Charles County, MD
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2023-04-25
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Division 2: Code of Ordinances and Resolutions
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 287 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article III Speed Monitoring Systems in School Zones
- Division 1: Code of Public Local Laws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Artificial Tanning Devices
- Ch 8 Bond Sales
- Ch 10 (Reserved)
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Building Code
- Ch 17 Building Projects
- Ch 21 Circuit Court
- Ch 24 Code Supplements
- Ch 27 Commissioners, County
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 34 Dredging Operations
- Ch 37 Elderly Care Homes
- Ch 38 Election Districts
- Ch 41 Electrical Apparatus and Wiring
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 False Alarms
- Ch 48 Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of
- Ch 51 Firearms
- Ch 54 Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, Mobile Intensive Care Units and Dive Rescue Units
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- Ch 64 Housing Cooperatives
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- Ch 81 Minimum Livability Code
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- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Planning and Growth Management, Department of; Facilities, Department of
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- Ch 122 Sewers and Drainage Systems
- Ch 125 Sheriff
- Ch 127 Smoking and Tobacco Products
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- Ch 133 Trash Disposal
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- Ch 140 Women's Commission
- Ch 145 Zoning
- Division 2: Code of Ordinances and Resolutions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 147 Advocacy Council for Children, Youth and Families
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- Ch 158 Clean Energy Loan Program
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- Ch 190 Nursing Scholarship Program
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- Ch 197 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 200 Planning Commission
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- Ch 208 School Crossing Guards
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- Ch 211 Substance Abuse Advisory Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 215 Agricultural Preservation Districts
- Ch 216 Alarm Systems
- Ch 218 Ambulances, Private
- Ch 224 Building Construction
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- Ch 228 Contractors
- Ch 230 Dogs and Other Animals
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- Ch 276 Streets, Roads and Sidewalks
- Ch 278 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 281 Taxation
- Ch 283 Telephone Access to 911 Emergency Assistance
- Ch 284 (Reserved)
- Ch 287 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 287 Art III Speed Monitoring Systems in School Zones
- § 287-13 Definitions.
- § 287-14 Authorization to use speed monitoring system.
- § 287-15 Conflicting provisions.
- Ch 291 Water and Sewers
- Ch 295 Disposable Products
- Ch 297 Zoning Regulations
- Ch 298 Forest Conservation
- Ch 299 Resilience Authority
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- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-15-2010 by Bill No. 2010-10]
In this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An image recorded by a speed monitoring system:
Showing:
The rear of a motor vehicle;
At least two time-stamped images of the motor vehicle that include
the same stationary object near the motor vehicle; and
On at least one image or portion of tape, a clear and legible
identification of the entire registration plate number of the motor
vehicle.
An area within a certain radius of any school that has been
so designated by either:
A device with one or more motor vehicle sensors producing
recorded images of motor vehicles traveling at speeds at least 12
miles per hour (mph) above the posted speed limit.
A.
The Office of the Sheriff is authorized to use speed monitoring systems
for the purpose of determining the speed of a vehicle traveling within
a designated school zone.
B.
The Office of the Sheriff is authorized to issue citations to vehicle
owners based upon the speed recorded by the "recorded image" of the
speed monitoring system.
C.
No citation may be issued for a period of at least 30 days after
the first speed monitoring system is placed. A violation recorded
by any speed monitoring system during this thirty-day period may be
enforced by the issuance of a warning.
It is the intent of this article to implement and exercise the
use of speed monitoring systems in school zones as authorized by the
Annotated Code of Maryland, Transportation Article, § 21-809.
Accordingly, the provisions of this article are additional to and
not a substitution for any and all of the provisions of Subtitle 8
of Title 21 of the Transportation Article, which are hereby incorporated
herein by reference. In the event any conflict between the provisions
of this article and the incorporated provisions of Subtitle 8 of Title
21 of the Transportation Article, then the provisions of Subtitle
8 of Title 21 of the Transportation Article shall control.
