[Amended 9-4-2007 by Ord. No. 701-07]
The Board of Town Commissioners shall exercise
its authority to designate the following by resolution:
A.
Certain parking spaces on certain public streets as
parking districts.
B.
Certain streets or parts thereof as one-way streets.
C.
Certain on-street areas as bus and/or taxicab pickup
zones.
D.
Certain on-street areas as loading zones.
E.
Certain streets, lot, municipal buildings or segments
thereof as parking meter spaces during certain hours of the day and
days of the week.
F.
Certain lots and municipal buildings or segments thereof
as "permit only" parking zones during certain hours of the day and
days of the week.
G.
Certain streets or segments thereof as preferential
residential parking zones during certain hours of the day and days
of the week.
H.
Certain streets, alleys or segments thereof as no-parking
zones or limited time parking zones.
I.
Certain segments of streets or parking lots as handicap
parking zones.
J.
Certain parking areas or spaces on certain public
streets and Town parking lots as limited time parking.
K.
Certain lots, alleys or segments thereof as lease
spaces during certain hours of the day and days of the week.
The Board of Town Commissioners shall exercise
its authority to designate, by ordinance, fees for all parking meters
and lease lot zones. Contracts for lease parking spaces may be signed
by the Town Administrator or his/her designee. All funds collected
from meters and lease space areas shall be placed in the Parking Enterprise
Fund.
The Board of Town Commissioners may exercise
its authority to enter into contracts for the installation, leasing
or purchasing of parking meters and other required parking regulatory
equipment. Said meters/equipment shall be funded through the Parking
Enterprise Fund.
The Board of Town Commissioners shall exercise
its authority to designate by resolution streets on which through
truck traffic shall be prohibited. Only trucks in excess of 10,000
pounds shall be regulated as through truck traffic.
Sworn police officers of the Town of Bel Air
or nonsworn members of the Bel Air Police Department, as designated
by the Chief of Police, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Persons so designated shall have the authority to issue traffic citations
to persons violating the regulations cited in this chapter.
The Director of Public Works and/or the Chief
of Police or his designated representative may exercise authority,
in the interest of public safety or convenience, to close temporarily
any street, alley, or portion of the same to vehicular or foot traffic
or to divert such traffic therefrom.
A.
The Chief of Police or his designated representative
may exercise the authority to take possession of, remove, immobilize,
and impound any motor vehicle, whether licensed or registered in this
state or any other state, which is parked, stored or left in violation
of this chapter.
B.
In the exercise of the authority set forth above,
for the purpose of performing the duties imposed by this section,
the Chief of Police may seize and remove motor vehicles by means of
Town equipment or by contract. He may cause such motor vehicles to
be stored either upon Town property or upon private property by suitable
contract, provided that any contract for the removal or storage of
impounded motor vehicles shall be executed in accordance with the
requirements of this Code and shall be approved by the Board of Town
Commissioners.
C.
Towing companies/businesses operating within the corporate
limits of the Town of Bel Air are hereby regulated under the provisions
of the Code of Harford County, Chapter 237, Towing Businesses, as
amended from time to time, which shall be enforced within the Town
of Bel Air in the same manner, by the same officials and with the
same effect as in the unincorporated areas of Harford County. All
towing companies/businesses operating within the Town shall be required
to abide by said provisions and to pay required fees to Harford County
in the manner provided in said chapter.
