A. 
Parking is prohibited in the following specific places:
(1) 
When signs prohibiting parking are erected no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
(2) 
When signs are erected upon approaches to hazardous or congested places, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated places.
(3) 
No person shall park a vehicle within a lane or upon a street or highway in such a manner or under such conditions as to block the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(4) 
When signs are erected or posted in each block giving such notice, no person shall park any vehicle, either attended or unattended, upon any street so posted.
(5) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle for longer than the time limit shown at any time between the hours specified of any day, unless otherwise indicated.
(6) 
When a section of the curb along any street is colored red or yellow by the application of paint or other material and by proper authority, no person shall park a vehicle there at any time.
(7) 
When a section of the curb along any street is designated by signs for loading and unloading, no person shall stop, stand or park in said designated area except for that purpose.
(8) 
No person shall park a vehicle other than a motorbus at any place established and designated as a motorbus stop or station.
(9) 
No person shall park a vehicle other than a taxicab at any place established as a taxicab stand.
(10) 
Upon those streets or public parking areas which have been marked or signed for angle parking, no person shall park a vehicle otherwise than is indicated by such marks or signs.
(11) 
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(a) 
On a sidewalk.
(b) 
At a location which obstructs the entrance to any private driveway or the entrance to any building or garage or which prevents passage over and upon any private driveway or private vehicle entrance connecting private property with an abutting street:
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Unless the person so parking has been given permission by a person in control of such driveway or occupying such property; or
(c) 
Within an intersection.
(d) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(e) 
On a crosswalk.
(f) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance.
(g) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation, obstruction, or construction site when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(h) 
Upon any bridge, viaduct, or other elevated structure, freeway, tunnel, or ramps leading to and from such structures.
(i) 
On any median or safety zone, whether made of concrete, grass, or other material and with curbs or otherwise delineated by solid yellow markings.
(j) 
On any property owned by the Board of Education of Harford County where an official sign prohibits such parking.
(k) 
In a fire lane.
(12) 
Within 25 feet of the approach side of any stop or yield sign located at the side of the roadway.
(13) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest railroad crossing.
(14) 
Within 15 feet in either direction from a bus stop sign.
(15) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(16) 
Within 25 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway.
(17) 
Nearer than three feet to the vehicle parked in front of or in the rear thereof.
(18) 
For the duration of any emergency, within 25 feet of any sign or device posted by the Police Department indicating that parking is prohibited because of an emergency, unless such sign or device sets forth the area in which parking is prohibited because of an emergency, then in such cases, within the designated area.
(19) 
At a location contrary to directions given by any member of the Police Department or Fire Department to keep clear fire lines or police lines or to facilitate the flow of traffic at or near the scene of a fire, accident or other emergency, provided that the prohibition of parking at such a location is made known to the person so parking.
(20) 
In front of any barricade or sign that has been placed for the purpose of closing a street.
(21) 
Within 25 feet of, in either direction from, any treadle or vehicle-operated control of any traffic signal on the side of the street on which the treadle or control is located.
(22) 
At any place on any street posted with signs properly designating work being performed by various City departments, including but not limited to the construction, repair and cleaning of streets.
(23) 
In or on any street or roadway when such parking will reduce the width of the open roadway to less than 12 feet.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to park or leave standing any vehicle requiring a license plate on any public street within the City or on any property owned or leased by the City unless said vehicle shall have affixed or attached thereto license plates or markers displayed conspicuously on the front and rear of said vehicle in accordance with the provisions of the Annotated Code of Maryland or, in the case of a nonresident, the state, county, country or territory where such vehicle is registered.
C. 
A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle on any private property not owned by the owner or driver of the vehicle unless the person has express or implied permission from the property owner, his tenant, or his agent to stop, stand or park the vehicle, as the case may be.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in a parking space designated as reserved by the Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace unless the space has been reserved for the vehicle parking therein.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any vehicle unattended upon any street or public place within the limits of the City for a continuous period longer than 48 hours after having been duly notified by a police officer of the City of Havre de Grace to remove same.
