It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle over any street in the City at a rate of speed in excess of 25 miles per hour, except that the speed limit for both directions of traffic along the streets or parts thereof contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk are hereby established at the rate of speed indicated.
[Added 11-28-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-43]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CRUISING
Driving a motor vehicle on a street past a traffic control point, designated by a police officer, in the designated no-cruising area enumerated herein, three or more times within any two-hour period from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Passing the traffic control point a third time under the conditions stated herein shall constitute unnecessary, repetitive driving and cruising.
PERSON HAVING CARE, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
The owner of said vehicle if the owner is present in the vehicle at the time of the violation, regardless of whether the owner is driving the vehicle at the time of the violation; or if the owner is not present in the vehicle at the time of the violation, the person operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.
TRAFFIC CONTROL POINT
A clearly marked and consistent reference point on a designated street, as determined and marked from time to time by officers of the Hagerstown Police Department.
B. 
Cruising prohibited; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for anyone to engage in cruising, as defined in this section, within the corporate limits of the City of Hagerstown in the designated area provided hereinafter. For purposes of this section, the individual having care, custody or control of a motor vehicle shall be considered the person cruising, without regard as to whether that person was actually driving the motor vehicle each time it passed the traffic control point. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any municipal, governmental, police, fire, ambulance or other emergency vehicle when the same is being operated in an official capacity. Additionally, this section shall not apply to any duly licensed public transportation vehicle, or any vehicle being utilized for business or commercial purposes.
C. 
Designated no-cruising area. The designated area within the corporate boundaries of the City of Hagerstown to which this section applies means:
(1) 
That part of US Route 40 West (Franklin Street and the Dual Highway) between Cleveland Avenue on the east and Potomac Street on the west;
(2) 
That part of US Route 40 East (Washington Street and the Dual Highway) between Potomac Street on the west and Cleveland Avenue on the east; and
(3) 
That part of North Potomac Street between Franklin Street on the north and Washington Street on the south.
D. 
Posting. At reasonable intervals within the designated area, and at every point where a public street or alley provides ingress to the designated area, there shall be posted signs which designate the area as a no-cruising area between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.
E. 
Violations and penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a municipal infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250.
F. 
Any person issued a citation alleging a violation of any of the provisions of this section may elect to pay a preset fine of $125.
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, Expiration, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 8-27-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-25.
The streets or parts of streets contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk are hereby designated as one-way streets in the direction indicated.
A. 
Stop intersections. The intersections contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk are hereby established as stop intersections, and official stop signs shall be erected upon those highways designated as controlled by stop signs in such a position as to face traffic approaching said intersection on such highway.
B. 
Yield intersections. The intersections contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk are hereby established as yield intersections, and official yield signs shall be erected upon those highways designated as controlled by yield signs in such a position as to face traffic approaching said intersection on such highway.
C. 
Turns at intersections. No person shall make a turn of the kind designated (left, right or all) at any of the intersections contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk.
D. 
Through highways. The streets or parts of streets contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk are hereby designated as through highways, and stop signs shall be placed at all entrances to said through highways from intersecting highways, within the limits indicated, except where yield signs may be provided for in the designation.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle across, over or upon a curb or sidewalk along any street except within the area and at those places where there has lawfully been permitted and constructed an entrance to a private road or driveway or except in those cases where it is reasonably necessary to do so in making a delivery of coal, lumber or other heavy material to the adjacent property, and then only with the permission and consent of the abutting property owner.
Traffic control signals shall be installed and operated at the intersection of those streets contained on a list maintained by the City Clerk. Each of these traffic control devices shall conform to the manual and specifications of the State Highway Administration. (Annotated Code 1957, Article 66 1/2, § 15-106;[1] Acts 1977, Ch. 14, § 2.)
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Editor's Note: See now § 25-106 of the Transportation Article.