Title 10
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapters:
10.04 GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.08 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
10.12 EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES
10.16 FIRE LANES--INTERFERENCE WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT
10.20 PARKING DISTRICTS*
10.24 PARKING METERS
10.28 PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
10.32 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
10.36 PLAY VEHICLES
10.40 REMOVAL AND IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES
10.44 VEHICLES TRANSPORTING OR CARRYING EXPLOSIVES
Chapter 10.04
Sections:
10.04.010 Powers of mayor--Approval of rules.
10.04.020 Compliance with signs.
10.04.030 Traffic control signals--Compliance.
10.04.040 Enforcement officers.
10.04.050 Payments for parking violations.
10.04.060 Charges for parking violations.
10.04.070 Failure to make payments.
10.04.080 Reports and notices.
10.04.090 Removal of unattended vehicles--Additional
remedies.
Section 10.04.010 Powers of mayor--Approval of rules.
A. The mayor shall have power, by rules adopted by him,
with the approval of the council, to:
1. Designate the streets or parts of streets upon which
there shall be no stopping or parking of vehicles or upon which there shall
be stopping or parking for a limited time;
2. Exclude or restrict stopping or parking on designated
streets or parts of streets during certain hours;
3. Permit angle parking in designated places;
4. Establish one-way streets;
5. Cause limit lines to be marked upon pavements and sidewalks
for the direction of pedestrians and operators;
6. Prohibit left-hand or right-hand turns by vehicles
at designated street intersections;
7. Designate fire routes and prohibit stopping or parking
thereon upon certification to the chief of police by the fire chief that
such street or highway is especially required for use in attending fires;
8. Temporarily close any street or highway or portion
of same or restrict the use thereof when required by public safety and
convenience;
9. Designate intersections that shall be known as "stop
intersections" or "yield intersections;"
10. Designate intersections at which traffic control devices
shall be erected;
11. Designate through streets;
12. Designate commercial routes and prohibit commercial traffic
from using certain streets or highways or parts thereof;
13. Designate loading zones to permit the standing of commercial
vehicles for loading and unloading merchandise and materials;
14. Designate building entrances, theater entrances, church entrances
or other special public entrances to permit the stopping of vehicles for
the purpose of loading and unloading passengers;
15. Designate hotel zones and permit the stopping or standing
of vehicles for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers or baggage;
16. Designate the streets for installation of parking meters;
17. Establish the hours for parking meter use;
18. Establish and designate certain parts of streets or lanes
or walkways as a public bicycle area;
19. Designate municipal lots or any portion thereof as permit
lots and set a schedule of charges for purchase of parking permits.
B. Rules adopted in pursuance of this section shall be
effective upon the erection of signs by, or authorized by, the mayor, sufficient
in number to apprise the ordinarily observant person of the existence of
the regulation upon the street or highway or in the district affected.
(Prior code § 145-1)
Section 10.04.020 Compliance with signs.
No person shall park, operate or drive any vehicle upon
the municipal parking lots, streets or alleys of the city contrary to the
directions of authorized signs posted upon such streets, alleys and parking
lots. (Prior code § 145-2)
Section 10.04.030 Traffic control signals--Compliance.
All vehicles moving over, across or upon intersecting
streets within the city at which traffic is controlled and regulated by
an electrically lighted and operated traffic control signal shall be controlled
and regulated by such traffic control signal. All such vehicles shall come
to a stop at such intersections and shall not move over, across or upon
any of such intersections during the operation of any such signal while
either the amber or red light facing such vehicles shall be illuminated.
Such vehicles shall not move in any direction over, across or upon any
of such intersections unless and until the green light facing such vehicles
shall be illuminated. (Prior code § 145-3)
Section 10.04.040 Enforcement officers.
A. Except with regard to parking meter violations, it
shall be the duty of the police officers or authorized parking enforcement
personnel of the city, with reference to vehicles parked, operated or driven
in violation of this chapter or rules and regulations adopted pursuant
thereto, to report:
1. The state license number of any such vehicle;
2. The nature of the violation and the time and place
thereof;
3. Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary
to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
B. In the case of a parking violation, each police officer
or authorized parking enforcement personnel of the city making such a report
also shall attach to such vehicle or deliver to the operator thereof, if
present in the vehicle, a notice to the owner or operator thereof that
such vehicle has been illegally parked and instructing such owner or operator
where and when he may make payment of the penalty for such violation and
the amount of the penalty for such violation; in case of any other violation,
each police officer or authorized parking enforcement personnel of the
city making such a report also shall deliver to the operator or driver
of such vehicle a notice that such vehicle has been operated or driven
in violation of this chapter and instructing such operator or driver to
appear at the district court for the county at the time and on the date
specified in such notice with regard to such violation. (Prior code §
145-4)
Section 10.04.050 Payments for parking violations.
Each owner of a vehicle to which is attached a notice,
in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.04.040, may, within thirty
(30) days of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay
at the city finance office, to the person in charge thereof, as a penalty
and in full satisfaction of the violation because of which such notice
was attached to the vehicle in question, the full amount which is set forth
on the notice as being payable in respect thereof. Such amount, for each
such notice, shall be the amount designated therefor by the mayor, from
time to time, with the approval of the council, provided that any proposed
change in the amount shall be publicly posted by the mayor at the city
hall for not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the effective date of
the change. (Prior code § 145-5)
Section 10.04.060 Charges for parking violations.
A. In all cases of initial overtime parking meter violations,
the police officer or the authorized city employee shall issue the proper
citation in the prescribed manner. The initial charge for overtime meter
violations shall apply to all parking meter spaces within the city, both
on and off the street. After issuance of the initial citation, should a
vehicle continue to remain parked at an expired parking meter and that
time should exceed the maximum limit set forth thereon, it shall be considered
a reoccurring and separate violation. In each case of such a reoccurring
violation, the police officer or authorized city employee shall issue a
separate and additional citation for an overtime meter violation.
