A. 
The City Administrator is hereby authorized, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, to prohibit, regulate, or limit stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles at all times or during specified hours.
B. 
No prohibition, regulation, or limitation relating to stopping, standing, or parking imposed under this Part 1 or any other ordinance of the City of Seat Pleasant which requires an official traffic control device shall be effective unless official traffic control devices are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense; and it shall be the duty of the City Administrator to erect and maintain such devices.
C. 
The City Administrator is authorized to set administrative fees.
[Added 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
A. 
No person shall park or allow to stand any vehicle on any of the public streets or roadways in the City of Seat Pleasant for a period in excess of 72 hours.
B. 
Any vehicle which is parked in violation of this section shall be subject to being towed by the City Police Department from such highway or street and impounded. The impoundment of the vehicle shall be done pursuant to Article IV.
[Added 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
A. 
No person shall park any commercial bus, commercial trailer, or heavy commercial truck on any street or highway in the City of Seat Pleasant between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day of the week or at any time on Sundays or holidays.
B. 
This section shall not apply to vehicles which are in the course of a commercial purpose and do not park for more than a two-hour period.
C. 
Any vehicle which is parked in violation of this section shall be subject to being towed by the City Police Department from such highway or street and impounded. The impoundment of the vehicle shall be done pursuant to Article IV of this Part 1.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
D. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $150 for each violation.
E. 
Any vehicle meeting the definition of a "commercial motor vehicle" as defined in the Federal Motor Carrier Regulation FR 390.5 shall not park or stand on a street or highway to perform maintenance or repairs resulting from an out-of-service order which has been issued by an inspector certified by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Maryland State Police. Commercial motor vehicles subject to this law shall be impounded pursuant to Article IV of this chapter and may be issued a parking violation of $250 by a certified commercial motor vehicle inspector. Agents not certified as a commercial motor vehicle inspector as previously defined may issue a parking violation not to exceed $50.
[Added 4-8-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-11]
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to determine the location of loading zones and passenger loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this Part 1 are applicable.
A. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes.
B. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
A. 
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading for property exceed 30 minutes.
B. 
The driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily at a loading zone for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any vehicle which is waiting to enter or about to enter such zone to load or unload property.
C. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
A. 
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to approve or disapprove the location of bus stops or rescind or modify any prior approval heretofore given.
B. 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus within 30 feet of a bus stop, except that a driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus waiting to enter such zone. Any person issued a citation for violation of this subsection shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
A. 
No person shall park, stop, or stand a vehicle on any private property not owned by the owner or driver of the vehicle unless the person has expressed or implied permission from the property owner, his tenant, or his agent to park, stop, or stand the vehicle, as the case may be.
B. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
A. 
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in any parking space or zone on public or private property which is designated as parking reserved for the physically handicapped, with the proper signs posted in conformance with the most-recent edition of the State of Maryland Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, unless the vehicle displays a special handicapped registration plate or permit issued by the state.
B. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $200 for each violation.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection C, which immediately followed and exempted violations of § 150-9 from the penalties set forth in this section, was repealed 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01.
A. 
General rule. The provisions of this section apply except as necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device.
B. 
Stopping, standing, or parking. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(1) 
In front of a public driveway;
(2) 
On a sidewalk;
(3) 
In an intersection;
(4) 
On a crosswalk;
(5) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the City Administrator indicates a different length by signs or markings;
(6) 
Alongside or opposite any highway excavation or obstruction if to do so would obstruct traffic;
(7) 
On any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway;
(8) 
In a highway tunnel;
(9) 
At any place where stopping is prohibited by an official sign; or
(10) 
On any entrance or exit ramp of any highway with two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction.
C. 
