The County Council may designate, by legislation, certain highways or alleys under the jurisdiction of the county as restricted or prohibited to through truck traffic. Such authority shall include the designating of adequate alternate routes for the use of the restricted or prohibited truck traffic.
The County Executive is hereby authorized to adopt regulations consistent with existing laws providing for the restricting or prohibiting of through truck traffic on county highways and alleys. Such authority shall include the designating of adequate alternate routes for the use of the restricted or prohibited truck traffic. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the County Executive and the Director of the Department of Public Works from recommending legislation for adoption by the County Council that restricts or prohibits through truck traffic on certain highways or alleys under the jurisdiction of the county.
[Added by Bill No. 77-30]
After the posting of a highway or alley as herein required, no truck that has a load capacity over the three-fourths-ton manufacturer's rated capacity shall traverse a designated highway or alley as through traffic, except as permitted in this Article. For the purposes of this Article, "through traffic" shall mean traffic traversing the entire length of the prohibited or restricted portion of a highway or alley where the purpose of the traversing is not related to a business stop on that highway or alley.
A. 
Immediately upon the effectiveness of the legislation that restricts or prohibits through truck traffic on a certain highway or alley, the Department of Public Works shall place and thereafter maintain in a conspicuous place along such highway or alley appropriate signs or markers describing the restrictions imposed by the county. The presence along any highway or alley of such signs or markers shall be prima facie evidence of the adoption and effectiveness of the legislation provided for in this Article.
B. 
No later than ten (10) days after the effective date of a law that restricts or prohibits through truck traffic on a county highway or alley, the Department of Public Works shall, in writing, verify to the Council that appropriate signs have been erected and that the alternate route has been designated. Noncompliance with this section shall not invalidate the restrictions or prohibitions established for certain designated highways or alleys.
A. 
Restrictions or prohibitions on through truck traffic shall not apply to:
(1) 
Emergency vehicles or vehicles that cater to or service individual private residences or businesses on the restricted highway or alley.
(2) 
Vehicles owned or operated by public and quasi-public agencies.
B. 
For the purposes of this article, "emergency vehicles" include but are not limited to fire equipment, medical, ambulance or rescue vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, utility vehicles and other vehicles that are required to respond to situations that adversely affect the life or property of the citizens of the county.
[Added by Bill No. 76-123; amended by Bill No. 06-07]
A. 
The following highways and alleys are restricted to through truck traffic:
Street
Location
Foster Knoll Drive
Entire length
Garnett Road
Entire length
Haverhill Road
Entire length
Joppa Farm Road
From Townewood Drive to Haverhill Road
Towne Center Drive
Entire length
Fountain Glen Drive
Entire length
B. 
Where alternate routes have been previously designated, the Department of Public Works shall establish specifically designated alternate routes to provide for the orderly flow of truck traffic.
[Amended by Bill No. 81-32]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any commercial motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle for hire on any public road right-of-way or private road right-of-way as designated for public use on a recorded subdivision plat, in any residential district, except when such vehicle is actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, merchandise or materials. At authorized terminal stands of bus routes operating under a permit from the State Public Service Commission, stops may be made for sufficient period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) minutes, for the purpose of maintaining schedules. This section shall not apply to a vehicle involuntarily parked because of mechanical failure or other emergency, provided that such vehicle is removed within a twenty-four-hour period of time.
It shall be unlawful for any person to perform service or repairs on a vehicle parked on a public street, highway or road within the county, except for emergency service or repairs, or to store or park on any public street, highway or road any motor vehicle left in the custody of the management of the garage, repair shop or service facility, except for the time necessary to permit the removal of another car from the garage, repair shop or service facility.