A.
Whenever the City Manager finds, on the basis of falling snow, sleet
or freezing rain or on the basis of a forecast by the United States
Weather Bureau of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that weather conditions
will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and
that parking on City streets be prohibited or restricted for snowplowing
and other purposes, the City Manager shall put into effect a parking
prohibition on parts of or all snow emergency routes as necessary
by declaring it in a manner prescribed by this article.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A hereof, a parking prohibition shall automatically go into effect on any part of any snow emergency route on which there has been an accumulation of snow and ice of four inches or more for one hour or more, between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. of any day.
C.
Once in effect, a prohibition under this section shall remain in
effect until terminated by announcement by the City Manager in accordance
with this article, except that any street area which has become substantially
clear of snow and ice from curb to curb for the entire length of the
entire block shall be automatically excluded therefrom. While the
prohibition is in effect, no person shall park or allow to remain
parked any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency route to which
it applies. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to
permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any other
provision of law.
A.
Whenever the City Manager finds, on the basis of falling snow, sleet,
freezing rain or on the basis of a forecast by the United States Weather
Bureau of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that weather conditions will
make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that
parking on City streets be prohibited or restricted for snowplowing
and other purposes, the City Manager shall put into effect a parking
prohibition on parts of or all secondary streets, as necessary, by
declaring it in a manner prescribed by this article. The prohibition
shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of the City
Manager in accordance with this article, except that any street area
which has become substantially clear of snow and ice from curb to
median line for a length of the entire block shall be automatically
excluded therefrom.
B.
While the prohibition is in effect, no person shall park, or allow
to remain parked, any vehicle on any street to which it applies during
the time from 12:01 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. of any day, except as permitted
below:
(1)
Vehicles may be parked on the side of the street with uneven street
numbers on days with names that have the letter "u" in their spellings,
i.e., Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
(2)
Vehicles may be parked on the side of the street with even street
numbers on days with names that do not have the letter "u" in their
spellings, i.e., Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
C.
However, nothing in this section shall be construed to permit parking
at any time or place where it is forbidden by any other provision
of law.
A.
No person operating a motor vehicle on a snow emergency route on
which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice shall allow such vehicle
to become stalled, wholly or partly, because the drive wheels thereof
are not equipped with effective tire chains or snow tires.
B.
No person operating a motor vehicle on a part of a snow emergency
route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which
there is a parking prohibition in effect shall allow such vehicle
to become stalled because the motor fuel is exhausted or the battery
has become inoperative.
Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or
not in violation of this article, on any part of a snow emergency
route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which
there is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating such
vehicle shall take immediate action to have the vehicle towed or pushed
off the roadway of such snow emergency route, either into the first
cross street which is not a snow emergency route or onto the public
space portion of a nearby driveway. No person shall abandon or leave
his or her vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route (regardless
of whether he or she indicates, by raising the hood or otherwise,
that the vehicle is stalled), except for the purpose of securing assistance
during the actual time necessary to go to a nearby telephone or to
a nearby garage, gasoline station or other place of assistance and
return without delay.
A.
The City Manager shall cause each declaration made by him or her
pursuant to this article to be publicly announced by means of broadcast
or telecast from a station with a normal operating range covering
the City, and the City Manager may cause such declaration to be further
announced in newspapers of general circulation when feasible. Each
announcement shall describe the action taken by the City Manager,
including the time it became or will become effective, and shall specify
the streets or areas affected. A parking prohibition declared by the
City Manager shall not go into effect until at least three hours after
it has been announced at least six times between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00
p.m. in accordance with this section.
B.
The City Manager shall make or cause to be made a record of each
time and date when any declaration is announced to the public in accordance
with this section.
Whenever the City Manager shall find that some or all of the
conditions which give rise to a parking prohibition in effect pursuant
to this article no longer exist, the City Manager may declare the
prohibition terminated, in whole or in part, in a manner prescribed
by this article, effective immediately upon announcement.
Any provision of this article which becomes effective by declaration
of the City Manager or upon the occurrence of certain weather conditions
shall, while temporarily in effect, take precedence over other conflicting
provisions of law normally in effect, except that it shall not take
precedence over provisions of law relating to traffic accidents, emergency
travel of authorized emergency vehicles or emergency traffic directions
by a police officer.
On each street designated by this article as a snow emergency
route the City Manager shall post special signs at intervals not exceeding
500 feet with the wording "Snow Emergency Route. No Parking During
Emergency Period." These signs shall be distinctive and uniform in
appearance and shall be plainly readable to persons traveling on the
street or highway.
A.
Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove
or have removed a vehicle from a street to the nearest garage or other
place of safety (including another place on a street) or to a garage
designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise maintained
by the City when:
(1)
The vehicle is parked on a part of a snow emergency route on which
a parking prohibition is in effect.
(2)
The vehicle is stalled on a part of a snow emergency route on which
there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which there is a parking
prohibition in effect and the person who was operating such vehicle
does not appear to be removing it in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
(3)
The vehicle is parked in violation of any parking ordinance or provisions
of law and is interfering or is about to interfere with snow removal
operations.
B.
Whenever an officer removes or has a vehicle removed from a street,
as authorized in this section, he or she shall proceed in accordance
with the provisions of § 25-201 et seq. of the Transportation
Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
[Amended 6-2-1997 by Ord.
No. 349]
C.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to keep a record of
each vehicle removed in accordance with this section. The record shall
include a description of the vehicle, its license number, the date
and time of its removal, where it was removed from, its location,
the nature and address of its owner and last operator, if known, its
final disposition and the parking violation involved.
D.
This section shall be supplemental to any other provisions of law
granting members of the Police Department authority to remove vehicles.
Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked
or left in violation of any provision of this article and is not removed
and impounded as provided for in this article, the officer finding
such vehicle shall take its registration number and any other information
displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user and shall conspicuously
affix to such vehicle a traffic summons for the driver to answer to
the charge against him or her at the time and at the place specified
in the summons.
In any prosecution with regard to a vehicle parked or left in
a place or in a condition in violation of any provision of this article,
proof that the particular vehicle described in the summons was parked
or left in violation of a provision of this article, together with
proof that the defendant named in the summons was at the time the
registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence
that the defendant was the person who parked or left the vehicle in
violation of this article.
The following streets or portions of streets within the City
are hereby designated as snow emergency routes: Cedar Street, Clarke
Avenue, Fourth Street, Market Street and Second Street.
[Amended 2-20-1989 by Ord. No. 300; 6-2-1997 by Ord. No. 349]
A.
Violations of § 220-25C of this chapter shall be a municipal infraction and shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article V, Municipal Infractions, of the Code of Pocomoke City, Maryland, and any property owner found to have committed said municipal infraction shall be subject to a fine as set forth in the Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule, adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time.[1] Each and every day that a property owner shall be in violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule
is on file in the City Clerk's office.
B.
Violations of § 220-25D of this chapter shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Annotated Code, Transportation Article, Title 26, Subtitle 3, as amended from time to time, and any person who violates § 220-25D of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine as set forth in the Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule, adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time.
C.
Except as otherwise provided in Subsections A and B, any violation of Article II, Article III or Article IV of this chapter shall constitute a municipal infraction in accordance with Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article V, Municipal Infractions, of the Code of Pocomoke City, Maryland, and the penalty for such violation shall be a fine as set forth in the Fees, Charges and Rates Schedule, adopted by resolution of the City Council from time to time.
