[Adopted 1-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2022-09]
A school zone, as defined in Transportation Article, § 21-809,
of the Maryland Annotated Code, (hereinafter the "statute") is hereby
designated within 1/2 mile of the property improved by the Federalsburg
Elementary School situate and lying within the corporate boundary
of the Town.
A speed monitoring system, as defined by the statute, is hereby
authorized and established in the school zone designated in this article.
The Federalsburg Police Department is authorized to implement and
enforce citations issued by the speed monitoring system.
The Mayor and Council may, by resolution, enter into one or
more contracts from time to time with one or more qualified speed
monitoring system contractors, as provided in the statute, upon such
terms and conditions as deemed desirable by the Mayor and Council;
provided, however, that no such contract may include a provision under
which the contractor's fee is contingent on a per-ticket basis
on the number of citations issued or paid. The contractor designated
pursuant to this section shall be the speed monitoring system operator,
as defined in the statute, shall operate the speed monitoring system
in accordance with the statute, and shall administer and process warnings
and civil citations as provided in the statute.
The driver of a motor vehicle is subject to a civil penalty
in the amount of $40 if the motor vehicle is recorded by a speed monitoring
system as being operated in a school zone in excess of the posted
speed limit.
The Town of Federalsburg hereby imposes and may collect the
following administrative fees related to the implementation of speed
enforcement using speed monitoring systems in school zones within
Town:
A.
MVA flagging fee for unpaid citation: $35;
B.
Returned check fee: $25 per returned check;
C.
If a speed camera or red-light camera citation has not been paid
in 30 days, the fee shall double, and if not paid in 60 days, the
fee shall double again for each speed and red-light camera citation;
D.
Any citations for speed or red-light camera violations that are unpaid
after 60 days risk the suspension of their tags.
If the Town moves or places a mobile or stationary speed system
to or at a location where a speed monitoring system had not previously
been moved or placed, the Town may not issue a citation for a violation
recorded by that speed monitoring system:
Within first 30 days after the first speed monitoring system
is placed in the jurisdiction, a violation recorded by any speed monitoring
system may be enforced only by the issuance of a warning.
