[Amended 5-2-1994 by Ord. No. 94-02]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A narrow street of 18 feet or less.
A vehicle that:
Is operated by human power;
Has two or three wheels of 20 inches in diameter
or more;
[Amended 2-11-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-01]
Has a rear drive; and
Has a wheel configuration as follows: if the
vehicle has two wheels, with both wheels in tandem; or if the vehicle
has three wheels, with one front wheel and with two rear wheels that
are spaced an equal distance from the center of the vehicle.
A motor vehicle designed to carry more than 10 passengers.
The entire width between the boundary lines of any way or
thoroughfare, part of which is used for vehicular travel. A street
is a highway.
That area of Somerset Avenue between Antioch Avenue and Broad
Street.
[Added 2-11-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-01]
A two-wheel vehicle with motor or pedal option that is designed
to operate with human power with the assistance of a motor, the internal
combustion engine of which is 50 cc piston displacement or less and
has a rating of 1.5 braking horsepower.
A two-wheeled, gasoline-driven vehicle larger and heavier
than a bicycle that has braking horsepower of 1.5 or more and has
an engine of 49 cc or more displacement.
A mobile dwelling built on a truck or bus chassis.
A two-wheeled vehicle with a motor.
A vehicle that is self-propelled or propelled by overhead
wires and is not operated on rails. "Motor vehicle" does not include
a bicycle that is equipped with an assisting motor.
To halt a vehicle, whether or not it is occupied, other than
temporarily and while actually engaged in loading and unloading property
or passengers.
That part of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel.
To halt a vehicle, whether or not it is occupied, when engaged
in loading or unloading passengers.
In a mandatory sense:
A wheeled vehicle that has no motor power and is designed
to be towed by a truck or car.
A large or small vehicle for carrying goods or delivery of
goods by road.
Any device in, on or by which any individual or property
might be transported or towed on a highway.
[Amended 3-6-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-03; 11-7-2011 by Ord. No.
2012-02; 3-5-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-07]
A.
Fire hydrants. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or let
stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home in front of
a fire hydrant so as to block said hydrant or park within 15 feet
of said fire hydrant on any highway, street, road or alley within
the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
B.
Intersections and traffic control signals.
(1)
Parking at intersections. It shall be unlawful for any person to
park or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home
within 20 feet of any intersection or crosswalk at any highway, road,
street or alley within the Town of Princess Anne, Maryland.
(2)
Parking at traffic control signals. It shall be unlawful for any
person to park or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer, or
motor home within 30 feet of any flashing signal, stop sign, yield
sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway.
C.
Parking for more than 72 hours. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor
home on any highway, road, street or alley for more than 72 hours
without being moved within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
D.
Blocking private driveway. It shall be unlawful for any person to
park or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home,
whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge
passengers or to deliver or pick up packages in front of, or within
five feet of, a private driveway, except with the consent of the owner
or occupant of the premises, on any highway, road, street or alley
within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
E.
Parking on sidewalk. It shall be unlawful for any person to park
or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home, whether
the vehicle is occupied or unoccupied, on any sidewalk within the
Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
F.
Parking or blocking crosswalks. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor
home across any marked crosswalk, whether the vehicle is occupied
or unoccupied, on any highway, road, street or alley within the Town
limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
G.
Left-side parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or
let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home on the
opposite side of any highway, road, street or alley facing the opposite
flow of traffic within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
H.
Parking on bridges. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or
let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home on any
bridges within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
I.
Red or yellow lines. It shall be unlawful to park, stop or let stand
any motor vehicle, vehicle, vehicle trailer or motor home, whether
occupied or unoccupied, next to any red or yellow line that has been
painted on the curbs of any highway, road, street or alley within
the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
J.
Fire lanes. It shall be unlawful to park, stop or let stand any motor
vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home, whether occupied or unoccupied,
on any highway, road, street, alley or parking lot or any area where
such activity has been prohibited by an official sign reading "Fire
Lane - No Parking" within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland,
except that in shopping centers vehicles are permitted to stop to
pick up passengers or packages.
K.
Parking on street or alley. It shall be unlawful to park, stop or
let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home, whether
occupied or unoccupied, on any highway, road, street or alley within
the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
L.
Double parking. It shall be unlawful to park, stop or let stand any
motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home, whether occupied or
unoccupied, doubled parked, except to discharge passengers or to deliver
packages when there are no parking spaces available (if spaces are
available the operator of the vehicle must park said vehicle in the
parking space), within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
M.