B. The initial charges for parking violations are:
1. Overtime meter: two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50);
provided, however, that any person desiring to waive trial and prepay the
fine shall only be fined one dollar ($1.00), if paid within one hour of
the violation, or if the ticket was issued any time after 3:30 p.m. or
on a Saturday, that the fine be paid by 9:30 a.m. of the first normal working
day after the ticket was issued;
2. No-parking zone: ten dollars ($10.00);
3. Double parking: ten dollars ($10.00);
4. Improper parking: ten dollars ($10.00);
5. Blocking parking: ten dollars ($10.00);
6. Parking within twenty (20) feet of intersection: ten
dollars ($10.00);
7. Parking by fireplug: ten dollars ($10.00);
8. Violation of time restriction: ten dollars ($10.00);
9. Restricted permit zone: five dollars ($5.00) when no
valid permit is displayed on the lower left-hand corner of the driver's
side of the dashboard in plain unobstructed view;
10. No stepping and standing: ten dollars ($10.00);
11. Parking in a designated handicapped parking space by a vehicle
which does not display handicapped tags or a lawful permit: fifty dollars
($50.00);
12. All others: ten dollars ($10.00). (Prior code § 145-6)
Section 10.04.070 Failure to make payments.
The failure of the owner of a vehicle to which is attached
a notice, in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.04.040, to make
payment at the office of the city finance director within thirty (30) days
as provided for in Section 10.04.050 shall render such owner subject to
a payment of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a penalty for nonpayment.
The failure to make payment of said twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus the
original ticket amount shall render such owner subject to a punishment,
upon conviction of each said parking violation, by a fine not exceeding
thirty-five dollars ($35.00) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed
five (5) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Prior code §
145-7)
Section 10.04.080 Reports and notices.
The report and notice referred to in Section 10.04.040
shall bear corresponding serial numbers. All reports issued under such
section shall be accounted for by the police officer or authorized enforcement
personnel to the city finance director. The city finance director shall
render a written report thereof to the council as often as the council
may require. (Prior code § 145-8)
Section 10.04.090 Removal of unattended vehicles--Additional remedies.
A. In addition to the fines and penalties provided in
this title, any police officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed
to a place of safety any unattended vehicle illegally left standing upon
any highway, bridge, causeway or within any intersection, in such position
or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic.
B. In addition to the fines and penalties provided in
this title, the mayor and city council of Salisbury may avail themselves
of any and all civil and equitable remedies for the purpose of stopping
continuing offenses under this title. (Prior code § 145-9)
Chapter 10.08
Sections:
10.08.010 Moving violations--General enumeration--Fines.
10.08.020 Trial--Collateral--Disposition of fines.
Section 10.08.010 Moving violations--General enumeration--Fines.
A. Exceeding Speed Limit. It is unlawful for any person
to operate or drive any motor vehicle upon any street, alley or other public
way of the city not part of the state or federal highway system at a speed
greater than ten miles per hour in a posted ten mile per hour speed zone, at a speed greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour in a posted twenty-five (25) mile per hour
speed zone, at a speed greater than thirty (30) miles per hour in a posted
thirty (30) mile per hour speed zone, or a speed greater than is reasonable
under the existing conditions; upon conviction for any and each such offense
such person shall be fined not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
B. Disobeying Traffic Signals. It is unlawful for any
person to operate or drive any motor vehicle upon any street, alley or
other public way of the city not part of the state or federal highway system
in violation of any traffic control signal or in violation of Section 10.04.030
relating to traffic control signals or in violation of the directions of
a police officer of the city controlling the movement of traffic. Upon
conviction thereof, each such person shall be fined not less than one dollar
($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each such offense.
C. One-way Streets. It is unlawful for any person to operate
or drive any motor vehicle upon any street, alley or other public way of
the city not part of the state or federal highway system and marked or
posted by appropriate signs as a one-way street, alley or public way in
a direction other than the direction permitted by such one-way signs. Upon
conviction thereof, such person shall be fined not more than fifty dollars
($50.00) for each such offense.
D. Disobeying Stop Signs. It is unlawful for any person
operating or driving a motor vehicle upon any street, alley or other public
way of the city not part of the state or federal highway system to fail
to stop at any stop intersection designated by the mayor pursuant to Section
10.04.010 and duly designated by the posting of one or more appropriate
stop signs. Upon conviction thereof, such person shall be fined not less
than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for
each such violation.
E. Truck Load Limits; Truck Routes. It is unlawful for
any person, whether such person is the owner, lessee, driver or otherwise,
to operate or drive, or to permit to be operated or driven, any truck or
other commercial motor vehicle having a load capacity, in addition to the
weight of the vehicle itself, of one ton or more upon any city street,
alley or other public way, not part of the state or federal highway system,
which has not been posted with appropriate signs identifying such street,
alley or other public way as a truck route. Upon conviction thereof, such
person shall be fined not in excess of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for
each such violation. Despite the foregoing, a vehicle may depart from a
posted truck route insofar as is necessary to make a purely local delivery.
(Ord. 1828 § 2, 2001; prior code § 145-39)
Section 10.08.020 Trial--Collateral--Disposition of fines.
A. Violations of Section 10.08.010 shall be tried before
the judge of the people's court for the county, who shall have authority
to fix amounts of collateral to be posted by persons charged with such
violations in order to insure their appearance for trial; provided, that
such amounts shall not exceed the maximum fines prescribed in Section 10.08.010,
and provided further that all such collateral thus posted shall be forfeited
if the person posting it shall fail to appear for trial.
B. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed, fined
or declared by the judge of the people's court for the county shall be
disposed of in accordance with Section 104 of Article 52 of the Maryland
Code Annotated (1957 Edition) and, upon receipt thereof by the treasurer
of the city, shall be credited by him to the general fund of the city.
(Prior code § 145-40)
Chapter 10.12
Sections:
10.12.010 Snow emergency routes designated.
10.12.020 Method of declaring emergencies--Termination
of emergencies.
10.12.030 Operating vehicles without chains or snow
tires--Snow tires defined.
10.12.040 Parking on emergency routes unlawful.
10.12.050 Enforcement.
Section 10.12.010 Snow emergency routes designated.
A. The following streets in the city of Salisbury are
designated "snow emergency routes," and it is unlawful for any person to
park or operate any vehicle upon such streets at any time contrary to the
provision of this chapter.
B. Such streets are as follows:
| Name of Street | Location |
| Armstrong Parkway | From Marvel Road to Naylor Mill Road |
| Bateman Street | From South Division Street to Route 13 |
| Booth Street | From Lake Street to Delaware Avenue |
| Brown Street | From Truitt Street to Railroad Avenue |
| Camden Avenue | From Mill Street to the city limits (just short of Loblolly Lane) |
| Camden Street | From Division Street to Market Street |
| Church Street | From West Main Street to Division Street |
| Cypress Street | From West Isabella Street to Route 50 |
| Davis Street | From Route 50 to East Main Street |
| Delaware Avenue | From Booth Street to Fitzwater Street |
| East Carroll Street | From Snow Hill Road to South Division Street |
| East Church Street | From East Isabella Street to Old Ocean City Road |
| East College Avenue | From South Division Street to the city limits (just short of Pierce Avenue) |
| Eastern Shore Drive | From West College Avenue to East Carroll Street |
| East Isabella Street | From North Division Street to East Church Street |
| East Main Street | From Division Street to Old Ocean City Road |
| Emerson Avenue | From Union Avenue to Deers Head Hospital Road |
| Fitzwater Street | From Delaware Avenue to Route 50 |
| Glen Avenue | From East Main Street to Long Avenue |
| Goddard Parkway | From Marvel Road to Naylor Mill Road |
| Industrial Parkway | From Beam Street to Marvel Road |
| Lake Street | From West Main Street to Booth Street |
| Lincoln Avenue | From Eastern Shore Drive to the city limits (just past Hemlock Street) |
| Long Avenue | From Glen Avenue to Route 50 |
| Market Street | From Camden Street to West Main Street |
| Marvel Road | From Northwood Drive to Industrial Parkway |
| Mill Street | From West Isabella Street to Camden Avenue |
| Naylor Street | From North Division Street to Route 50 |
| North Division Street | From South Division Street to Route 13 |
| Northwood Drive | From Route 13 to Naylor Mill Road |
| Priscilla Street | From Route 13 to Route 50 |
| Railroad Avenue | From Brown Street to Church Street |
| Riverside Drive | From Mill Street to West College Avenue |
| Roger Street | From East College Avenue to East Vine Street |
| School Street | From Lake Street to Delaware Avenue |
| Snow Hill Road | From East Main Street to Spring Avenue |
| South Boulevard | From Riverside Drive to Roger Street |
| South Division Street | From East Carroll Street to North Division Street and from East College Avenue to Halsey Drive |
| Spring Avenue | From Snow Hill Road to East College Avenue |
| Truitt Street | From Route 13 to Route 50 |
| Union Avenue | From North Division Street to Emerson Avenue |
| Ward Street | From Route 50 to East Main Street |
| Waverly Drive | From Carroll Street to South Boulevard |
| West Carroll Street | From South Division Street to the Mill-Camden-Riverside intersection |
| West College Avenue | From Riverside Drive to Eastern Shore Drive |
| West Isabella Street | From Route 50 to North Division Street |
| West Main Street | From Route 50 and West Isabella Street to Mill Street |
| Wicomico Street | From Riverside Drive to Camden Avenue |
C. The list of streets may be amended from time to time by resolution of the city council. (Prior code § 145-25)
Section 10.12.020 Method of declaring emergencies--Termination of
emergencies.
The chief of police or his representative may declare
a snow emergency for all snow emergency routes as a whole or for any one
or more snow emergency routes, as he considers necessary. He shall, upon
making such declaration, immediately cause notice to be given to the general
public through local radio, television, news services and the city police
that a snow emergency is in effect, and, thereafter, he shall determine
and declare that the snow emergency is terminated and no longer in effect
and, immediately, shall give the same public notice thereof. (Prior code
§ 145-26)
Section 10.12.030 Operating vehicles without chains or snow tires--Snow
tires defined.
A. Any person operating any vehicle upon a snow emergency
route without chains or adequate snow tires on no less than two drive wheels
thereof while a snow emergency plan is in effect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
should such vehicle become stalled or incapable of proceeding under its
own power.
B. In this section, "snow tires" means those tires that
are in a good state of repair and that are normally designated by their
manufacturer as snow tires. (Prior code § 145-27)
Section 10.12.040 Parking on emergency routes unlawful.
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any
city street that is designated and appropriately signposted as a snow emergency
route and for which a snow emergency has been declared and is in effect.
(Prior code § 145-28)
Section 10.12.050 Enforcement.
During the time when a snow emergency is in effect, the
police department shall have the authority to take possession of, issue
citations for, remove, tow away and impound any vehicle found parked, stalled,
incapable of proceeding under its own power or left unattended upon any
street designated as a snow emergency route; and, before the owner thereof
may thereafter obtain possession of such vehicles, he shall first pay the
cost of removing such vehicle and any storage charges. (Prior code §
145-29)
Chapter 10.16
Sections:
10.16.010 Removal and impoundment of vehicles and obstructions.
10.16.020 Presumption of ownership.
10.16.030 Violations--Penalties.
Section 10.16.010 Removal and impoundment of vehicles and obstructions.