Any motor vehicle that is inoperable and is left unattended on public property for more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained illegally on public property for a period of more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained in a garage for more than 10 days after the garage keeper has given the owner of the vehicle notice by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to remove the vehicle, or a motor vehicle that has remained in a garage for more than 10 days after the period when, by contract, the vehicle was to remain in the garage, or a motor vehicle that was left for more than 10 days in a garage by someone other than its registered owner or by a person authorized to have possession of the vehicle under a contract of use, service, storage, or repair, or a motor vehicle that has remained on public property for more than 48 hours and is not displaying currently valid registration plates, or is displaying registration plates of another vehicle, shall be deemed to be an abandoned vehicle and may be taken into custody and disposed of by the Police Department as provided in the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended. (For private property, refer to § 190-47C of this chapter.)
A. 
Except as may be provided otherwise for angle parking, all vehicles not in motion shall be parked or placed with their right side parallel, and within 12 inches of the curb or improved surface on the right-hand side of the street, except on streets where traffic is permitted to move in one direction only, in which case they shall be parked or placed with their right side parallel, and within 12 inches of the curb or improved surface on the right-hand side, or their left side parallel, and within 12 inches of the curb or improved surface on the left-hand side of the street.
B. 
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement, except as permitted in § 190-54.
At places where traffic-control signs or markings indicate that parking shall be at an angle to, rather than parallel with, the curb or edge of the roadway, vehicles shall be parked at the indicated angle and parallel parking shall be unlawful.
No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway, street, lane or City parking lot, for the principal purpose of displaying it for sale, greasing or repairing such vehicle, including the elevation of such vehicle on repair ramps or jacks, except repairs necessitated by an emergency or to render the vehicle operable in order to remove it to a service garage.
No vehicle shall be parked at any time in any space which shall be designated as a no-parking space by any traffic-control sign or traffic-control markings.
A. 
Where white lines have been painted or markers have been installed upon any street or City parking lot indicating a parking space, no vehicle shall be parked except wholly within a parking space as indicated by such white lines or markers.
B. 
No vehicle shall be parked at any place where yellow lines have been painted to indicate a no-parking zone.
[Amended 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 796]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to park any truck, tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination exceeding one ton gross vehicle weight on any street or public property in the City of Havre de Grace; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to park any such truck, tractor, trailer or tractor-trailer combination for the purpose of loading or unloading for a period not exceeding 24 hours.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to park any mobile home, house trailer, tent trailer, travel trailer, boat trailer, motor home or utility trailer on any street or public property, except as provided in § 190-74 herein, within the City of Havre de Grace; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to park aforesaid vehicles on a City street or public property for the purpose of loading or unloading for a period not exceeding 24 hours.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to park any motorcycle, passenger car or any truck less than one ton gross vehicle weight on any street or public property within the City of Havre de Grace; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to park aforesaid vehicles on a City street or public property, except as provided in § 190-74 herein, for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours except where such vehicle is parked on a City street immediately adjacent to a property owned, leased or occupied by the driver of the vehicle or where such parking is permitted by the owner, lessee or occupant of the property and not prohibited by any parking control signs, standards or markings.
D. 
The Chief of Police may grant temporary relief to Subsection C, above, by written permit but only for good cause and for a period not exceeding 20 days unless written permission for a longer period shall have been granted by action of the Mayor and City Council.
A. 
A person driving or otherwise in charge of a motor vehicle may not leave it unattended until the engine is stopped, the ignition locked, the key removed and the brake effectively set.
B. 
A person driving or otherwise in charge of a motor vehicle may not leave the motor vehicle unattended until, if the vehicle is on a grade, the front wheels are turned to the curb or side of the street.
C. 
No person shall park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers or freight in any of the following places:
(1) 
Between the sidewalk space and the building line, except parking shall be permitted at those locations designated under this chapter and at locations authorized by permit.
(2) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(3) 
Within 12 feet of either side of motorists' courtesy mail boxes.
A. 
