Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 05 - MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.05.03 - Vehicle Access, Parking, and Operation on Maryland Port Administration Property › Section 11.05.03.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Access control point" means a location
				where credentials are produced and verified to insure authorized access to the
				facilities.
(2) "Annual decal"
				means the individually numbered and adhesive backed decal that is issued
				annually and applied to the vehicle windshield by the MPA Office of Security or
				designee.
(3) "Berth permit" means
				a hang tag issued by the MPA Office of Security or designee that permits
				parking upon a berth.
(4) "Cargo
				gate pass" means the document issued at the access control point by security
				personnel for a vehicle delivering or receiving cargo or designated as
				cargo.
(5) "Citation" has the
				meaning stated in COMAR
				11.05.02.02B(2).
(6) Conviction" means a plea of guilty, a
				finding of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or acceptance of probation before
				judgment.
(7) "Decal" means the
				decal that is assigned and applied to the motor vehicle by the MPA Office of
				Security or designee.
(8) "Law
				Enforcement Agency" has the meaning stated in Public Safety Article, §
										3-201(d),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
(9)
				"Law Enforcement Permit" means a hang tag issued by the MPA Office of Security
				or designee to law enforcement personnel.
(10) MdTA Police" means Maryland
				Transportation Authority personnel designated as members of the Police Force
				under Transportation Article, §
										4-208, Annotated Code
				of Maryland, or any other police officers as defined by Public Safety Article,
				§
										3-201(e),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, and who are authorized to perform law enforcement
				duties on MPA property
(11) "MdTA
				Police Cadet" means an employee of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police
				or any other law enforcement agency that is authorized to enforce parking
				regulations on MPA property.
(12)
				"MdTA Police Port Detachment" means personnel of the Maryland Transportation
				Authority Police or any other law enforcement agency that are specifically
				assigned to MPA property or Port facilities and that are authorized to enforce
				criminal laws and the regulations in this title.
(13) Motor Vehicle.
(a) "Motor vehicle", except as otherwise used
				in these regulations, means a vehicle that is self-propelled, including all
				automobiles, whether or not privately owned.
(b) "Motor vehicle" also includes
				multipurpose passenger vehicles, van pool vehicles, trucks, truck tractors,
				trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, motorcycles, export or import cargo, and
				special mobile equipment.
(c)
				"Motor vehicle" includes any vehicle qualifying as a motor vehicle which is
				subject to all the requirements of this chapter while being pulled or towed by
				another motor vehicle.
(d) "Motor
				vehicle" does not include vehicles designed to operate only on rails or
				tracks.
(14) "MPA" means
				the Maryland Port Administration.
(15) "MPA property" means all property owned,
				leased, or operated by or under the control of the Maryland Port
				Administration.
(16) "Permit"
				means:
(a) The annual decal that is affixed to
				the vehicle windshield by the MPA Office of Security or designee;
(b) The visitor vehicle or cargo gate pass
				issued by security personnel at the facility access control point; or
(c) The 14-day pass issued by the MPA Office
				of Security or designee.
(17) "Port facilities" means any one or more
				or combination of facilities and structures owned, leased, operated by, or
				under the control of the MPA, including:
(a)
				Lands, piers, docks, wharves, warehouses, sheds, transit sheds, elevators,
				compressors, refrigeration storage plants, buildings, structures, and other
				facilities, appurtenances, or equipment useful or designed for use in
				connection with the operation of a port;
(b) Every kind of terminal or storage
				structure or facility useful or designed for use in handling, storing, loading,
				or unloading freight or passengers at marine terminals;
(c) Every kind of transportation facility
				useful or designed for use in connection with any of these.
(18) Special Mobile Equipment.
(a) "Special mobile equipment" means vehicles
				that are not used primarily for highway transportation of people or property,
				but which are operated or moved on a highway only as an incident to their
				non-highway use.
(b) "Special
				mobile equipment" includes road construction or maintenance machines, mobile
				cranes, ditch diggers, well drillers, portable concrete mixers, job site
				vehicles, portable power generators, fork lift trucks, yard hustlers, straddle
				carriers, crew haulers, rubber tired gantries, and other vehicles used to move
				personnel around the terminals in connection with the movement of cargo in
				maritime commerce.
(19)
				"Tenant" means a person who has been given authorization to use a facility for
				cargo handling purposes under a lease or other contract with MPA.
(20) "Vehicle operator" means the person in
				actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
(21) "Visitor vehicle pass" means the
				document issued at the access control point by security personnel for single
				day access to a facility for a personally owned vehicle.