[Adopted 12-8-1961 by Ord. No. 3 (Ch. 193, Art. I, of the
1984 Code)]
A.
From November 1 to April 15 in each year, whenever snow falls during
any 24 hours or less to a depth of one inch or more, it shall be unlawful
for any person to suffer to be parked, except for loading and unloading,
any vehicle of any kind or description within 15 feet of the center
line of the County roads or portions thereof hereinafter designated,
all of which are located within the limits of Allegany County, Maryland.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A complete listing of all County roads
designated as snow emergency routes is on file and open to public
inspection in the office of the County Clerk.
B.
Before any of said roads shall be considered designated as emergency
snow routes, the same shall be posted with signs by the Allegany County
Roads Department designating said road as an emergency snow route,
and this article shall have no effect upon any of the roads designated
aforesaid unless the same shall be appropriately posted with signs.
After a County road has been designated and posted with signs
as heretofore prescribed, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to
travel or attempt to travel upon said road unless said vehicle is
equipped with chains or unless both rear wheels are equipped with
snow tires. For the purposes of this article, "snow tires" shall mean
those tires or recapped tires which are normally designated by the
manufacturer as snow tires and shall be in a good state of repair.
[Amended 7-14-2011 by Bill No. 3-11, effective 9-1-2011]
Any vehicles parked in violation of § 520-1 may be removed on order of the Roads Division Chief, Roads Superintendent or Roads District Supervisors, and said Roads Division Chief, Roads Superintendent and Roads District Supervisors are authorized to have said vehicle so parked towed from said highway, and the owner of same shall be required to pay the actual towing costs, not to exceed $500.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes streets, roads and alleys which are a part of the
Allegany County road system.
[Amended 7-14-2011 by Bill No. 3-11, effective 9-1-2011]
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon
arrest and conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 for any such violation and, in default thereof, shall be committed
to the County jail for a term not to exceed 30 days.
