[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]
[1]
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.
