[Amended 5-25-1993 by Ord. No. 93-O-2]
The Maryland State Police, Prince George's County
Police, University of Maryland Police, College Park City Police, if
any, and the City of College Park Parking Enforcement Division are
authorized to enforce all of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 12-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-O-24]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or fail to comply with its requirements or the owner of any vehicle in violation of this chapter or who has failed to comply with its requirements shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine as set forth in Chapter 110, Fees and Penalties, unless the fine for a specific violation is specified elsewhere in this chapter. Upon failure to pay such fine, the offender may be committed to jail for a period as set forth in Chapter 110, Fees and Penalties.
The Mayor and Council may establish permit fees
to reimburse the city to the extent of the costs of administering
permit parking.
[Amended 9-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-O-22; 9-12-2023 by Ord. No. 23-O-07]
It shall be the duty of a bonded City employee to make regular
collections of the money deposited in parking meters and it shall
be the duty of such person so designated to remove from the parking
meters the containers therein containing the coins so deposited in
said meter, to place them in a locked container so provided for such
occasion and to deliver such locked container to the Finance Department
[Amended 9-10-1991 by Ord. No. 91-O-22]
Whenever the owner of any motor vehicle or the
person, firm or corporation entitled to the possession of any motor
vehicle or part thereof in the custody of the City of College Park
cannot be located and fails to claim said motor vehicle or part thereof
for a period of 30 days after said motor vehicle or part thereof came
into the custody of said city, the same may be disposed of by the
city at public sale at some place which shall be convenient and accessible
to the public at any time between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., provided that the time, place and terms of said sale, together
with a full detailed description of said motor vehicle or part thereof
shall be inserted in one or more newspapers published in the city
or county where said sale is to take place at least once each week
for two successive weeks prior to said sale, and provided further
that a registered notice shall be mailed at least 10 days prior to
said sale to the owner and lienholder, if any, shown on the records
of the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicles Administration
or to the person, firm or corporation entitled to the possession of
said motor vehicle or part thereof if his/her or its address is known
or if it can be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence.
A.
If said address cannot be ascertained by the exercise
of reasonable diligence, then such notice shall not be required to
be given.
B.
Any excess in the amount of the selling price of said
motor vehicle or part thereof at said sale, over and above the expenses
thereof and the amount of the storage and repair charges incurred
by the city during the period in which said motor vehicle or part
thereof was in its custody and after the payment of all liens to which
said motor vehicle or part thereof may be subject, in order of their
priority, shall be accounted for and remitted by said city to the
Finance Director, who shall create a special fund therefor.
C.
If the owner or person, firm or corporation entitled
to the possession of said motor vehicle or part thereof shall present
to the City of College Park a claim for such excess at any time within
one year from the date of the sale, the Finance Director, with the
authorization and consent of the Mayor and Council, shall draw a warrant
upon said special fund for such excess, and such excess thereupon
shall be paid by the Finance Director to said owner or person, firm
or corporation entitled to the possession of said motor vehicle, or
part thereof.
D.
If no claim for the excess is made within one year
from the date of the sale, said excess shall be transferred from the
special fund to the general funds of the City of College Park to be
expended and used as are other fees collected by the city.
A.
[1]Content of report. If the City Manager shall determine
that changes are necessary in the existing traffic regulations and/or
the placement of traffic control devices within the city, he/she shall
prepare for the consideration of the Mayor and Council a report, which
report shall contain the following items:
B.
Action on report; failure of Mayor and Council to
act.
(1)
The report shall be presented to the Mayor and City
Council at a regular meeting. The Mayor and City Council shall take
the report under advisement and may accept or reject or modify said
report by resolution.
(2)
If the Mayor and City Council fail to take action
on said report at the next following meeting of the same, the proposed
changes in the traffic regulations and/or placement of traffic control
devices shall be deemed enacted and shall take effect upon the 20th
day following the above-mentioned next following meeting of the Mayor
and Council.
The city shall maintain at all times a properly
indexed file of all such traffic regulations and/or descriptions of
the placement of traffic control devices. Copies of the same shall
be available upon request to interested citizens.
A.
Mayor and Council. The Mayor and Council shall have
the authority for and be responsible for the promulgation of traffic
regulations and the installation of traffic control devices within
the city.
A.
Reservation of powers. Nothing in this chapter shall
be construed as limiting the authority of the city to further regulate
parking of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
B.
Exercise of police power. This entire chapter shall
be deemed and construed to be an exercise of the police power of the
City of College Park in the State of Maryland for the preservation
and protection of public safety and all of its provisions shall be
liberally construed with a view to the effectuation of such purpose.
