Frederick, MD Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Citation
- City Code § 13-31(b)(9)
- Prohibited act
- Stopping, standing, or parking
- Location
- Any bicycle lane, citywide
- Exception
- Traffic conflict or officer direction
- Enforcement
- Citation under § 13-42 fine schedule
Summary
Stopping, standing or parking a vehicle in a bicycle lane is unlawful anywhere in Frederick under City Code Sec. 13-31(b)(9). The prohibition sits alongside bans on blocking sidewalks, crosswalks and fire lanes, enforced under the article's general citation authority.
(a)Exception. The provisions of subsection (b) of this section apply except as is necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device.(b)Prohibitions. A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle:(7)Unless for the use of a handicapped individual, in a space or zone marked as restricted for the use of handicapped individuals,(8)In any designated fire lane;(9)In any bicycle lane; or(10)On a street or within a parking lot or parking deck otherwise than within the lines or markings, if any, designating a parking space.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Land Management Code: Supplement 13 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 112).
Full Breakdown
Sec. ' That prohibition applies except when necessary to avoid a traffic conflict or to comply with a police officer's direction or a traffic-control device, per subsection (a)'s narrow exception. The same section separately bars parking on sidewalks, in crosswalks, on bridges or elevated structures, in fire lanes, in front of public driveways, and outside marked space lines in City-operated lots or the Frederick Community College main campus lot. The double-parking companion rule in Sec. 13-32(d) reinforces the bike-lane protection for commercial loading: a vehicle double-parked to load or unload may not partially or wholly block a bike lane, alleyway, crosswalk or driveway.
Frederick's improper-parking violations are cited under the enforcement chapter's citation authority in Sec. 13-42, which ties fines to a schedule set by City Council ordinance or resolution rather than a single flat dollar figure printed in the code itself. Because Sec. 13-31 sits in Article II's general stopping-standing-parking rules rather than a bicycle-specific chapter, Frederick regulates bike lanes here as a parking-obstruction issue, not through a separate cyclist-rights-of-way ordinance.
Violations & Fines
Parking in a bicycle lane is enforced as an improper-parking violation under Sec. 13-31, citable under the general citation authority in Sec. 13-42. Fines are set by a schedule the City Council establishes by ordinance or resolution rather than a fixed amount written into Sec. 13-31 itself, and officers may also tow under the City's general impoundment authority for an obstructing vehicle.
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Sources & Official References
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