Parking on traveled portion of highway. It shall be unlawful to park,
stop or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home
that is unoccupied on any traveled portion of any highway, road, street
or alley within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
N.
Handicapped parking.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop or let stand any
motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home, whether occupied or
unoccupied, in any parking spaces designated by official handicap
signs (as prescribed below) on any highway, road, street, alley or
parking lot within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland. Exceptions
are those vehicles that have placed on their vehicles a handicapped
license plate, handicapped sticker attached to the front windshield
or a valid permit.
(3)
Signs.
(a)
Subject to Subsection N(3)(b) below, each space reserved for a handicapped person shall be signified by a sign with the international symbol of access and the words "Handicapped Parking" on it.
(b)
All signs erected or replaced after July 1, 1982, which reserve
a space for a handicapped person shall be:
[1]
In conformance with the requirement of the State Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices and attached to a post permanently anchored
in the ground; or
[2]
Permanently attached to a building, structure, wall or other
immovable object in a manner that clearly indicates to a driver that
the space is reserved for handicapped persons.
(c)
Except as provided in this Subsection N(3), the bottom edge of the sign shall be at least seven feet above the ground.
(d)
If the sign is placed against a building, structure or other
location that does not obstruct vehicle or pedestrian traffic, the
bottom edge of the sign shall be at least six feet and no more than
10 feet above the ground.
O.
Blocking firehouse. It shall be unlawful for any person to park,
stop or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home,
whether occupied or unoccupied, in front of or to block the doors
of a firehouse or ambulance quarters within the Town limits of Princess
Anne, Maryland.
P.
Parking in Town parks. It shall be unlawful for any person to park,
stop or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home
in any Town park within the Town limits, except where parking spaces
have been provided by the Town of Princess Anne, Maryland.
Q.
Official signs.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop, or let stand any
motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer, motor home, or motorcycle at any
place where parking is prohibited by an official sign.
(2)
Official signs/restricted parking. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park, stop, or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer, motor
home, or motorcycle in violation of an official sign designating restricted
parking.
R.
No parking between signs. It shall be unlawful for any person to
park, stop or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor
home in an area where parking is prohibited by an official sign that
has been posted and which reads "No Parking Between Signs" with an
arrow to indicate the areas of no parking within the Town limits of
Princess Anne, Maryland.
S.
Parking at railroad crossing. It shall be unlawful for any person
to park, stop or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or
motor home within 50 feet of any railroad grade crossing.
T.
Curb parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop or
let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home at a curb
where the right-hand or the left-hand wheels are more than 12 inches
from the curb or edge of the roadway on any highway, road, street
or alley within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
U.
Parking meters. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or let
stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer, motor home or motorcycle
overtime on a parking meter on any highway, road, street, alley or
parking lot within the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland, once
the time has expired on said meter, as indicated on the meter by a
red flag.
V.
Improper parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or
let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer, motor home or motorcycle
in a manner so as to park the vehicle across any line or marking of
any parking space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be
entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings on any
highway, road, street, alley or parking lot within the Town limits
of Princess Anne, Maryland.
W.
Two-hour parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or
let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer, motor home or motorcycle
in any designated parking place in the Town limits of Princess Anne,
Maryland, on Somerset Avenue from Broad Street to Washington Street
and on Prince William Street from Beechwood Street to Church Street
for more than a two-hour period.
X.
Head-in diagonal parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to
park or let stand any motor vehicle, trailer, motor home or motorcycle
by backing into the parking spot designated for diagonal parking when
that parking spot is designated for head-in parking only.
Y.
Trailers.
Trailers shall not be parked on a public street unless the owner obtains
a temporary permit signed by the Town Manager or the Code Compliance
Officer. A temporary permit will only be issued if an adjoining property
is undergoing home improvements or maintenance. The permit fee shall
be set by the Town Commissioners by resolution from time to time.
No permit is required for trailers parked on public streets which
are associated with a Town-authorized special event.
[Amended 12-10-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-10; 1-26-2009 by Ord. No.
2009-03; 1-3-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-06]
A.
Cost of fines shall be as follows:
(1)
Fire hydrants: $45.
(2)
Parking at intersections: $30.
(3)
Parking for more than 72 hours: $40.
(4)
Blocking private driveway: $35.
(5)
Parking on sidewalk: $30.
(6)
Parking on or blocking crosswalk: $30.
(7)
Left-side parking: $35.
(8)
Parking on bridges: $35.
(9)
Red-yellow line: $35.
(10)
Fire lanes (posted): $40.