Whenever by reason of the scheduled assembly of a large number of persons at any public or semipublic building, or other place of assembly, it is determined that the free flow of traffic upon the street or streets leading to or from the building, or other place of assembly, is or will be impeded by reason of the parking of vehicles, parking may be prohibited on the street(s) during the hours that the free flow of traffic is or will be impeded by parking.
B. 
Whenever construction work upon or adjacent to any highway causes the width of the roadway to be reduced, parking shall be prohibited upon the roadway adjacent to and for a reasonable distance on either side of the construction work. Where the whole width of the roadway is less than 60 feet, except where the highway is divided into separate roadways carrying traffic in opposite directions, parking may also be prohibited on the side of the roadway opposite to and for a reasonable distance on either side of the construction work.
C. 
The Traffic Engineer may have temporary signs erected adjacent to a funeral home indicating a prohibition of parking in front of one entrance to each such establishment.
D. 
Upon the erection of signs prohibiting parking during a funeral, parking shall be prohibited as indicated on the signs during the funeral.
E. 
In addition to the areas set forth in Subsection C of this section, parking shall be prohibited on streets adjacent to houses or establishments from which funerals are to be conducted for a reasonable time before and during the service, within the area that it is found necessary to park vehicles which are part of the funeral cortege.
F. 
Parking shall be prohibited in places upon highways where trucks, moving vans or other vehicles are required to remain for commercial operations; provided that such parking prohibition shall be used only if it is determined that the parking of these vehicles abreast of other parked vehicles would reduce the roadway available for the flow of traffic on that side of the highway to 20 feet or less; provided, further, that such prohibition of parking shall not continue for such purpose beyond eight hours at any one time.
G. 
Parking may be prohibited on streets for which parade permits have been issued, including streets necessary for assembling and disbanding of parades, for a reasonable time prior to, during, and for a reasonable time after such parades.
H. 
When, as a result of the closing of any street to traffic by reason of a parade or emergency conditions, the flow of traffic on adjacent streets is or will be increased, or it is found that the free flow of traffic upon the adjacent streets is or will be impeded due to the parking of vehicles, parking may be prohibited during such hours that it is found that the free flow of traffic is or will be impeded.
I. 
Whenever signs are erected indicating that parking is prohibited under this section, it shall be unlawful to park any unauthorized vehicle in violation of the parking restrictions stated on such signs.
A. 
No person shall stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle on any road, street, highway, lane or public parking areas in the City so as to prevent access to and from any driveway or parking area or to prevent free passage of vehicles or movement of any lawfully parked vehicle unless permitted by the owner of the said driveway or parking area.
B. 
No vehicle shall be parked, stopped, or left unattended in any lane in the City leaving less than 12 feet of clearance parallel to the vehicle.
C. 
In the event that any vehicle is parked, stopped, or left unattended so that it prevents or impedes the free passage of any emergency vehicle or sanitation vehicle, the City Police Department is authorized to tow such vehicle after a reasonable attempt at locating the owner has been exhausted or, if the owner is known, the owner refuses to remove the vehicle. Any towing/storage fee incurred as a result thereof shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle.
[Amended 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 796]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park an unlicensed vehicle or a vehicle with an expired license on any public road, highway, street, avenue, lane, public parking areas or City property for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours. The City Police Department is hereby authorized to take possession of and remove any such vehicle so parked in violation of this section, and it may cause such vehicle to be stored either upon City property or upon private property. The cost of removing or towing any such vehicle and of storing the same must be paid by the owner before such vehicle may be repossessed by him/her, and such charge shall be in addition to any fine or other penalty imposed for the violation of this section. If the owner fails to repossess such vehicle within 30 days after it is impounded, such vehicle may be sold by the Director of Administration or his/her agent pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,[1] if applicable, and the proceeds of such sale, after payment of the costs thereof, applied, first, to reimbursing the cost of removing or towing the vehicle and or storing the same; second, to the payment of all liens on the same, and the balance of such proceeds shall be paid to the owner if claimed by him/her within six months from the date of sale. If the owner fails to claim such balance within such period of time, it shall be forfeited and paid into the City treasury.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 144, Property, Unclaimed.