The police department is authorized, wherever necessary,
to take possession of, remove, tow away, impound or otherwise remove any
debris, material, vehicle or other object which interferes with or obstructs
previously established and marked fire lanes for the access or operation
of any fire department equipment or other emergency vehicles or equipment.
(Prior code § 145-30)
Section 10.16.020 Presumption of ownership.
Wherever an unattended motor vehicle may be found in violation
of the provisions of this chapter, a rebuttable presumption shall arise
that the registered owner, as disclosed by the records of the State Motor
Vehicle Administration, is responsible for the violation. (Prior code §
145-31)
Section 10.16.030 Violations--Penalties.
A. Violations Notice and Court Appearance. In all cases
involving fire lane parking violations, the police officer or authorized
parking enforcement personnel who discovers a vehicle illegally parked
shall deliver a citation to the driver or, if the vehicle is unattended,
attach a citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place. A copy of the
citation shall be retained by the officer or authorized parking enforcement
personnel and shall bear certification under penalty of perjury by the
officer or authorized parking enforcement personnel attesting to the truth
of the matter therein set forth. The recipient of such a citation may request
a trial by so notifying the finance department parking ticket clerk at
least five days prior to the date of payment set out in the citation. At
the time that notice of intention to stand trial is given, the recipient
of the citation shall also notify the finance department parking ticket
clerk if he desires the presence of the officer or authorized parking enforcement
personnel who issued the citation at the time of the trial. In the event
that the recipient of the citation does not indicate that he desires the
presence of the officer or authorized parking enforcement personnel at
the time of the trial as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary that the
officer or authorized parking enforcement personnel who issued the citation
notice appear, and the copy of said citation bearing the certification
by the officer or authorized parking enforcement personnel shall be prima
facie evidence of the matters therein set forth.
B. Penalty for Obstruction of Fire Lanes, Parking, etc.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of ten dollars ($10.00). (Prior code
§ 145-32)
Chapter 10.20
Sections:
10.20.010 Special assessment district designated--Boundaries.
10.20.020 Exemptions from assessment.
10.20.030 Parking authority fund--Purpose and disposition
of collected revenue.
* Prior history: Prior code §§ 145-41--145-44.
Section 10.20.010 Special assessment district designated--Boundaries.
The following described area located within the corporate
limits of the city is designated as a special assessment district, to be
known as "Parking Authority," for the purpose of financing the cost of
acquisition and development of off-street parking facilities located in
the area.
The boundaries of Parking Authority shall be as follows:
Beginning at a point
located at the intersection of the center line of Salisbury Boulevard (U.S.
Route
13) and the northerly shore line of the East Branch of the Wicomico
River; (1) thence generally in a
westerly direction by and with the northerly
shore line to its intersection with the centerline of the North
Branch
of the Wicomico River; (2) thence generally in a southwesterly direction
by and with the run
of the Wicomico River to a point on the extension line
of the Corporate Limit, southwest of the former
Chesapeake Shipbuilders
Yard; (3) thence generally in a northerly direction by and with the Corporate
Limit to a point on the east side of Parsons Road and opposite Marine Road;
(4) thence generally in
an easterly direction with the easterly side of
Parsons Road and the northerly side of Fitzwater Street
to the center line
of Second Street; (5) thence by and with the center line of Second Street
in a northeasterly
direction to a point on a line parallel to and 100 feet
north of Fitzwater Street; (6) thence in an easterly
direction by and with
a line parallel to and 100 feet north of Fitzwater Street to a point on
the center
line of the Cypress Street railroad spur; (7) thence in a northerly
direction by and with the centerline
of said railroad spur to a point on
the center line of Salisbury Parkway (U.S. Route 50); (8) thence easterly
by and with the center line of Salisbury Parkway to its intersection with
the center line of the North
Branch of the Wicomico River; (9) thence northerly
by and with the North Branch of the Wicomico
River to a point on the extension
of the center line of West Chestnut Street; (10) thence in an easterly
direction by and with the center line extension of West Chestnut Street
and the center line thereof to
its intersection with the center line of
North Division Street; (11) thence southerly by and with the center
line
of North Division Street to its intersection with the center line of Broad
Street; (12) thence in an
easterly direction by and with the center line
of Broad Street to its intersection with the center line of
Salisbury Boulevard (U.S. Route 13); (13) thence southerly by and with the center line of Salisbury
Boulevard
to the point of beginning. (Ord. 1602 § 2, 1995)
Section 10.20.020 Exemptions from assessment.
The following described properties located in Parking
Authority shall be exempted from any special assessment tax which may hereafter
be levied for the purpose of financing the cost of acquisition and development
of off-street parking facilities located in said district:
A. Personal property;
B. Properties used for industrial purposes only;
C. Properties used for residential purposes only;
D. Properties furnishing off-street parking facilities
equal to the requirements of any general zoning ordinance or off-street
parking ordinance for the city; provided, however, that no exemption shall
be permitted under this subsection until application is made therefor to,
and approval given by, the city council. (Ord. 1602 § 3, 1995: prior
code § 145-42)
Section 10.20.030 Parking authority fund--Purpose and disposition
of collected revenue.
The city treasurer is directed to open a special account
in the books of the city to be known as "parking authority fund." The city
treasurer is further directed to close the previously established Parking
Districts Numbers One, Two and Three funds and transfer any balances in
those funds to the newly established parking authority fund. All receipts
from city parking facilities located in Parking Authority, including curb
parking meter collections from meters located in the Parking Authority,
and the proceeds of all special assessment taxes hereafter levied for the
purpose of said Parking Authority, shall be deposited in this account.