(11)
Street less than 18 feet wide: $35.
(12)
Double parking: $35.
(13)
Parking on traveled portion of highway: $40.
(14)
Handicapped parking: $95.
(15)
Blocking firehouse: $45.
(16)
Parking in Town park: $45.
(17)
No parking sign: $35.
(18)
No parking between signs: $35.
(19)
Parking at railroads: $45.
(20)
Curb parking: $30.
(21)
Overdue parking on meters: $35.
(22)
Improper
parking: $30.
(23)
Two-hour
parking: $30.
(24)
Head-in
parking: $30.
B.
All fines must be paid within 30 days of issuance
of the citation. In the event that the fine is not paid within the
30 days, then the amount of the fine shall be doubled. If the offender
fails to pay the doubled fine within 60 days of issuance, the fine
shall double again and all registration information will be forwarded
to the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend all further renewal
applications.
C.
Costs of impoundment.
(1)
Impoundment of violating vehicles for unregistered
vehicles, suspended registration, operating a vehicle on a suspended
or revoked license, driving while intoxicated or any other state,
county or local law, storage costs: $30 per day.
(2)
Towing of all impound vehicles for any violation:
$135 per vehicle.
A.
The Princess Anne Police Department is hereby authorized
and empowered and it shall be its duty to impound any unoccupied vehicle
parked on any highway, road, street or alley within the Town of Princess
Anne, Maryland, in violation of any parking ordinance of the Town
of Princess Anne, Maryland, or any vehicle or trailer that has been
wrecked or abandoned.
B.
A vehicle so impounded shall be kept at a place to
be designated by the Chief of Police of Princess Anne, Maryland, or
by department regulations.
C.
The vehicle may be released to the duly identified
and lawful owner upon payment of storage and towing fees and other
impounding fees, in addition to any fines and court cost imposed for
the violation of any parking ordinance of the Town of Princess Anne,
Maryland.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop
or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home with
expired registration on any highway, road, street or alley within
the Town limits of Princess Anne, Maryland.
B.
Said vehicle will be towed by the Princess Anne Police
Department after a parking citation is issued and the vehicle has
been left parked for 72 hours. The vehicle will be stored at the Princess
Anne police impound lot until claimed by the owner after parking fines
and towing and storage fees are paid. The owner must show proof of
ownership. If unclaimed the vehicle will be sold after proper notification
has been mailed to the vehicle owner.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop
or let stand any motor vehicle, vehicle, trailer or motor home without
any registration plates attached to said vehicle on any highway, road,
street, alley or parking lot within the Town limits of Princess Anne,
Maryland.
B.
Said vehicle will be towed by the Princess Anne Police
Department after a parking citation is issued and the vehicle has
been left parked for 72 hours. The vehicle will be stored at the Princess
Anne police impound lot until claimed by the owner after parking fines
and towing and storage fees are paid. The owner must show proof of
ownership. If unclaimed the vehicle will be sold after proper notification
has been mailed to the vehicle owner.
[Amended 1-3-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-06]
A.
The parking citation will be in three parts as described below:
(1)
Part I (office copy): This copy shall be retained by the Princess
Anne Police Department and filed according to the citation number.
(2)
Part II (officer's copy): This copy shall be retained in the
officer's parking citation book for his/her records.
(3)
Part III (offender's copy): This copy shall be placed on the
vehicle at the time the citation is issued and will be used as the
first notice.
B.
When a parking citation is issued, all copies except the officer's
copy will be pulled from the citation book. The offender's copy
shall be placed on the vehicle and the office copy shall be turned
in at police headquarters.
C.
Upon receipt of the office copy, the Princess Anne Police Department
will mail a notice of citation issued to the registered owner of the
vehicle at the last address listed on file through the Motor Vehicle
Administration.
D.
If the citation is paid within 30 days of issuance of the citation,
this copy will be marked paid, dated and filed.
E.
If the fine is not paid within 30 days of issuance of the citation,
the fine will be doubled.
F.
If the fine is not paid within 60 days of issuance of the citation,
then the fine will double once more, and the Motor Vehicle Administration
will be advised to suspend all renewal requests for vehicle registration.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 94-08; 4-3-1995 by Ord. No.
95-05; 12-4-1995 by Ord. No. 95-16; 8-4-1997 by Ord. No. 97-05; 9-25-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4; 1-12-2004 by Ord. No. 2003-5; 1-12-2004 by Res. No.
2004-1; 7-12-2004 by Res. No. 2004-7; 6-13-2005 by Res. No.
