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Town of Elkton Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Chapters: 10.04 Traffic Regulations Generally 10.08 Stopping, Standing or Parking 10.12 Parking Meter Zones 10.16 Parking Schedules 10.20 Fire Lanes 10.24 Snow and Ice Emergencies 10.28 Bicycles 10.32 Traffic Violation Penalties 61 This Page Intentionally Left Blank 62 Chapter 10.04 Name of Direction TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Street of Travel Limits GENERALLY Bethel East Collins Street to Sections: Street Milburn Street 10.04.010 Definitions and Bow Street, South Maryland interpretation. West Avenue to Elkton 10.04.020 One-way streets Boulevard established. 10.04.030 Vehicle weight limits Bow Street, North Maryland established. East Avenue to Elkton 10.04.040 Operation of vehicles on Boulevard closed highways. Church South High Street to A. Words and phrases, when used in this Street East Main Street title, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Maryland Vehicle Law, as amended as now Collins North East High Street Street to Bethel Street in force or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted, except where the context clearly Court North East Main Street indicates a different meaning. House Lane to Court House B. The term “legal holidays” as used in Lane this chapter shall mean and include: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Firehouse East North Street to Washington’s Birthday, Good Friday, Lane Court House Lot Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, General Election Day, Grooms South East High Street Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Lane or Court House Christmas Day, or days celebrated as such. Lot to East Main C. In this title, the singular shall include Street the plural and the plural shall include the Main Street East North Street to singular; the masculine shall include the East South Street feminine and the neuter. (Amended during 1996 codification; prior code § 107-1) Main Street, East Bridge Street to West North Street 10.04.020 One-way streets McQuilken West Singerly to established. Street Bridge Street The streets, or parts of streets described below, are designated as one-way streets in Milburn North East High Street the direction indicated: Street to Clinton Street Park Circle Divided 360º Street Interior – Clockwise Exterior – Counterclockwise (Amended by Ord. 9-2002, eff; Oct. 22, 2002) 63 10.04.030 Vehicle weight limits Chapter 10.08 established. A. It shall be prohibited for any vehicle STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING with a gross weight over ten thousand (10,000) pounds to travel or park on any and Sections: all street within the town limits except for 10.08.010 Manner of parking generally. those making deliveries to residents, 10.08.020 Signs prohibiting or businesses and government properties within restricting stopping, standing the Town of Elkton. or parking. B. Every person violating the provisions 10.08.030 Stopping, standing parking - Prohibitions. of this section shall, upon conviction by a 10.08.040 Parking - Prohibited places - court of competent jurisdiction, be deemed Limited times. guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished 10.08.050 Parking on one-way as set forth in Section C14-1 of the Charter roadways. and Code of Laws of the Town of Elkton. 10.08.060 Angle parking. Each day, or each separate occasion during 10.08.070 Moving the vehicle of another each such day, that a violation of this section into a prohibited area. occurs or reoccurs shall constitute a separate 10.08.080 Stopping, standing or parking offense. (Amended during 1996 codification; on private property. Ord. 2-92 § 2; prior code § 107-11) 10.08.090 Parking on public property. 10.08.100 Exception for disabled 10.04.040 Operation of vehicles on vehicles. 10.08.110 Impoundment -Towing and closed highways. Storage - Notice. It is unlawful for any person to operate 10.08.120 Permits. any vehicle or tractor upon any street in the Town of Elkton that is under construction, resurfacing or repair in disregard of any 10.08.010 Manner of parking generally. official sign, barricade or notice that the same A. Except as otherwise provided in this is closed to vehicular traffic. It is also chapter, a vehicle that is stopped or parked on a unlawful to park or remain parked on a closed two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked street. (Prior code § 107-12) parallel to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, with its right-hand wheels within twelve (12) inches of that curb or edge of the roadway. B. Wherever a space shall be marked off on any street for the parking of an individual vehicle, every vehicle there parked shall be parked within the lines bounding such space. (Prior code §§ 107-13, 107-18 (F)) 10.08.020 Signs prohibiting or restricting stopping, standing or parking. The State Highway Administration or any local authority may place signs that prohibited or restrict the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway in its jurisdiction where to stop, stand or park would: A. Endanger those using the highway; or B. Interfere unduly with the free movement of traffic on the highway. (Prior code § 107-18(I)) 64 10.08.030 Stopping, standing or parking- 3. At any other place where parking is Prohibitions. prohibited by an official sign or other designation; A. Stopping, Standing or Parking. A person 4. At any yellow curb. (Prior code § 107- may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle: 18(A), (B), (C)) 1. In front of a public driveway; 2. On a sidewalk; 10.08.040 Parking - Prohibited places- 3. In an intersection; Limited times. 4. On a crosswalk; It is unlawful for any person to park, place or 5. Between a safety zone and the adjacent stand any motor vehicle or other vehicle on or curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb along any street of the town where the curbs have immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, been painted red, yellow or other adopted colors unless the State Highway Administration or local as a notice against parking or placing such authority indicates a different length by signs or vehicles. It is unlawful for any person to park, markings; place, or stand any vehicle on or along any street 6. Alongside or opposite any highway of the town where signs are posted prohibiting excavation or obstruction if to do so would parking, or beyond the hour or fraction thereof obstruct on a highway; which such sign may limit. (Prior code § 107- 7. On any bridge or other elevated structure 18(K)) on a highway; 8. In a highway tunnel; 10.08.050 Parking on one-way roadways. 9. At any place where stopping is prohibited Except as otherwise provided by local by an official sign; ordinance, a vehicle that is stopped or parked on a 10. On any entrance or exit ramp of any one-way roadway shall be stopped or parked highway with two or more lanes for traffic moving parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the in the same direction. direction of authorized traffic movement, with: B. Standing or parking. A person may not A. Its right-hand wheels within twelve (12) stand or park a vehicle: inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the 1. In front of a private driveway without the roadway; or, consent of the owner or occupant of the premises; B. Its left-hand wheels within twelve (12) 2. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant; inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the 3. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at roadway. (Prior code § 107-18 (G)) an intersection; 4. Within thirty (30) feet on the approach to 10.08.060 Angle parking. any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic- The State Highway Administration or any control signal located at the side of a roadway; local authority may permit angle parking on the 5. Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway roadway of any highway in its jurisdiction if the entrances to any fire station or, on the side of a roadway has been determined to be wide enough highway opposite the entrance to any fire station, to permit angle parking without interfering with within seventy-five (75) feet of the entrance, if the free movement of traffic. (Prior code § 107- properly signposted; 18(H)) 6. At any place where standing is prohibited by an official sign; 10.08.070 Moving the vehicle of another 7. On a roadway side of any vehicle that is into a prohibited area. stopped or parked at the edge of a highway. A person may not move a vehicle that does 8. On a curve or hill where solid lines on the not lawfully control: surface of the roadway indicate a zone in which A. Into any prohibited area; passing is prohibited. B. Away from a curb for an unlawful C. Parking. Person may not park a vehicle; distance. (Prior code § 107-18(D)) 1. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail in a railroad grade crossing; 10.08.080 Stopping, standing or parking 2. Unless for the use of a handicapped on private property. individual, in a space or zone marked as restricted A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle for the use of handicapped individual; on any private property now owned by the owner or driver of the vehicle unless the person has 65 expressed or implied permission from the property Chapter 10.12 owner, his tenant or his agent to stop, stand or park the vehicle, as the case may be.
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