It shall be unlawful for any person to ride any automobile,
bicycle or any vehicle of any kind on any of the sidewalks of the
Town of Edmonston.
Except as provided in §
435-3 of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person riding a bicycle or motor scooter on the streets of Edmonston to take any other person on the same bicycle or motor scooter at the same time; and no bicycle shall be allowed on the streets of the Town at nighttime without a white light on the front which is visible for at least 200 feet and a red light or reflector on the rear which is plainly visible.
No operator of any bicycle, motor scooter or motorcycle when
upon any street, highway or avenue within the Town of Edmonston shall
carry any person or persons upon the handlebars or the frame of such
vehicle, nor shall any person so ride upon any such vehicle nor shall
any motor scooter be used to carry two or more persons unless said
motor scooter is equipped with a tandem adjustment or auxiliary set
equipped with a seat, handlehold and footrest for each person in excess
of the operator carried there, the upper half of the rear wheel to
be so enclosed as to shield completely the clothing of the person
occupying the seats of said motor scooter from contact with the upper
half of the rear wheel.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be
driven any motor vehicle or other vehicle upon any sidewalk, curbing
or footway in the Town of Edmonston except at the intersection of
streets, avenues, alleys, roads or at properly constructed driveways.
All vehicles on the streets of Edmonston, when not in motion,
shall stand with their right sides parallel to and not more than 12
inches from the curb or curbline, and no driver shall park or stop
a vehicle otherwise on the public highways of the Town. All vehicles
shall be parked in the direction of traffic; provided, however, that
it shall be lawful to park vehicles in either direction on both sides
of the end block of a dead-end street.
It shall be unlawful to park any "inoperable vehicle" as that term is defined in §
429-2 of the Town Code or any motor vehicle that is required to be registered under state law that has expired registration, no registration, altered registration or registration listed to another vehicle on a public street, alley or highway or private property used by the public in general, including but not limited to parking lots of shopping centers, condominiums, apartments and townhouse developments within the Town. A violation of this section shall be deemed a municipal infraction. A violation of not more than 30 days shall be considered an expired registration, punishable by a fine of $80. Any violation of more than 30 days shall be considered as unregistered and therefore inoperable and shall be punishable by a fine of $510 and as otherwise outlined under §
429-2.
It shall be unlawful for any business or commercial entity,
to which an owner of an automotive vehicle has entrusted such vehicle
to said business or entity, for any purpose, or for any public or
private tow company, who has towed by contract or result of impound,
to park or store such vehicle on any street(s) within the Town of
Edmonston, except where specifically authorized by Council or designee.
Any such violation of this code may be subject to a fine of $210 for
the first offense and $310 for each subsequent offense within a twelve-month
period. Furthermore, an operator and/or owner of any business, commercial
entity, public or private tow company who violates or allows such
violation of this chapter, shall be subject to a Municipal Civil Citation
in the amount of $260 for the first offense and $510 for each and
every subsequent offense within a twelve-month time period. In addition
to any fine imposed for a violation of this section, any vehicle parked
in violation of this section shall be subject to immediate impoundment
without prior notice. Said business, commercial entity, public or
private tow company shall be held responsible for any and all incurred
fines and/or costs associated with said impoundment.
[Amended 11-14-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-OR-04]
A. No motor,
electric or horse-drawn vehicle shall be double-parked on any of the
streets of the Town of Edmonston at any time, except while actually
being loaded or unloaded, and then only if and when absolutely necessary.
When vehicles are being loaded or unloaded, such activity shall be
done continuously and without any unnecessary delay, and immediately
upon completion the vehicle shall be forthwith moved from its double-parked
position.