No vehicle shall be permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, or merchandise or freight in front of or opposite to any fire engine house or within 20 feet of either side of any such fire engine house.
No vehicle shall be permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, freight, or merchandise in front of the entrance to any church, theatre, public dance or entertainment hall, private driveway, or within 15 feet of any entrance to any hospital or in front of any theatre or place of amusement or in front of any exits, fire escapes, or other means of emergency egress from any buildings or structures where signs prohibit same.
No vehicle shall be permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, merchandise, or freight in front of any shipping or receiving entrance to business houses and other places where no-parking spaces have been established by orders of the Traffic Engineer and designated by proper signs or markings.
No vehicle not belonging to the Police Department, Fire Department, Ambulance Corp, or other City departments shall be permitted to stand longer than actually necessary to take on or discharge passengers, baggage, merchandise, or freight in any space reserved by appropriate signs or markings provided by the City at any public building.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a commercial vehicle, other than automobiles, station wagons, or pickup trucks and panel-body delivery trucks having not more than one ton of manufacturer's rating capacity, used for commercial purposes, upon any public road, street, public parking areas, or way within any residential zone in the City, such residential zones being those as now or hereafter provided for in Chapter 205, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Havre de Grace, unless such parking or standing is essential to the immediate use then being made of any such commercial vehicle where signs prohibit same.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park, leave standing or maintain any vehicle, mobile home, house trailer or trailer upon any roadway, street, lane, City property or private property for the following purposes unless approved by the Mayor and City Council:
A. 
Dwelling or sleeping.
B. 
Storage, which for the purpose of this article and for mobile homes, house trailers or trailers shall mean standing for a period of more than 48 consecutive hours unless on private property and in a manner which is in conformance with Chapter 205, Zoning. Temporary storage of boat trailers may be permitted in certain circumstances as described in this article.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a commercial vehicle, having more than one ton of manufacturer's rating capacity and used for a commercial purpose, on any shopping center lot located in the City between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless the vehicle so parked is unoccupied and is to be loaded or unloaded at a place of business in said shopping center.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to use a vehicle, as described in Subsection A of this section, as sleeping quarters at any time on a shopping center lot.
C. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any shopping center unless and until the owner or owners of said property have posted appropriate signs approved by the Traffic Engineer.
A. 
For the purpose of this section, a "bus-stop zone" is defined as a place designated by the Chief of Police for the temporary standing of buses for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers and authorized cargo and which is indicated to be such by a traffic-control device.
B. 
Buses shall be permitted to stop and stand in the bus-stop zones for a period of time which shall not exceed 15 minutes for the purpose of receiving and discharging passengers and authorized cargo.
C. 
It shall be unlawful and it is hereby prohibited:
(1) 
To park, stand or leave standing, at any time, any vehicle except buses in any bus-stop zone.
(2) 
For any bus to stop or stand in any bus-stop zone for a period of time exceeding 15 minutes.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or operating any truck or other vehicle containing any live horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, turkeys or other livestock to park such vehicle or permit it to be parked on any street or public place within the City, except for the purpose of unloading such livestock for sale or delivery, or in the case of the breakdown of the vehicle and a necessary stoppage thereof.
[Amended 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 796]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, except while loading or unloading, any nonmotorized vehicle of any length, whether or not such nonmotorized vehicle is attached to a motorized vehicle, on a street within any residential zone in the City, such residential zones being those as are now or may be hereafter provided for in Chapter 205, Zoning.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle at any time or to permit a vehicle to be parked at any time on any City parking lot or City revenue authority parking facility contrary to the limitations and restrictions imposed in any sign conspicuously posted on such parking lot or facility as hereinafter provided. The Traffic Engineer and the revenue authority shall cause signs to be posted on all such parking lots and facilities where parking is limited, indicating such limitations. The Traffic Engineer is hereby granted full power and authority to adopt orders and directives relating to or in connection with the parking of vehicles on such City-owned parking lots.
A person may not park a motor vehicle in a space designated for the handicapped unless the vehicle bears a special registration plate or permit for disabled persons issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.