[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Worcester County 11-10-1987 as part of Bill No. 87-5. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1-12-1993 by Bill No. 92-20]
In order to promote traffic safety and to prevent accidents
caused by the indiscriminate stopping or parking of vehicles on or
along the highways in the county, the County Commissioners are authorized,
by resolution, to restrict, limit or prohibit parking or stopping
on or along any road or highway or portion thereof in the county;
provided, however, that if such highway is a state highway, the County
Commissioners shall first receive concurrence therefor from the State
Highway Administration. The highways or sections thereof where parking
or stopping is to be restricted, limited or prohibited shall be designated
by appropriate signing. Any person violating a resolution of the County
Commissioners relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles along
any highway in the county shall be guilty of a civil infraction, and
such civil infraction shall be a parking violation and processed as
such.
[Amended 6-20-1989 by Bill No. 89-11]
(a)
Roadside sales prohibited without compliance. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale anything
along the side of any road in Worcester County without first complying
with the provisions of this section.
(b)
Requirements for roadside sales, permit. Any
person wishing to sell or offer for sale anything along any roadside
in Worcester County shall comply with the following requirements:
(1)
The activity must be permitted under the Zoning and Subdivision
Control Article of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County.
(2)
The person wishing to conduct such activity shall obtain a permit
from the State Highway Administration in the case of a state road
and the County Commissioners in the case of a county road.
(3)
All roadside stands shall be subject to site plan review under
§ ZS 1-325 of the Zoning and Subdivision Control Article
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Worcester County.
(4)
Anyone wishing to conduct sales from a roadside stand shall
first obtain a license from the County Commissioners and pay such
fees as may be from time to time set by resolution of the County Commissioners.
(c)
Considerations. In determining whether or
not roadside sales may be conducted along county roads in Worcester
County and the granting of permission therefore, the County Commissioners
shall consider patterns of ingress and egress to the proposed site,
sufficiency of parking spaces for automobiles, surfacing of areas
upon which parking is contemplated, and proximity to intersections,
traffic signals, signs and the like.
(d)
Prohibitions. No roadside sales will be conducted
in areas which constitute required parking for any structure or activity
pursuant to the Zoning and Subdivision Control Article of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Worcester County.
(e)
Violations. Any person who violates the provisions
hereof shall be deemed guilty of a civil infraction.
[Added 1-12-1993 by Bill No. 92-20]
(a)
The following shall be stopping, standing and parking violations:
(1)
Parking on roadway.
A.
On any highway outside of a business district or a residential
district, a person may not:
1.
Stop, park or leave standing on the roadway any vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, if it is practicable to stop, park or leave
the vehicle standing off the road.
2.
Leave any vehicle standing without providing an unobstructed
width of the roadway opposite the standing vehicle for the free passage
of other vehicles.
3.
Stop any vehicle unless it can be seen clearly from two hundred
feet away in each direction on the roadway.
B.
The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the driver
of a vehicle that has become unintentionally so disabled while on
the roadway that he cannot avoid stopping and temporarily leaving
it there.
(2)
Stopping, standing or parking in front of public
driveway. A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle
in front of a public driveway.
(3)
Sidewalks. A person may not stop, stand
or park a vehicle on a sidewalk.
(4)
Intersections. A person may not stop,
stand or park a vehicle in an intersection.
(5)
Crosswalks. A person may not stop, stand
or park a vehicle on a crosswalk.
(6)
Safety zones. A person may not stop,
stand or park a vehicle between a safety zone and the adjacent curb
or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the
ends of a safety zone, unless the County Commissioners indicate a
different length by signs or markings.
(7)
Highway excavations or obstructions. A
person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle alongside or opposite
any highway excavation or obstruction if to do so would obstruct traffic.
(8)
Bridges. A person may not stop, stand
or park a vehicle on any bridge or other elevated structure on a highway.
(9)
Highway tunnels. A person may not stop,
stand or park a vehicle in a highway tunnel.
(10)
Places where stopping is prohibited by signs. A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle at any place where
stopping is prohibited by an official sign.
(11)
Entrance or exit ramps of highways. A
person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle on any exit or entrance
ramp of any highway with two or more lanes for traffic moving in the
same direction.
(12)
Standing or parking. A person may not
stop, stand or park a vehicle in front of a private driveway without
the consent of the owner or occupant of the premises.
(13)
Fire hydrants. A person may not stop,
stand or park a vehicle within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.
(14)
Standing, etc., within thirty feet of approach to
flashing signals, etc. A person may not stop, stand or
park a vehicle within thirty feet on the approach to any flashing
signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control sign located at the
side of a roadway.