Disbursements shall be made from said account for the following purposes
only:
A. Payment of expense of operation and maintenance of
the city parking facilities located in the Parking Authority, including
parking meters;
B. Payment of maturing principal and interest of any bonds
issued by the city to finance the acquisition and development of off-street
parking facilities located in Parking Authority;
C. For the acquisition and development of off-street parking
facilities in Parking Authority. (Ord. 1602 § 4, 1995)
Chapter 10.24
Sections:
10.24.010 Designation and marking of meter spaces.
10.24.020 Hours when deposit of requisite coin required.
10.24.030 Signals on meters.
10.24.040 Parking beyond established period of legal
parking time.
10.24.050 Duty of enforcement officer--Payment of penalty--Trial.
10.24.060 Continued failure to make payments.
Section 10.24.010 Designation and marking of meter spaces.
The portions of the public streets of the city included
within the parking meter zones, as established pursuant to Section 10.04.010,
shall be divided into parking meter spaces of such sizes as will facilitate
the easy parking of vehicles therein and such parking meter spaces shall
be adequately marked by means of colored lines. (Prior code § 145-15)
Section 10.24.020 Hours when deposit of requisite coin required.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit
or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of such person to be parked
in a parking meter space in any parking meter zone established pursuant
to Section 10.04.010, during such period as may be indicated on the legend
on a particular parking meter, without depositing the coin requisite for
the use of any such parking meter space. No fee shall be charged for the
use of any such parking meter space on Sundays or legal holidays. (Prior
code § 145-16)
Section 10.24.030 Signals on meters.
In the parking meter zones established pursuant to Section
10.04.010, each parking meter shall be so set as to show or display signals
in accordance with the legend on such meter. (Prior code § 145-17)
Section 10.24.040 Parking beyond established period of legal parking
time.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit
or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of such person to be parked
beyond the period of legal parking time indicated on the legend for a particular
parking meter in a parking meter zone as established pursuant to Section
10.04.010. (Prior code § 145-18)
Section 10.24.050 Duty of enforcement officer--Payment of penalty--Trial.
In all cases of parking violations, the police officer
or authorized parking enforcement personnel who discovers the vehicle illegally
parked shall deliver to the operator or, if the vehicle be unattended,
attach a citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place. In the absence
of the operator, the registered owner shall be presumed to be the person
receiving the citation. A copy of the citation shall be retained by the
officer or authorized parking enforcement personnel and shall bear his
certification, under penalty of perjury, attesting to the truth of the
matter therein set forth. The recipient of a citation may make payment
for the violation directly to the director of finance's office or, if he
desires to stand trial for said offense, may elect to do so by notifying
the finance department parking ticket clerk of his intention to stand trial,
at least five days prior to the payment date set forth in the citation.
At the time the notice of intention to stand trial is given, the person
receiving the citation must also notify the finance department parking
ticket clerk that he desires the presence of the person who issued the
citation. If the person receiving the citation does not notify the finance
department parking ticket clerk that he desires the presence of the person
who issued the citation at the trial, it shall not be necessary that the
person who issued the citation appear, and the copy of the citation bearing
the certification of the issuing person shall be prima facie evidence of
the matter therein set forth. (Prior code § 145-19)
Section 10.24.060 Continued failure to make payments.
The continued failure of the person receiving a parking
citation or the owner of a vehicle to which a citation is attached, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.24.050, to make payment to
the director of finance shall cause the finance department to notify the
state motor vehicle administration to refuse registration or transfer of
registration of the subject vehicle until such time that the charge has
been satisfied. (Prior code § 145-21)
Chapter 10.28
Sections:
10.28.010 Notices of restricted parking--Issuance of
permits.
10.28.020 Evidence of conditions for permits--Surrender
of permit.
10.28.030 Signs to adequately display restrictions--Penalty.
* Prior history: Prior code §§ 145-23--145-24 and Ords. 1570 and 1837.
Section 10.28.010 Notices of restricted parking--Issuance of permits.
A. Whenever the city council or its designee shall determine
that parking on the streets of a particular area in which residential uses
are permitted should be restricted by permit, the city council or its designee
may designate such areas as permit parking areas. The city council or its
designee may prohibit nonpermit parking in such areas during such days
and times as it determines appropriate. In such cases, the city council
shall cause appropriate signs, giving notice of the parking prohibition,
to be posted on those streets restricting all parking, except parking by
the holders of permits. The city council shall be permitted to grant exceptions
to the permit requirements in limited circumstances. Any such permits to
be granted only under the following conditions:
1. To persons who are residents of any particular
area in which parking is so restricted. Persons must show proof of residency
with driver’s license, electric bill and name on rental lease and fill out an
application. Initial proof of residency must be in person at the parking
authority office.
2. The city council, upon special request by an
applicant may issue permits to persons who are not residents of the designated
area upon a showing by the applicant of hardship or impracticality of the
restriction as applied to the applicant. The request should come through the
parking administrator and must be presented to the city council in regular
session.
3. In General.
a. Permits shall be color-coded with the color
changing yearly,
b. Permits shall be renewed each year with the change
effective July 1st,
c. Permits shall be street specific,
d. There shall be no charge for parking permits for
owners or renters,
e. Only one permit per each licensed driver per
residence, or, one permit per registered vehicle per residence (proof of
vehicle registration will be required).
4. For residents with special health-related issues,
additional special permits for caretaking personnel can be issued as follows:
a. Permits will be color-coded,
b. Permits will be renewed each year with the change
effective July 1st,
c. Permits shall be street specific,
d. There shall be no charge for special permits.
