Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-06-29
ORDINANCE
Parking and Right of Way of
Motor Driven or any other
type of vehicles.

Motor Driven or any other
type of vehicles.
Be it enacted and ordained by the
Mayor and Council of Rockville that
from and after the passage of this
ordinance, the following regulations,
in regard to parking and right of
way of any motor driven or horse
drawn vehicle or vehicles or any
other vehicle of any kind or de-
scription, being operated, drawn or
marked on any alley or street within
The corporate limits of the Town of
Rockville, shall be in effect and the
same shall be enforced by the Town
Bailiff or the Police Force of Mont
gomery County.
Article 1. Right of way.
(A) Pedestrians shall have the
right of way at all crosswalks, ex-
.cept those controlled by traffic off
GERS.
OBJ Vehicles shall have the right
of way between crosswalks and be-
tween street intersections.
(C) Vehicles shall yield right of
way when so directed at all points
under the control of officers or school
boy patrols at or near public schools.
(D) A vehicle parked along side
of curb parallel or at an angle to
curb upon leaving such parking
space shall look out for oncoming
traffic and yield right of way to
such traffic.
(E) In all other respects the
Motor Vehicle Code of the State of
Maryland shall apply as respects
right of way on the streets and
highways of this town.
Article 2. Parking.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to park any motor
driven vehicle or vehicles or any
other vehicle of any kind or -descrip-
ton on any alley or street in the
Town of Rockville, between such
points on said streets or alleys as
shall be designated by said Mayor
and Council and indicated by signs.
OBJ There shall be no parking
whatever, except for the taking on
or discharge of passengers, on the
south side of Montgomery Avenue in
front of the High School property
during school days between the hours
of $3.50 A. M. and A P. M.
(C) There shall be no parking
on either side of Montgomery Ave
nue. between Court Street and Fred
eerick Road or Washington Street, on
Sundays and Holidays.
(D) There shall be no parking
on south side of Commerce Lane be-
tween Perry Street and the Inter-
section of Commerce Lane and Mont
gomery Avenue, this being the north
side of triangle in front of Court
House.
(E) No vehicle shall stop with
it's left side to the curb or on the
left side of the highway, except on
Commerce Street West of Washing
ton Street to the end of the Electric
Street Car Line, and except when a
funeral is in progress.
(F) No vehicle shall be stopped
on any highway or alley in such
a manner as to obstruct the ingress
to or the egress from any public or
private alley, roadway, or driveway.
(G) No vehicle shall be parked
within 5 feet of fire hydrant, ex-
cept for the purpose of taking on or
letting off passengers.
CHI No vehicle shall be so
parked or otherwise stopped as to
prevent the free passage of other
vehicles or street cars in both direc-
tons at the same time, excepting
on Commerce Street West of Wash
ington Street to the end of the car
line.
Cd A vehicle. except when parked
in accordance with the provisions of
these regulations, shall not stand
backed up at any angle to the curb,
except while actually loading or I'M
loading, and, if horse drawn and
with four wheels. the horses shall
stand parallel with the curb facing
in the direction of traffic.
.(J) All vehicles except as other
wise provided shall park parallel on
all streets and highways except
where official signs shall indicate
otherwise: PROVIDED, That when
vehicle is stopped or parked on
an incline or grade the right front
or rear wheel shall be against the
curb.
(K) No motor driven vehicle or
trailer shall be left parked on any
alley, street, or highway within the
corporate limits of this town with
out having thereon displayed the
official registration markers assigned
to such vehicle by the Commissioner
OF Motor Vehicles of the State of
Maryland or the registration mark
ers assigned to it by the state or dis
erlct. in which same may be regis
tered.
N) All vehicles must park with
tnelr right front and right rear
wheels within six inches of the curb
where there is space available and,
II no space is available within a
reasonable distance, a passenger We
hlcle may stop parallel and as near
as practicable to parked vehicles on
itS right only long enough to actually
take on or let off passengers, and a
commercial vehicle while actually en-
gagged in loading or unloading mer-
chandise: PROVIDED, That such
vehicles while so parked will not
unlr,easonably impede or interfere
with traffic.
(M) No vehicle shall stop in such
manner as to obstruct traffic or a
crosswalk.