[Adopted 4-14-1981 by Ord. No. 127]
The words and phrases used in this article which are defined in the Maryland Code (1977) Transportation Article, as amended, shall, for the purposes of this article have the meanings as set forth in the Maryland Code (1977) Transportation Article, as it may be amended from time to time.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2, Stopping, standing or parking; Sec. 3, Standing or parking; and Sec. 4, Parking, which previously followed this section, were deleted 6-7-2006 by Ord. No. 337.
The Commissioners of St. Michaels may by resolution establish and/or eliminate designated areas in the Town where stopping, standing and/or parking of vehicles is prohibited by an official sign. The passage of such a resolution shall require the affirmative vote of at least three of The Commissioners after being read and considered, at a single public meeting of The Commissioners of St. Michaels. Before becoming effective, the resolution must be posted on the Town bulletin board for a period of seven consecutive days; notice of passage thereof shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town; and, in the case of establishing such an area, the designated area is posted with an official sign giving notice of the prohibition or, in the case of eliminating such a designated area, until all official signs giving notice of the prohibition are removed from the designated area. Each resolution passed under the provisions of this article shall be executed in duplicate; one copy shall be retained by the Town Clerk in the same manner as an ordinance is retained, and one copy shall be kept by the Town Clerk with a copy of all resolutions passed under the provisions of this article.
Places where stopping, standing, and/or parking is prohibited by official sign shall be posted in conformity with the manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices adopted from time to time by the State Highway Administration pursuant to Maryland Code (1977), Transportation Article, § 25-104, as amended.
All of the provisions of Maryland Code (1977) Transportation Article, Title 26 (Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal), Subtitle 3 (Parking Ordinances and Regulations), as amended from time to time, shall be fully applicable to all violations of this article.
[Amended 9-12-1989 by Ord. No. 197]
The penalties for the violation of this article shall be established by regulation pursuant to §§ 312-8, 312-13 and 312-14 of Article III of this chapter, and the violation of any provision of this article shall be a municipal infraction, which shall be controlled by Chapter 33, Municipal Infractions, as amended from time to time.