5. The parking prohibitions of this section shall not
apply to commercial service or delivery vehicles which are being used to
provide service or make deliveries to dwellings.
B. “Visitor” is defined as a temporary guest, one who
visits for a limited time or a short stay. Upon application of any resident of
the district for a residential parking permit, the parking administrator or the
authorized designee may issue to each residence certain visitor permits as
follows:
1. Each residence shall be issued one visitor permit
good for one year. This permit shall be color-coded, street specific, and
renewable on July 1st of each year when residential permits are renewed.
2. Ten one-day-only visitor permits may be issued to
each residence at the same time residential permits are issued (once a year).
These shall be street specific. To be valid, date of use must be written on the
permit for the day it is used. There is no charge for the initial ten visitor
permits.
3. Additional one-day-only visitor permits may be
purchased from the parking authority for two dollars and fifty cents each.
If the parking administrator shall find the foregoing
facts and further find that the issuance of the permits will not unduly impair
traffic safety during the time of their validity, he or she shall issue such permits
and may limit the streets or portions of streets on which they shall be valid.
(Ord. 1902 (part), 2004)
Section 10.28.020 Evidence of conditions for permits--Surrender of
permit.
Any such person shall show to the city council’s
designee satisfactory evidence that he fulfills all the conditions for such a
permit. An application shall be required that includes name, address, phone
number, license number and vehicle tag number. Whenever the conditions no
longer exist, the person holding such a permit issued under Section 10.28.010
shall surrender it to such designee. It is unlawful for any person to represent
that he is entitled to such a permit when he is not so entitled, to fail to
surrender a permit to which he is no longer entitled or to park a vehicle
displaying such a permit at any time when the holder of such permit is not
entitled to hold it. No permit issued hereunder shall be valid for more than
one year but may be renewed upon expiration, provided that the conditions for
issuance exist. All permits must be renewed upon expiration. (Ord. 1902 (part), 2004)
Section 10.28.030 Signs to adequately display restrictions--Penalty.
A. The signs placed in such areas shall be of such
character as to inform readily an ordinarily observant person of the existence
of the rules and regulations imposing the foregoing restrictions. It is
unlawful for any person to violate such rules and regulations.
B. Any violation of the aforesaid rules and
regulations shall constitute a parking violation and subject the violator to
the penalties as may be provided from time to time in the code of the city of
Salisbury. (Ord. 1902 (part), 2004
Chapter 10.32
Sections:
10.32.010 Manner of parking.
10.32.020 Parking at corners, fireplugs and other designations.
10.32.030 Motor trucks and commercial vehicles.
10.32.040 Parking of certain vehicles in residentially
zoned districts.
Section 10.32.010 Manner of parking.
It is unlawful for the driver of a vehicle, unless in
an emergency or to allow another vehicle or pedestrian to cross the path
of such vehicle, to stop or park in any public street, except at the right-hand
curb thereof and so as not to obstruct a crossing. (Prior code § 145-11)
Section 10.32.020 Parking at corners, fireplugs and other designations.
It is unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stop or
park such vehicle on any street within the corporate limits of the city
within the space of twenty (20) feet from any comer, from any fireplug
or from either side of the center of the main entrance of the public buildings
in the city. All other spaces in which parking is prohibited shall be marked
and indicated by appropriately placed signs or by painting the curb. For
the purpose of this section, the term "public building" shall include all
churches, hotels, bus stations and theaters within the corporate limits
of the city. (Prior code § 145-12)
Section 10.32.030 Motor trucks and commercial vehicles.
A. Parking Between Eleven P.M. and Seven A.M. No person
shall park any motor truck or commercial vehicle for more than two hours
on any public street of the city between eleven p.m. and seven a.m. on
any night.
B. Parking While Mechanical Refrigeration is in Operation.
No person shall park any motor truck or commercial vehicle equipped with
a mechanical refrigeration device for more than two hours on any public
street of the city while such mechanical refrigeration device is in operation.
C. Exceptions. Nothing contained in this section shall
be construed to apply to the parking of motor trucks or commercial vehicles
loaded with farm products and waiting in line, attended by a driver, for
the purpose of delivering produce to any auction block, cannery or other
food processing plant located in the city, and nothing contained in this
section shall be applicable to vehicles of the police department or the
fire department or to any emergency vehicle belonging to the city or to
any public utility or to vehicles belonging to physicians or undertakers.
(Prior code § 145-13)
Section 10.32.040 Parking of certain vehicles in residentially zoned
districts.
It is unlawful for any person to park a boat, boat trailer,
bus, camping trailer, commercial motor vehicle, commercial trailer, farm
tractor, house trailer, motor home, pole trailer, road tractor, school
vehicle or school bus, semitrailer, travel trailer, truck with a truck
camper attached, truck with a load capacity exceeding three-fourths ton,
truck camper or a truck tractor on any municipal parking lot, public street,
alley or public way, located in a residentially zoned district within the
corporate limits of the city of Salisbury. (Ord. 1653, 1997: prior code
§ 145-14)
Chapter 10.36
Sections:
10.36.010 Definitions.
10.36.020 Purpose and legislative authority.
10.36.030 Operation of play vehicles on public ways.
10.36.040 Operation of play vehicles in controlled
parking areas.
10.36.050 Operation of play vehicles on public sidewalks.
10.36.060 Violations--Penalties.
Section 10.36.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
"Controlled parking area" means a land surface or building
structure owned, leased or rented by the city of Salisbury, designated
for public parking and controlled by attendant, parking meter or other
mechanical device.
"Play vehicle" means a one-, two-, three- or more wheeled
vehicle propelled exclusively by human power and not defined as a "bicycle"
in Article 66½ (Section 1-104 a) of the Motor Vehicle Laws of Maryland,*
and shall include, but not be limited to, skateboards, roller skates, soap
box vehicles, etc.
