[Adopted 3-13-1989 by Ord. No. 166]
Whenever in this article the following terms
are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
in this section:
Police vehicles, vehicles of the Fire Department, ambulances,
vehicles carrying a state, county or municipal officer or employee
in response to an emergency call, and emergency vehicles of public
service corporations on an emergency call.
To stand a vehicle, whether occupied or not, for a period
of time greater than is reasonably necessary for the actual loading
and unloading.
A permanently surfaced area for the parking of a vehicle.
That portion of a street between the curbline or roadway
and the adjacent property line designated for pedestrian use.
Shall have the same definition as set forth in § 156-1 of the Code.
[Amended 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 274]
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway except devices moving
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
At any time it shall be unlawful to permit any
trailer or vehicle, other than authorized emergency vehicles, to stand
in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police
officer or traffic control device:
A.
In any intersection.
B.
In a crosswalk.
C.
At any place where the vehicle would block another
vehicle or the use of a driveway.
D.
On any sidewalk.
E.
In parking spaces designated for the exclusive use
by mobility-handicapped persons, except by those persons with a mobility
handicap and duly authorized to park in such parking spaces.
F.
In any area which the Town Council has designated
as a fire lane and which has been so marked by an official sign or
yellow curb.
G.
Within 15 feet from any fire hydrant.
H.
At any area which the Town Council has designated
as a "No Parking" area and which has been so marked by an official
sign.
No trailer or vehicle shall be parked with the
left side of such vehicle next to the curb, except on one-way streets,
and it shall be unlawful to stand or park any trailer or vehicle in
a street other than substantially parallel with the curb and with
the right wheels of the trailer or vehicle within 12 inches of the
regularly established curbline, except that upon those streets that
have been marked for angle parking, trailers or vehicles shall be
parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks.
In any area designated as a "loading zone" and
which is so marked, it shall be unlawful for the driver of a trailer
or vehicle to stand a trailer or vehicle for a period of time longer
than is necessary for the loading or unloading of merchandise and
passengers, and in no case to exceed 15 minutes.
Except on Sundays or holidays, it shall be unlawful
to park any trailer or vehicle for a longer consecutive period of
time than that designated between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays in any
area which the Town Council has designated as a limited parking area
and which is marked by an official sign stating the day(s) and/or
time(s) of such parking limits.
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Editor's Note: Former § 165-10, Continuous parking,
was repealed 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 278.
[Amended 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 274]
It shall be unlawful to park any trailer in
any public street or public road in any residential zone for more
than 48 continuous hours.
[Added 3-14-2011 by Ord. No. 274]
No person shall park or occupy any trailer on any lot, residence or other private property within the Town except as otherwise permitted in accordance with Chapter 156 of the Code; as permitted in § 165-11; or parking on paved or gravel private driveways in the front of a lot, on paved or gravel private driveways on the side of the lot, in a garage or other structure for which a building permit and certificate of use has been issued, or in the rear yard of a lot.
Wherever lines or markings have been designated
by the Town Council on any street or parking lot of said Town, it
shall be unlawful to park any trailer or vehicle across any such line
or marking or to park a trailer or vehicle in such position that the
same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines
or markings.
A.
The Town of Sykesville or its duly authorized agents, may remove or cause to be removed, any trailer or vehicle parked in violation of §§ 165-6, 165-8, 165-9, and 165-11 of this article, which prohibits the parking of a trailer or vehicle in a designated area or restricts the length of time a trailer or vehicle may be there parked.
B.
Owners of trailers or vehicles so removed shall be
responsible for ascertaining from the Police Department of the Town
of Sykesville the location of said trailer or vehicle; and such owner
shall further pay all towing and storage charges to the owner and/or
operator of the storage area or garage where such removed trailer
or vehicle has been stored before its owner shall be permitted to
recover possession of such trailer or vehicle, provided that any such
payments required by the said owner of the storage area or garage
shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any fines otherwise imposed.
[Amended 9-27-2004 by Ord. No. 247]
A trailer or vehicle owned or leased by a public
utility company which is subject to the Public Utility Companies Article
of the Annotated Code of Maryland shall be exempt from the requirements
of this article, provided that such trailer or vehicle is then being
used in an official business capacity and operated by an agent or
employee of said public utility company.
[Amended 9-27-2004 by Ord. No. 247
The violation of any of the provisions of this
article shall constitute a municipal infraction. The penalties for
such municipal infraction shall be imposed by a separate fine schedule
to be adopted by the Town Council.