2005-7]
A.
The Commissioners of the Town of Princess Anne, Maryland,
shall have the power at any time to modify the parking restrictions
in the Town in accordance with a general plan of controlling traffic
flow in the Town or in accordance with the approval of a capital project.
Whenever the Commissioners shall determine that parking on the streets
of a particular area should be restricted or banned completely, or
that a speed limit should be modified, the Commissioners may, by resolution,
in executive session, designate such areas as no-parking areas or
prohibit parking during such days and times as it determines appropriate,
and may modify speed limits as appropriate.
B.
The parking of all types of motor vehicles is prohibited
at all times wherever no parking signs have been erected and on the
following highways, roads, streets and alleys within the corporate
limits of Princess Anne, Maryland:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Antioch Avenue
|
North and south
|
From Church Street to Beckford Avenue
| |
|
Antioch Avenue
|
North and south
|
From Somerset Avenue to West Post Office Road
| |
|
Beckford Avenue
|
East
|
From South Street to Stewart Neck Road
| |
|
Beechwood Street
|
East and west
|
From Broad Street to Water Street
| |
|
Beechwood Street
|
West
|
From Hampden Avenue to Broad Street
| |
|
Broad Street[1]
|
North
|
From Somerset Avenue east to the Town limits,
except Sundays for church services only or funeral services on weekdays
| |
|
Broad Street[2]
|
South
|
From Beechwood Street to the Town limits
| |
|
Cemetery Lane
|
North and south
|
From Somerset Avenue to the Town limits
| |
|
Church Street
|
East
|
From Broad Street to Washington Street
| |
|
Church Street
|
West
|
From Prince William Street to the south end
of the C & P property, except that C & P vehicles are permitted
to park on the yellow line at the building
| |
|
Flurers Lane
|
North and south
|
From Somerset Avenue to the Town limits
| |
|
Hampden Avenue
|
North and south
|
From Somerset Avenue to the railroad crossing
| |
|
Hampden Avenue
|
Northwest
|
From Antioch Avenue extended to West Post Office
Road
| |
|
Imaginary Lane
|
Both
|
From Antioch Avenue to Antioch Avenue extended
| |
|
Lankford Avenue
|
East
|
Entire length
| |
|
Linden Avenue
|
North and south
|
From Beckford Avenue west to the Town limits,
except that there shall be no parking on the north and south sides
at the corner of Linden and Somerset Avenues for a distance of 105
feet on the north side of Linden Avenue from Somerset Avenue and for
a distance of 45 feet on the south side of Linden Avenue from Somerset
Avenue
| |
|
Manokin Avenue
|
North and south
|
From Beckford Avenue to the Town limits and
Route 13
| |
|
Mansion Street
|
East
|
From Prince William Street to Manokin Avenue
| |
|
McCormick Swamp Road
|
North and south
|
From Hampden Avenue to the Town limits
| |
|
Mt. Vernon Road
|
North and south
|
From Route 13 to Somerset Avenue
| |
|
Prince William Street
|
North
|
From Beckford Avenue to Mansion Street
| |
|
Somerset Avenue
|
East and west
|
From Broad Street north to the Town limits
| |
|
Somerset Avenue
|
East and west
|
From Washington Street to Stewart Neck Road,
except that between Washington Street and Antioch Avenue ten-minute
parking for the post office on both the east and west sides of the
street and for the bus stop shall be permitted
| |
|
Somerset Avenue
|
West
|
From the Washington Hotel north to Broad Street
in front of the Princess Anne Fire Department, except for members
of the Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Department
| |
|
South Street
|
South
|
From Somerset Avenue to Beckford Avenue
| |
|
Washington Street
|
North
|
From Beechwood Street to Beckford Avenue
| |
|
West Post Office Road
|
South
|
From Antioch Avenue east to the Town limits
|
[1]
Editor's Note: That portion of Broad Street from the intersection
of Somerset Avenue to College Backbone Road was renamed "Dr. William
P. Hytche Boulevard" 4-14-2008 by Res. No. 2008-7.
[2]
Editor's Note: That portion of Broad Street from the intersection
of Somerset Avenue to College Backbone Road was renamed "Dr. William
P. Hytche Boulevard" 4-14-2008 by Res. No. 2008-7.
C.
No parking
between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
[Added 10-3-2011 by Ord. No. 2012-01; amended 1-3-2012 by Ord. No.
2012-05]
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
William Street
|
North
|
Entire length
| |
|
William Street
|
South
|
Entire length
|
