[Added 3-23-2010 by Ord. No. 10-O-01]
[Amended 9-9-2014 by Ord. No. 14-O-07; 9-29-2021 by Ord. No. 21-O-11]
A. 
The City, through an Agency established or designated by the City, is authorized to operate a speed-monitoring system to enforce the speed limit in conformance with § 21-809, Transportation Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended. The speed monitoring system shall be operated by a City agency through duly authorized Prince George's County police officers employed by or under contract with the City, to be administered in conjunction with the City's Public Services Department.
B. 
Before activating a speed-monitoring system, the City shall:
(1) 
Publish notice of the location of the speed-monitoring system on its website and in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
(2) 
Ensure that each sign that designates a school zone, each speed limit sign approaching and within an institute of higher education or on a highway in a residential district is proximate to a sign that:
(a) 
Indicates that speed-monitoring systems are in use in the school, institute of higher education or highway in a residential district zone; and
(b) 
Is in accordance with the manual for and the specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices adopted by the State Highway Administration under § 25-104 of the Transportation Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
C. 
A speed-monitoring system in a school zone may operate only Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. A speed-monitoring system within 1/2 mile of the grounds of a building or property used by an institution of higher education as defined in § 10-101(f) of the Education Article, including the University of Maryland, or on a highway in a residential district with a maximum posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour may be operated 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
D. 
If the City moves or places a mobile or stationary speed monitoring system where a speed monitoring system has not previously been placed, the City may not issue a citation for a violation recorded by that speed monitoring system:
(1) 
Until signage is installed in accordance with Subsection B of this section; and
(2) 
For at least the first 15 calendar days after the signage is installed.
E. 
The City Council is hereby authorized to designate school speed enforcement zones and residential district highway speed enforcement zones consistent with this section by resolution.