B. Except as provided in Subsection
D of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to park a commercial motor vehicle, other than automobiles, station wagons or pickup trucks and panel body delivery trucks having not more than a one-ton manufacturer's rating capacity, used for commercial purposes on the public streets within the corporate limits of the Town of Edmonston, except for loading or unloading passengers or materials as provided herein. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of passengers or materials exceed three hours. However, this subsection shall not prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of firefighting equipment or other emergency vehicles of public utilities or contractors while engaged in the repair, maintenance or construction of the streets or street utilities within the Town. "Commercial motor vehicle" shall be defined, for the purposes of this section, as every motor vehicle and every trailer or semitrailer designed and used for carrying freight, merchandise or materials in furtherance of any commercial enterprise and every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and/or use for the transportation of persons for compensation and shall include but not be limited to trucks over one ton, dump trucks and all trash trucks.
C. Notwithstanding Subsections
A and
B hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to park any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Subsection
B above, within the corporate limits of the Town of Edmonston for the purpose of loading and unloading so as to completely obstruct a right-of-way within the Town.
D. The Mayor
and Council of the Town of Edmonston may, from time to time, designate,
by resolution, areas in which it shall be lawful for persons to park
commercial motor vehicles used for commercial purposes on public streets.
E. Parking,
standing or stopping any motor vehicle in a designated loading and
unloading zone for any purpose other than loading and unloading as
authorized in the zone is prohibited. The Mayor and Council may designate
the location of and purpose for any loading and unloading zone by
resolution.
Any ambulance, Fire, Police, Water Department or emergency vehicle
shall have the right-of-way. A vehicle on the approach of fire apparatus
shall immediately draw near and parallel with the curb and stop.
[Added 6-10-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-OR-2]
A. Request for review. Upon receipt of a parking violation notice, the
alleged offender may, prior to payment or election to stand trial,
request a parking violation review upon timely notice to the Town
five or more days before the payment due date. If a review election
is made, a review will be held within 30 days of the request before
a Town Parking Violation Review Officer. The alleged offender may
appear at the review in person or by written submission. A timely
request for review will automatically extend the time for payment
or election to stand trial until a date subsequent to the review.
B. Review procedure. There shall be a Parking Violation Review Officer, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council, and who shall have the authority to conduct the parking violation review pursuant to procedures adopted by the Mayor and Council, to receive evidence and to issue a recommendation thereon. As part of the review process, the Parking Violation Review Officer shall have the discretion to recommend a fine that is less than that set out in §
435-16 of the Town Code. At the time the recommendation is issued, the alleged offender shall have until the date set by the review officer to either pay the recommended amount or to request a trial. If the alleged offender pays and satisfies the recommended fine, the Town will take no further action. If the alleged offender timely requests a trial, the request will be transmitted to the court forthwith.
[Added 6-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-OR-02]
A. The Town
and its Police Department are authorized to operate a speed monitoring
system to enforce the speed limit pursuant to the Annotated Code of
Maryland, Transportation Article, § 21-809, as amended,
in school zones, within 1/2 mile of an institution of higher education,
and on highways in residential districts with a maximum posted speed
limit of 35 miles per hour.
B. Before
activating a speed monitoring system, the Town shall:
(1) Publish
notice of the location of the speed monitoring system on its website
and in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town.
(2) Ensure
that each speed limit sign approaching and within an institute of
higher education zone, or on a highway in a residential district with
a maximum posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour, and each speed
limit sign that designates a school zone is proximate to a sign that:
(a) Indicates that speed monitoring systems are in use in the school,
highway or institute of higher education 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 the Annotated Code of Maryland, Transportation
Article, § 25-104.
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 in
a zone within 1/2 mile of an institution of higher education or on
a highway in a residential district with a maximum posted speed limit
of 35 miles per hour may operate 24 hours per day, seven days per
week.
D. For a
period of at least 30 days after the first speed monitoring system
is placed in the Town, a violation recorded by any speed monitoring
system may be enforced only by issuance of a warning. Thereafter,
if the Town moves or places a mobile or stationary speed monitoring
system where a speed monitoring system has not previously been placed,
the Town 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 Town
Council is hereby authorized to designate school speed enforcement
zones, residential highway zones and zones within 1/2 mile of an institution
of higher education consistent with this section by resolution.