"Public way" means all streets, roads, highways, public
thoroughfares, lanes and alleys which, at present, are, or in the future
may be, within the city of Salisbury.
"Sidewalk" means that potion of a street between the curblines,
or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines, intended
for use of pedestrians. (Prior code § 145-33)
* Editor's Note: See new § 11-104 of the Transportation Law Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
Section 10.36.020 Purpose and legislative authority.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the provisions of
§§ SC2-15 and SC5-1 of the Charter of the city for the purpose
of securing and promoting the safety and general welfare of the people
of the city. (Prior code § 145-34)
Section 10.36.030 Operation of play vehicles on public ways.
It is unlawful for any person to ride, push or operate
a play vehicle on any public way which at present is or in the future may
be within the city of Salisbury. (Prior code § 145-35)
Section 10.36.040 Operation of play vehicles in controlled parking
areas.
It is unlawful for any person to ride, push or operate
a play vehicle in a controlled parking area as defined in this chapter
without the express approval of the chief of police with authorization
from the mayor and/or city council. (Prior code § 145-36)
Section 10.36.050 Operation of play vehicles on public sidewalks.
It is unlawful for any person to ride, push or operate
a play vehicle on any sidewalk within the city of Salisbury when such action
in any way impedes the free movement of pedestrians thereon and/or interrupts
the peace and tranquility of another. (Prior code § 145-37)
Section 10.36.060 Violations--Penalties.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter, on
conviction thereof before the court having jurisdiction, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) and costs of prosecution and to stand committed to the
county jail or town lockup until such fine and costs are paid, not exceeding,
however, a period of more than ten days; provided, however, that no person
under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be charged with a violation of
this chapter without prior notice and warning to the offender of the existence
of this chapter and, wherever reasonably possible, prior notification to
the parent, parents or guardian of the offender; provided further, however,
that the police department is authorized to issue a summons for the appearance
in court of any person violating this chapter in lieu of taking said person
into immediate custody. (Prior code § 145-38)
Chapter 10.40
Sections:
10.40.010 Removal or immobilization authorized.
10.40.020 Notice to be placed on immobilized vehicle.
10.40.030 Unlawful to tamper with or remove immobilization
device.
10.40.040 Notice to be sent by police department.
10.40.050 Responsibility of owner.
10.40.060 Records to be kept.
10.40.070 Refund of charges upon not-guilty verdict.
10.40.080 Treasurer to collect fines and penalties.
10.40.090 Release of impounded vehicles.
10.40.100 Sale of unclaimed vehicles.
10.40.110 Adoption of rules and regulations.
Section 10.40.010 Removal or immobilization authorized.
Any vehicle having against it three or more unpaid summonses
which have been issued and remain unpaid for more than thirty (30) days
from the date of each ticket and no notice of intention to stand trial
having been filed in the required time period in any of the three tickets,
charging that such vehicle was parked, stopped or standing in violation
of any law, ordinance or legal authority of the city of Salisbury, shall
be deemed a public nuisance, and the police department or any official
of the city assigned to traffic duty is authorized to remove or cause to
be removed said vehicle or to immobilize in such a manner as to prevent
its operation, at the sole cost and expense of the habitual violator. Such
police authority shall have the power and is authorized to remove the vehicle,
by either private or governmental equipment, to the city pound or pounds
or elsewhere as he may deem advisable. (Prior code § 145-47)
Section 10.40.020 Notice to be placed on immobilized vehicle.
In any case involving the immobilization of a vehicle
pursuant to this chapter, the chief of police shall cause to be placed
on such vehicle, in a conspicuous manner, a notice sufficient to warn any
individual to the effect that such vehicle has been immobilized and that
any attempt to move such vehicle might result in damage to such vehicle.
Said notice shall also advise the owner or operator that the vehicle has
been immobilized by the city of Salisbury for violations of this chapter
and that the release of the vehicle may be obtained at a designated place
upon payment of the towing fee and other charges specified in Section 10.40.090.
(Prior code § 145-48)
Section 10.40.030 Unlawful to tamper with or remove immobilization
device.
It is unlawful for any person to tamper with or remove
or attempt to remove the immobilization device without authorization or
to remove the warning notice. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or to
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. (Prior
code § 145-49)
Section 10.40.040 Notice to be sent by police department.
A. Notice to be Sent by Police. As soon as reasonably
possible, with seven days at most, after it impounds a vehicle, the police
department shall send a notice, by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, to the last known registered owner of the vehicle.
B. Contents of Notice. The notice shall:
1. State that the vehicle has been impounded;
2. Describe the year, make, model and vehicle identification
number of the vehicle;
3. Give the location of the facility where the vehicle
is held;
4. Inform the owner of his right to reclaim the vehicle
within three weeks after the date of the notice, upon payment of all fines,
penalties and towing, preservation and storage charges resulting from impounding
the vehicle;
5. State that the failure of the owner to exercise this
right in the time provided is:
a. A waiver by him of all his rights, title and interest
in the vehicle,
b. A consent to the sale of the vehicle at public auction.
(Prior code § 145-50)
Section 10.40.050 Responsibility of owner.
The registered owner of a vehicle having against it six
or more summonses shall be presumed to be the owner at the time the summonses
were in fact issued and shall be severally responsible for the offenses
and the impoundment, except where the use of the vehicle was secured by
the operator without the owner's consent. (Prior code § 145-51)
Section 10.40.060 Records to be kept.
