33 CFR § 127.311 - Motor vehicles.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s127.311"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 127.311 - Motor vehicles."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "127.311"
section_name: "Motor vehicles."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
part_number: "127"
part_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES HANDLING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED HAZARDOUS GAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "127"
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# 127.311 Motor vehicles.

(a) The operator must designate and mark parking spaces that—

(1) Do not block fire lanes;

(2) Do not impede any exits;

(3) Are not located in any impounding space; and

(4) Are not within 15 meters (49.2 feet) of any storage tank or loading flange.

(b) During transfer operations, no person may—

(1) Stop or park a motor vehicle in a space that is not designated a parking space; or

(2) Refuel any motor vehicle.

[CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, as amended by  USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5690, Feb. 2, 2022]