Town of Somerset, MD Article IV Enforcement and Penalties

§ 195-14 Enforcement by state and county officers.

A. The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by any law enforcement officer of the State of Maryland or Montgomery County.

B. Violations of the provisions of Article II of this chapter may be enforced by the following parking control officers: any law enforcement officer of the State of Maryland or Montgomery County, the Mayor, the Clerk-Treasurer, or any other person authorized by resolution of the Town Council.

C. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the Town of Somerset an agreement with the County Executive of Montgomery County for the enforcement of Article II of this chapter in form and substance materially consistent with the attached agreement.

[Ord. No. 2-89, eff. 4-24-1989; amended by Ord. No. 7-07, eff. 10-25-2007 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-401, of the 1989 Code)]

§ 195-15 Moving violations.

Violations of the provisions of Article I of this chapter shall be cited and prosecuted as offenses of Title 21 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, punishable as misdemeanors under the provisions of Title 27 of the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

[Ord. No. 2-89, eff. 4-24-1989 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-402, of the 1989 Code)]

§ 195-16 Parking violations.

Violations of the provisions of Article II of this chapter, or of Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code when such violation occurs within the Town, shall be cited on a form provided by the county. The fines for such violations will be those established from time to time by written regulation of the County Council pursuant to Section 31-51 of the Montgomery County Code. All fines shall be payable to the county when enforced by the county.

[Ord. No. 2-89, eff. 4-24-1989; amended by Ord. No. 7-07, eff. 10-25-2007; Res. No. 5-19, 10-17-2019, eff. 11-12-2019 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-403, of the 1989 Code)]