A. 
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to regulate through truck traffic, and in the regulations prohibit trucks from using any highway or alley which has not been designated or maintained as part of the state or federal highway system or an extension thereof, provided the City Administrator has designated an adequate alternate route for truck traffic diverted or prohibited from using any highway or alley.
B. 
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any truck upon any such street, or portion of a street, except that such vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose of delivering or picking up materials or merchandise and then only by entering such street at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle and proceeding thereon no farther than the nearest intersection thereafter.
C. 
This section does not apply to light commercial vehicles.
A. 
The City Administrator may prohibit the operation of vehicles upon the road or highway, or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon the highway, or reduce the maximum speed limits of vehicles operating upon the highway, for any one period not to exceed 60 days, and for a total period of not to exceed 90 days in any one calendar year, whenever the road or highway, by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other condition, will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced or the maximum speed limits reduced; provided, however, that vehicles supplying emergency service, such as supplying fuel and fuel oil and hauling milk, may use the roads and highways upon written permission of the City Administrator or his duly authorized representative. The City Administrator may designate and define the term "vehicle supplying emergency service" as hereinabove used.
B. 
The City Administrator shall erect or cause to be erected, posted, and maintained signs designating the prohibition or restrictions at each end of that portion of any road or highway affected thereby, and the prohibition or restrictions shall not be effective unless and until the signs are erected and posted.
C. 
Any person, whether the owner of such vehicle, the person in charge and control over the same, or an employee or agent, who draws, drives, propels, or in any other manner takes or causes to be taken, drawn, driven, or propelled over the road or highway posted as aforesaid any vehicles of any kind, weighing, with or without any load which may be in or upon the same, more than the number of pounds specified on the signboard so erected at the entrance to the road or highway, or at a greater rate of speed than specified on the signboard, without a permit in writing from the City Administrator shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, the owner or person in control of the vehicle shall be liable to the City for all damages which may be done to the road or highway by the violation of the regulation so prescribed. In any trial of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this section, oral proof of the existence of the signboard posted as herein provided and its contents shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the validity of the regulation thereon prescribed.
A. 
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to designate City roads as snow emergency routes, along which parking shall be prohibited during snow emergencies, and any vehicle using such prescribed routes shall be required to use snow tires or snow chains during such emergency. The City Administrator shall adequately post such emergency routes with proper signs to warn the public of the provisions of this section, and such posted roads are determined to be emergency routes subject to the provisions of this section.
B. 
No person shall park a motor vehicle or drive a motor vehicle without snow tires or snow chains during the emergency period on emergency routes designated by the City Administrator.
C. 
Any vehicle which is parked in violation of this section, or any vehicle not equipped with snow tires or snow chains which is installed on any emergency route, shall be subject to being towed from such emergency route and impounded. The towing and storage charge shall be a lien against the vehicle and shall be paid before the vehicle may be released from impoundment.
D. 
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 or his designee may restrict on-street parking during snow and emergency ice emergencies or other emergency conditions on any or all streets maintained by the City where parking is permitted on both sides of the street. While such restrictions are in effect, vehicles shall remain parked on the even-numbered side of the street until such time as the condition causing the restriction is cleared from the odd-numbered side of the street; provided, however, that nothing in this section permits parking in areas in which parking is otherwise prohibited.
B. 
Said restriction shall be effectuated by public broadcast (metro area television and radio), with said broadcast deemed sufficient for enforcement of this section.
C. 
The City Administrator shall be responsible for the promulgation of regulations for the implementation of this section.
D. 
Any vehicle which is parked in violation of Subsection A shall be issued a citation for such violation and be subject to being towed and impounded by the City Police or other authorized police agency.
E. 
Any person issued a citation for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each violation.
A. 
The City Administrator shall designate the weights of wagons, trucks, road engines, road rollers, traction engines, threshing machines, or other vehicles of any kind passing over any bridges or culverts included in the City road system and the rate of speed of such vehicles while passing over the bridges or culverts.
B. 
Such regulations shall be indicated by the conspicuous posting and maintenance of signs at both ends of the entrance to such bridges or culverts. Such signs shall be those set forth as standard applications for vehicle weight and speed restriction in the most-recent edition of the State of Maryland Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, adopted by the Maryland State Highway Administration pursuant to the Annotated Code of Maryland, Transportation Article, § 25-104.
C. 
