is hereby amended by deleting subsection B and replacing it with the following:

B. It is unlawful for any person owning or operating any vehicle with a length in excess of twenty feet or a dump truck of more than fifty-four thousand pounds of gross weight, including the load therein, to leave such vehicle parked on any of the streets or alleys within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan government during the hours between sunset and sunrise, regardless of whether such vehicle is loaded or empty.

Section 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

 

Agenda Analysis

Analysis

 

This ordinance amends the Metropolitan Code of Laws to prohibit any vehicle with a length in excess of twenty feet or a dump truck of more than 54,000 pounds of gross weight to be parked on any street or alley within the jurisdiction of Metro between sunset and sunrise.

 

Under the current Metro Code provision, no school bus, recreational vehicle in excess of twenty feet, or dump trunk of more than 54,000 pounds of gross weight may be parked on any street or alley within the jurisdiction of Metro between sunset and sunrise. This provision was amended in May 2021 by Ordinance No. 2020-493, which reduced the length of prohibited recreational vehicles from twenty-four feet to twenty feet. The ordinance under consideration extends the prohibition from recreational vehicles only to any vehicle.