Standing or parking. No person shall stand or park a vehicle:
(1) 
In front of a private driveway without the consent of the owner or occupant of the premises;
(2) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4) 
Within 30 feet on the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(5) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or on the side of a highway opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance, if a proper sign is posted;
(6) 
At any place where standing is prohibited by an official sign;
(7) 
On the roadway side of any other vehicle that is stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a highway; or
(8) 
On a curve or hill where solid lines on the surface of the roadway indicate a zone in which passing is prohibited;
(9) 
With one or more of the side wheels more than 12 inches from the curb;
(10) 
In a direction other than the flow of traffic;
(11) 
So as to prevent another vehicle already stopped near the curb or otherwise illegally parked from moving away;
(12) 
Not wholly within a designated parking space, or within two feet of the front or rear bumper of another vehicle parked at or parallel to the curb;
(13) 
In a taxi stand when properly posted by official signs;
(14) 
Upon any street or alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than nine feet of the width of a roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic;
(15) 
Upon any street where no-passing lines have been marked in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than nine feet of width of the roadway between said vehicle and the no-passing line;
(16) 
Upon the left-hand side of a highway which includes two or more separate roadways with traffic restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking on any such one-way roadway;
(17) 
Between the curblines and the adjacent property lines, except where signs are installed designating this as a permissible parking area.
(18) 
Adjacent to a curb which the City has marked yellow or red.
[Added 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
D. 
Parking. No person shall park a vehicle:
(1) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail in a railroad grade crossing;
(2) 
At any other place where parking is prohibited by an official sign.
E. 
Penalty. Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each offense.
A. 
The City Administrator is authorized, from time to time, to designate certain property for the parking of vehicles to be so designated by the affixing of a sign or other markings on or near the area so reserved. Signs or markings so erected shall be erected only under order of the City Administrator or his designee in areas and under the conditions of the order.
B. 
The City Administrator may reserve parking for individuals, groups of individuals, or to the public at large and for any other use. The City Administrator shall reserve not fewer than eight parking spaces for the Mayor and City Council, to be designated as the Mayor and City Council shall direct, in an area suitable for the Mayor and City Council.
C. 
The designated use appearing upon any sign so affixed by the City Administrator shall be prima facie evidence as to the purpose for which the area may be used and that the sign was affixed by the City Administrator.
D. 
Parking permits may be issued by the City Administrator for reserved parking spaces or areas created under this section. Said parking permits shall be conspicuously displayed as directed by the City Administrator. Any vehicle upon which said reserved permit is not displayed in the manner required shall be presumed to be unlawfully parked in said reserved space or area.
A. 
No person shall park, store, or leave any vehicle of any kind, whether attended or not, and no owner of any vehicle of any kind shall allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle to be parked, stored, or left, whether attended or not, upon any property owned or leased by the City of Seat Pleasant and used for parking purposes, including access and egress roadways, without the consent of the City Administrator.
B. 
Any vehicle found parked in a reserved parking space designated as provided in § 150-13, whose owner or driver is not authorized to park in the space, may be impounded by the Police Department. The impoundment of the vehicle shall be done pursuant to Article IV of this Part 1.
C. 
Any person issued a citation for violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
A. 
The City Administrator shall be authorized, from time to time, to designate certain City-owned or -leased property for the erection of parking meters. Parking meters so erected shall be erected only under City Council approval in areas and under the conditions as designated in such approval.
B. 
Any parking meter so erected shall have affixed on or about it a sign or writing notifying prospective users of the conditions of parking. The designated use appearing upon any parking meter or writing so affixed by the City Administrator shall be prima facie evidence as to the purpose for which the adjacent area may be used and that the sign or writing was affixed by the Administrator.
C. 
It shall be the duty of the City Administrator to see to the maintenance of parking meters and periodic collection of money deposited in any parking meters erected pursuant to this section.
A. 
No person shall park, store, or leave any vehicle of any kind, whether attended or not, and no owner of any vehicle shall allow, permit, or suffer the vehicle to be parked, stored, or left, whether attended or not, upon any property upon which have been erected parking meters by the City Administrator, except in strict conformance with the designated use, time, and other conditions appearing on or about any parking meters erected thereon.
B. 
Any vehicle found parked, stored, or left in violation of the conditions found on or about any parking meter may be impounded by the Police Department. The impoundment of the vehicle shall be done pursuant to Article IV of this Part 1.
C. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each offense.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
A. 
No person shall willfully damage, destroy, or tamper with any parking meter, sign, or writing erected pursuant to this Part 1.
B. 
Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each offense.
[Amended 9-18-2017 by Ord. No. O-18-01]
It shall be the duty of the police officers of the City of Seat Pleasant or any other City employees specifically designated by the City Administrator to enforce the provisions of this article.