Such signs shall be taken to mean that no vehicle of any kind weighing, with or without any load which may be in or upon the vehicle, more than the number of pounds specified shall pass over such bridge or culvert and that no such vehicle, of any kind shall pass or be drawn, driven, propelled, or in any other manner taken over such bridge or culvert at a greater speed than that specified on such signboard.
D. 
Any person, whether the owner of such vehicle, the person in charge and control over the vehicle, or an employee or agent of any such person, who draws, drives, propels, or in any other manner takes or causes to be taken, drawn, driven, or propelled over any such bridge or culvert so posted any wagon, truck, road engine, road roller, traction engine, threshing machine, or other vehicle of any kind weighing, with or without any load which may be in or upon the vehicle, more than the number of pounds specified on the signboard so erected at the entrances or approaches of such bridge or culvert, or at a greater rate of speed than that specified on such signboard, without a permit, in writing, from the City Administrator, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this code. In addition to any penalty provided therefor, the owner or person in control of such vehicle shall be liable to the City for all damages which may be done to the bridge or culvert by the violation of the regulation.
E. 
In any trial of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this section, oral proof of the existence of such signboard posted as provided in the article and its contents shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the validity of the regulations prescribed on such sign.
A. 
The City Administrator is hereby authorized to post signs and signals at such places and for such times as it is reasonably necessary to construct, alter, repair, clean by vehicular devices, or protect the public from dangerous conditions in any public right-of-way.
B. 
No person shall park or drive a vehicle on the public road, street, alley, or other public-controlled way in violation of a closed street sign, no-parking sign, or other traffic or signal as posted. 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]
If any motor vehicle is left unattended upon any public road, highway, alley, or parking lot within the City in violation of any law, ordinance, or order regarding the parking of motor vehicles, or if any motor vehicle is left unattended upon any road, highway, alley, or parking lot within the City for an unreasonable length of time so as to impede the movement of traffic or constitute a threat to public safety, the City Police shall have authority to impound and remove such motor vehicle pursuant to Article IV.
A. 
Whenever the City Administrator finds that there exist on any private property within the City any obstructions, such as trees, bushes, vines, weeds, undergrowth, loose earth, equipment, or any other obstructions, either fixed or movable, except buildings and similar structures affixed to the ground, that obstruct the vision of operators of vehicles traveling upon any public street, road, or highway so as to constitute a traffic hazard, the City Administrator shall immediately serve the owner, agent, lessee, or any other person having supervision over such property a written notice describing the premises upon which such obstruction exists, a statement of the particulars in which the vision of the operators of vehicles is obstructed, including the steps necessary to correct such conditions, and an order directing that corrective steps be taken within a stated period of time.
B. 
Any person who considers himself aggrieved by any order issued pursuant to the authority of this section may, within 10 days from the receipt of such order, petition the City Administrator, in writing, for a hearing thereon. Within 10 days from the receipt of such petition, the City Administrator shall hold such a hearing, after which he may affirm, modify, or rescind the order. No official of the City government shall remove any obstruction or enforce any order issued hereunder until after such hearing by the City Administrator has been held or until the time to petition for such hearing has expired without such a petition having been filed, or until any appeal becomes final.
C. 
Upon failure of any person to comply with the provisions of any order issued under this section within the time specified therein, the City Administrator shall direct his subordinates to enter upon the property whereon the obstruction is located and remove all or such part of the obstruction as may be necessary to eliminate the traffic hazard.
D. 
All orders and notices issued by the City Administrator pursuant to the authority of this section shall be served on the person to whom they are directed either by certified mail or by personal delivery to such person. If such person is not known to reside and cannot be found in Prince George's County, such service shall be made by publication and posting, and service shall be deemed to be made on the day of publication or prior posting.
E. 
Whenever it is necessary for the City Administrator to provide for the removal or elimination of any type of obstruction referred to herein pursuant to the procedures prescribed above, he shall file with the Treasurer a certified statement of the cost to the City of such removal or elimination, together with proof of service and the notice prescribed above. The cost of such removal, together with the cost of publication, shall constitute a charge and lien against the property and shall be collected in the same manner as are real estate taxes.
[Added 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. O-12-09]
A. 
The City Administrator may restrict or prohibit on-street parking on any street for the purpose of street cleaning or other street maintenance. The City Administrator shall post signs giving notice of any parking restriction or prohibition implemented under this section.
B. 
A person may not park a vehicle on a street in violation of any posted restriction or prohibition of parking implemented under this section.
C. 
A vehicle that is parked in violation of this section is subject to impoundment under § 150-24.