(15)
Driveway entrances to fire stations. A
person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle within twenty feet of
the driveway entrance to any fire station on or the side of a highway
opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet
of the entrance, if properly signposted.
(16)
Standing or parking vehicles where standing prohibited
by sign. A person may not stand or park a vehicle at any
place where standing is prohibited by an official sign.
(17)
Standing or parking vehicles alongside of other stopped
or parked vehicles. A person may not stand or park a vehicle
on the roadway side of any other vehicle that is stopped or parked
at the edge or curb of a highway.
(18)
Certain curves or hills. A person may
not stand or park a vehicle on a curve or hill where solid lines on
the surface of the roadway indicate a zone in which passing is prohibited.
(19)
Parking within fifty feet of railroad grade crossings. A person may not park a vehicle within fifty feet of the nearest
railroad grade crossing.
(20)
Handicapped parking spaces. A person
may not park a vehicle unless for the use of a handicapped individual
in a space or zone marked as restricted for the use of handicapped
individuals.
(21)
Parking at other places where parking prohibited
by signs. A person may not park a vehicle at any other
place where parking is prohibited by an official sign.
(22)
Moving the vehicle of another into a prohibited area. A person may not move a vehicle that he does not lawfully control
into any prohibited area.
(23)
Moving vehicle away from curb for unlawful distance. A person may not move a vehicle that the person does not lawfully
control away from a curb for an unlawful distance.
(24)
Parking in front of curb ramp. A person
may not park a vehicle in front of a curb ramp.
(25)
Stopping, standing or parking on private property. A person may not stop, stand or park a vehicle on any private property
not owned by the owner or driver of the vehicle unless the person
has express or implied permission from the property owner, his tenant
or his agent to stop, stand or park the vehicle as the case may be.
Upon the request of the owner, his agent or his tenant, a police officer
may issue a citation for the violation of the provisions of this subsection.
(26)
Fire lanes. A person may not park a vehicle
in any duly designated fire lane.
(27)
Impeding traffic. A person may not park
a vehicle in a way as to impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(28)
Handicapped zones. A person may not park
a motor vehicle in a space duly designated for the handicapped unless
the vehicle bears a special registration plate or a valid permit issued
by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, another state or the
District of Columbia.
[Added 1-12-1993 by Bill No. 92-20]
(a)
Manner of parking generally. Except as otherwise
provided in this section, a vehicle that is stopped or parked on a
two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked parallel to the right-hand
curb or edge of the roadway, with its right-hand wheels within twelve
inches of that curb or edge of the roadway.
(b)
Parking on one-way roadway. Except as otherwise
provided by this section, a vehicle that is stopped or parked on a
one-way roadway shall be stopped or parked parallel to the curb or
edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic, with
its right-hand wheels within twelve inches of the right-hand curb
or edge of the roadway or its left-hand wheels within twelve inches
of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(c)
Angle parking. The County Commissioners may
permit angle parking on the roadway of any highway in its jurisdiction
if the roadway has been determined to be wide enough to permit angle
parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(d)
Signs prohibiting or restricting stopping, standing or
parking. The County Commissioners may place signs that
prohibit or restrict the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles
on any highway in its jurisdiction where to stop, stand or park would
endanger those using the highway or interfere unduly with the free
movement of traffic on the highway.
[Added 1-12-1993 by Bill No. 92-20]
(a)
Establishment of limited parking or no parking zones. The County Commissioners may by resolution adopt regulations for
or designations of no parking or limited parking zones in areas where
such are deemed necessary or appropriate by the County Commissioners
and which said areas and zones shall include, without limitation,
handicapped zones, fire lanes, areas of limited vehicular access or
any other area deeded by the County Commissioners to be desirable
as limited or no parking areas. Such designations may be upon public
or quasi-public property.
(b)
Designation of limited parking or no parking zones. Any areas established as limited parking or no parking zones shall
be posted with a sign or designated by a painted curb as determined
by resolution of the County Commissioners.
(c)
Fire lanes. The proper posting and marking
of fire lanes shall be the responsibility of the property owner if
on private property. The property owner shall be responsible for providing
and maintaining proper designation of such fire lane as required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or interfere or allow
the obstruction or interference with the operation or access of any
emergency vehicle or equipment within a fire lane or to any fire hydrant
or any Fire Department connection or to permit or to engage in any
activity within any designated fire lane which would interfere with
the proper use of that fire lane by fire-fighting personnel and equipment.
[Added 1-12-1993 by Bill No. 92-20]
Any violation of this Subtitle or any resolution adopted hereunder
shall constitute a civil infraction which shall be processed as a
parking violation.
