Section
General Provisions
71.01 Definitions
71.02 Parking in no-parking areas prohibited
71.03 Other unlawful parking
Emergency Snow Routes
71.20 Legislative authority
71.21 Operation of motor vehicles on designated emergency snow routes
71.22 Parking or abandonment of vehicles on designated routes during emergencies prohibited; removal
71.23 Duration of emergency plan
71.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNTY ROAD. Any public road maintained by the Board of County Commissioners for Garrett County, over which the Board exercises control as authorized by Md. Code, Art. 25, §§ 1 and 2.
OWNER. In reference to a vehicle:
(1) A person who has the property in or title to the vehicle;
(2) Includes a person who, subject to a security interest in another person, is entitled to the use and possession of the vehicle.
VEHICLE. Any device in, on or by which any individual or property is or might be transported or towed on a highway.
(1986 Code, § 268-8) (Ord. —, passed 9-3-1985)
(A) It is declared to be unlawful for any vehicle to be parked on any area of a county road designated as a no-parking area.
(B) Any officer of the law who discovers a vehicle parked in violation of this subchapter shall:
(1) Deliver a citation to the driver or, if the vehicle is unattended, attach a citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place; and
(2) Keep a copy of the citation, bearing his certification under penalty of perjury that the facts stated in the citation are true.
(C) Payment for violations or trial:
(1) Any person receiving a citation under this subchapter shall:
(a) Pay for the parking violation directly to the County Treasurer or District Court of Maryland, sitting in Oakland; or
(b) Elect to stand trial for the violation.
(2) An election to stand trial shall be made by sending a notice of intention to stand trial to the office of the State’s Attorney for Garrett County or District Court at least 5 days before the payment date specified in the citation.
(3) If a person elects to stand trial and desires the presence at trial of the police officer who issued the citation, he shall so notify the office of the State’s Attorney for Garrett County or District Court at the time the notice of intention to stand trial is given.
(4) If proper notification is not given, the police officer need not appear at the trial, and the copy of the citation bearing the certification of the officer is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it.
(1986 Code, § 268-9) (Ord. —, passed 9-3-1985)
(A) It is declared to be unlawful for any vehicle to remain parked on any county road:
(1) After being notified by any officer of the law to move the same;
(2) For a period greater than 5 days.
(B) Any officer of the law who discovers a vehicle remaining parked in violation of this section may impound, tow and store the vehicle.
(C) The owner of any such vehicle towed, impounded or stored shall pay for the cost of towing, impounding and storing the vehicle within 30 days after receipt of a citation and/or a certified letter.
(D) Should the owner of the vehicle fail to pay the cost of towing, impoundment and storage of the same, the vehicle shall be sold by the Sheriff of Garrett County, Maryland, at public sale after notice by certified letter and/or publication in a local newspaper for 2 consecutive weeks.
(1986 Code, § 268-10) (Ord. —, passed 9-3-1985)
EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES
The Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to authority contained in Md. Code, Art. 25, § 1, by giving public notice through appropriate news media, shall designate all county roads within Garrett County to be “emergency snow routes.”
(1986 Code, § 248-10) (Ord. —, passed 12-5-1977)
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