CITY OF SALISBURY

ORDINANCE NO. 1982

AN ORDINANCE of the Mayor and the Council of the City of Salisbury to amend Section 10.32.030 of the Salisbury Municipal code to prohibit certain conduct on commercial property.

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council have received numerous complaints from residents of the City regarding disturbing noises from commercial properties located in close proximity to residential zones.

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council desire to prohibit certain conduct on commercial properties to protect the citizens of the City from unreasonable disturbances caused by noise.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted and ordained by the City Council of the City of Salisbury, in regular session, that 10.32.030 of the Salisbury Municipal Code shall be amended as set forth below:

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.

1. 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 subject to the limitations set forth in Paragraph 2 below.

2. No persons shall park any motor truck or commercial vehicle equipped with a mechanical refrigeration device while such mechanical refrigeration device is in operation on any commercial property located within 100 yards of a residential structure between the hours of eleven P.M. and seven A.M

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)

AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED AND ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SALISBURY, MARYLAND, that this Ordinance shall take effect from and after the date of its final passage.

THIS ORDINANCE was introduced and read at a meeting of the Council of the City of Salisbury held on the ____ day of _______________, 2006, and having been published as required by law, in the meantime, was finally passed by the Council on the _____ day of _______________, 2006.

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Brenda J. Colegrove, City Clerk Michael P. Dunn,

President of the Council of

the City of Salisbury

Approved by me, this ________

day of ______________, 2006.

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Barrie P. Tilghman,

Mayor of the City of Salisbury