It shall be the duty of the police department to safely
keep any impounded vehicle until such vehicle shall have been repossessed
by the owner or person legally entitled to possession thereof or otherwise
disposed of as provided in this chapter. The police department shall cause
to be kept an accurate record of the description of such vehicle, including
the name of the officer from whom such a vehicle was received; the officer
employed to tow or have delivered the same to said pound or authorized
garage; the date and time when received; the place where found, seized
or taken possession of; the make and color of the car and the style or
body, kind of power, motor number, serial number, number of cylinders,
year built, state license number, in any, equipment and a general description
of its condition; the name and address of the person redeeming said vehicle,
the date of redemption and the manner and date of the disposal of said
vehicle in case the same shall not be redeemed; together with the cost
of outstanding summonses and the towing and storage charges. (Prior code
§ 145-52)
Section 10.40.070 Refund of charges upon not-guilty verdict.
If, following a trial in the District Court of Maryland
or other tribunal, a not-guilty verdict is entered upon any of the parking
violations charged against the vehicle immobilized, all charges advanced
as having occurred upon the vehicle by virtue of its immobilization, including
the collateral advanced, for such parking violation upon which a not guilty
verdict was entered, shall be returned to the person who advanced such
sums upon presentation of the official receipt issued at the time said
vehicle was released. It is further provided that if, as the result of
the court's decision, the number of parking violations charged against
the vehicle previously immobilized is reduced to two or less and provided
that no refund has previously been made, the towing fee shall also be returned
to the person who advanced such fee, upon presentation of the official
receipt issued at the time said vehicle was released. (Prior code §
145-53)
Section 10.40.080 Treasurer to collect fines and penalties.
The city finance director is responsible for the collection
of all fines and penalties. The city finance director will furnish to the
person paying said fines and penalties a receipt which shall be presented
to the police department. Upon presentation of said receipt, the duty officer
will sign a vehicle release form authorizing the release of the impounded
vehicle. (Prior code § 145-54)
Section 10.40.090 Release of impounded vehicles.
Vehicles impounded pursuant to this chapter will be released
to their lawful owner (or person entitled to possession) upon a showing
of adequate evidence of a right to its possession and upon the payment
of all accrued fines and costs for each outstanding unpaid summons, or
the depositing of the collateral required by his appearance in the district
court for Wicomico County, to answer for each violation for which there
is an outstanding or otherwise unsettled traffic violation notice or warrant
and, in addition thereto, the charges for towing, and storage. The release
should be signed by an authorized officer. (Prior code § 145-55)
Section 10.40.100 Sale of unclaimed vehicles.
Whenever any vehicle so impounded shall remain unclaimed
by the owner or other person legally entitled to possession thereof for
a period of forty-five (45) days from the date a notice to the owner was
mailed, it shall be the duty of the department of police to sell such vehicle
at a public auction, in accordance with the provisions of Title 25 of the
Transportation Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. (Prior code §
145-56)
Section 10.40.110 Adoption of rules and regulations.
The city council is authorized to adopt, by resolution,
such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions
of this chapter. (Prior code § 145-57)
Chapter 10.44
Sections:
10.44.010 Definitions.
10.44.020 Use of certain designated streets.
Section 10.44.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this
section:
"Explosives" means gunpowders, powders used for blasting,
all forms of high explosives, blasting materials, fuses, detonators and
other detonating agents, smokeless powders and any chemical compound or
chemical mixtures that contain any oxidizing and combustible units, or
other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that ignition
by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by detonation of,
or any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation
of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable
of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects, or of destroying
life or limb, but shall not be construed to include small arms or shotgun
cartridges.
"Vehicle" includes all vehicles, motor, horse-drawn or
otherwise, including motorcycles, semitrailers, trailers, tractors and
traction engines, designed, constructed or intended to be propelled or
drawn by any power, except such vehicle as run only upon rails or tracks
or are propelled by electric power furnished by means of overhead wires.
(Prior code § 145-45)
Section 10.44.020 Use of certain designated streets.
All vehicles transporting or carrying explosives, upon
entering the corporate limits of the city, shall comply with the following
provisions:
A. Vehicles Proceeding From North of the Corporate Limits.
Such vehicles proceeding from north of the corporate limits of the city
shall enter and follow the following designated streets to the corporate
limits of the city:
1. From north to south: Salisbury Boulevard;
2. From north to west: North Division Street to Isabella
Street and thence westerly on Isabella Street;
3. From north to east: Priscilla Street to East Church
Street and thence easterly on East Church Street.
B. Vehicles Proceeding From East of the Corporate Limits.
Such vehicles proceeding from east of the corporate limits of the city
shall enter and follow the following designated streets to the corporate
limits of the city:
1. From east to south: East Main Street to Salisbury Boulevard
and thence southerly on Salisbury Boulevard;
2. From east to north: East Church Street to Priscilla
Street and thence northerly on Priscilla Street;
3. From east to west: East Church Street to Isabella Street
and thence westerly on Isabella Street.
C. Vehicles Proceeding From South of the Corporate Limits.
Such vehicles proceeding from south of the corporate limits of the city
shall enter and follow the following designated streets to the corporate
limits of the city:
1. From south to east: Salisbury Boulevard to East Main
Street and thence easterly on East Main Street;
2. From south to west: Salisbury Boulevard to Isabella
Street and thence westerly on Isabella Street;
3. From south to north: Salisbury Boulevard.
D. Vehicles Proceeding From West of the Corporate Limits.
Such vehicles proceeding from west of the corporate limits of the city
shall enter and follow the following designated streets to the corporate
limits of the city:
1. From west to south: Isabella Street to Salisbury Boulevard
and thence southerly on Salisbury Boulevard;
2. From west to north: Isabella Street to North Division
Street and thence northerly on North Division Street;
3. From west to east: Isabella Street to East Church Street
and thence easterly on East Church Street. (Prior code § 145-46)