[Adopted 8-10-1999 (Section 308 of the 1999 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 3-12-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-3]
The provisions of this article are intended to be in addition to and
supplementary to the provisions of the Transportation Article of the Maryland
Code and in accordance with the authority granted by said article.
Whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor and Council of Myersville, it
is necessary for the safety or control of vehicular or pedestrian traffic,
or for the regulation of the use of parking areas, the Mayor and Council of
Myersville may erect or cause to be erected traffic control and parking restriction
signs to control, regulate, warn or guide such traffic or limit parking on
public streets, highways or other areas in the Town of Myersville, Maryland.
It shall be the duty of all persons to observe and obey such signs, and any
person failing to obey such a sign shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a misdemeanor. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to constitute a
repeal of the authority heretofore granted by the Mayor and Council of Myersville
for the erection of traffic control and parking restriction signs, and a failure
to obey any such signs heretofore erected shall be subject to the same penalties
provided therefor.
A.
No person shall park a motor vehicle, except when necessary
to avoid conflict with other pedestrian or vehicular traffic or in compliance
with the direction of any police officer or traffic control device, in any
of the following places:
(1)
In front of any public driveway or alleyway, or in front
of a private driveway unless with the consent of the owner or occupant of
the premises.
(2)
Within 20 feet of any intersection or as posted.
(3)
On public sidewalks.
(4)
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(5)
Within 30 feet of any beacon, stop sign or traffic control
signal.
(6)
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire department
station, and within 75 feet of such entrance when posted by a sign.
(7)
On curves or at the brow of a hill where painted lines
mark the surface on the roadway.
B.
No person shall park a motor vehicle, except when necessary to
avoid conflict with other pedestrian or vehicular traffic or in compliance
with the direction of any police officer or traffic control device, in any
of the following locations:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location/Restrictions
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Harp Place
|
North
|
From the community center to Main Street
| |
|
Main Street
|
—
|
On the north or south side of the entrance from Main Street to the shopping
center
| |
|
Main Street
|
East
|
From its intersection with Cedar Street to a point 80 feet south and
50 feet north
| |
|
Main Street
|
East
|
From its intersection with Ellerton Road to a point 35 feet south
| |
|
Main Street
|
East
|
From its intersection with Poplar Street to a point 50 feet north and
south
| |
|
Main Street
|
East
|
From the south limits of the Town of Myersville to a point 200 feet
north
| |
|
Main Street
|
East
|
From its intersection with Wolfsville Road to a point 50 feet north
| |
|
Main Street
|
West
|
From the north limits of the Town of Myersville to the south limits
of the Town of Myersville/Except during the hours of any regularly scheduled
church service, such limitations to be posted at or near the Methodist and
Brethren Churches
| |
|
Poplar Street
|
North
|
From its intersection with Main Street to a point 35 feet east
| |
|
Poplar Street
|
South
|
From its intersection with Main Street to the east limits of the Town
of Myersville/Except during the hours of any regularly scheduled church service,
such limitations to be posted at or near church location
| |
|
Shopping center alley
|
West
|
On the west side of the alley through the shopping center
| |
|
Wolfesville Road
|
North
|
From its intersection with Main Street to a point 200 feet east
| |
|
Wolfesville Road
|
South
|
From its intersection with Main Street easterly to the alleyway/From
7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday
|
C.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle designated
or used for carrying freight or merchandise on any street, highway or alley
within the Town of Myersville unless such vehicle is actually being unloaded
or the operator of such vehicle is actually engaged in rendering a service
to a dwelling house or business abutting on such street, highway or alley.
D.
Thirty-minute parking only is allowed for times of day
as posted in areas where the curb is marked by yellow paint and posted.
Traffic shall proceed one way east and north on Trolley Lane as posted.
[Added 6-14-2005]
A.
The provisions of this section are applicable on private property
throughout the Town of Myersville.
B.
The terms used in this section shall have the meaning of such
terms as set forth in the Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, as amended from time to time.
C.
A motor vehicle engine may not be allowed to operate for more
than five consecutive minutes when the vehicle is not in motion, except as
follows:
(1)
When a vehicle is forced to remain motionless because of traffic
conditions or mechanical difficulties over which the operator has no control;
(2)
When it is necessary to operate heating and cooling or auxiliary
equipment installed on the vehicle;
(3)
To bring the vehicle to the manufacturer's recommended operating
temperature; or
(4)
When it is necessary to accomplish the intended use of the vehicle.
[Added 10-11-2005]
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class G municipal infraction and fined in accordance with Chapter 20.
