[Adopted 5-16-2018 by Ord. No. 492]
For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases
and their derivatives shall have the meanings given herein:
A designated roadway segment within up to a half-mile radius
of a school for any of grades pre-K through 12 where school-related
activity occurs, including travel by students to or from school on
foot or by bicycle and the dropping off or picking up of students
by school buses or other vehicles.
A device with one or more motor vehicle sensors producing
recorded images of motor vehicles traveling at speed at least 12 miles
per hour or more above the posted speed limit.
Speed camera enforcement, using speed monitoring systems that
are portable or fixed, is authorized within school zones in the Town
of St. Michaels between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
A.
The Police Department will be responsible for filing monthly reports
with The Commissioners of St. Michaels detailing the impacts of the
speed camera enforcement authorized hereunder. The Chief of Police
is designated as the Administrator of the Town's speed monitoring
system program for purposes of the Transportation Article of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, § 21-809(b)(1)(ix) and (b)(5)(i), as amended.
B.
If a speed monitoring system is moved to or placed in a location
where a speed monitoring system had not previously been moved to or
placed in, no citation shall be issued for a violation recorded by
that speed monitoring system:
(1)
Until signage is installed and public notice is provided in accordance
with the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
§ 21-809(b)(1)(vii), as amended; and
(2)
For at least the first 15 calendar days after the signage is installed;
provided, however, that no citation shall be issued for the first
30 days after such signage is installed for the initial speed monitoring
system authorized by this article.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall
be subject to the penalties set forth in the Transportation Article
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, § 21-809(c), as amended,
including a fine in the amount of $40.
