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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.01 - Definitions

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A. The following
				terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the State Highway
				Administration.
(2) "Business"
				means the provider of one of the four services (gas, food, lodging, and
				camping).
(3) "Drive-in" means a
				food business that provides stalls for which customers in vehicles can park,
				order, and eat food.
(4)
				"Expressway" means a major highway of two or more traffic lanes in each
				direction that is designed to eliminate principle traffic hazards and has the
				following characteristics:
(a) A median
				divider separating opposing traffic lanes to eliminate head-on collisions and
				side-swiping;
(b) Grade separation
				structures to eliminate the conflict of cross streams of traffic at each
				intersection;
(c) Points of
				entrance and exit limited to predetermined locations;
(d) Vertical curves long enough to provide
				long sight distances; and
(e)
				Shoulders wide enough to permit vehicles to stop or park out of traffic
				lanes.
(5) "Generic
				motorist services symbols" means blue signs upon which white symbols are placed
				to indicate the presence of gas, food, lodging, or camping.
(6) "Gore" means the point at which the ramp
				roadway leaves the mainline roadway.
(7) "Logos" means the individual business
				trademarks.
(8) "Mainline" means
				the through roadway of the highway.
(9) "Ramp" means the connecting roadway
				between the mainline and the intersected road.
(10) "Services" means the four basic motorist
				services of gas, food, lodging, and camping.
(11) "Stall" means a clearly defined space
				for parking a vehicle.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.02 - Applications

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A. An application
				is available for business establishments desiring to take part in the specific
				services signing program from the SHA Office of Traffic and Safety, c/o Logo
				Coordinator, 7491 Connelley Drive, Hanover, MD 21076, as well as on
				marylandroads.com.
B. An annual fee
				will cover all installation, maintenance, and administrative costs associated
				with this program, with a revised fee to be established as of July 1st of each
				year. The revised fee will be effective October 1 with respect to all new
				participants and renewals after that.
C. Once the business establishment mails or
				otherwise delivers the completed application to the office and address noted in
				the application, the Administration will ascertain whether or not space exists
				along the highway for the posting of signs and that the business establishment
				meets the required criteria.
D. The
				initial annual fee will be remitted by the business to the Administration upon
				approval of its application.
E. The
				annual fee period will begin on the date of the sign installation, with annual
				renewals.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.03 - General Requirements for All Signing

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A. The specific services signing program
				applies only to expressways along the Maryland State highway system.
B.
(Repealed)
C. Logo signs are motorist information signs,
				therefore, advertising may not be permitted on the logo sign.
D. Placement and Maintenance of Logo Signs.
(1) The ability to place and maintain logo
				signing at a particular interchange is dependent upon the space available along
				the mainline and the space along the ramp to the intersected highway and other
				safety considerations.
(2) At those
				locations where insufficient space is available for the use of logo signs, such
				as in urban and suburban locations, the Administration will place and maintain
				at its cost the generic motorist services symbols.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.04 - Specific Conditions for Gas Signing

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A. Signing for gas shall be limited to those
				business establishments within 1 mile from the gore of the associated
				off-ramp.
B. Repealed.
C. The business establishment shall provide
				vehicle services to include fuel, oil, and water.
D. The business establishment shall include
				restroom facilities and public drinking water.
E. The business establishment shall be in
				continuous operation 16 or more hours per day and 7 days per week.
F. The business establishment shall have a
				telephone available for public use.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.05 - Specific Conditions for Food Signing

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A. Signing for food shall be limited to those
				business establishments within 3 miles from the gore of the associated
				off-ramp.
B. Repealed.
C. The business establishment shall be open
				for continuous operation serving at least 14 hours a day, at least 6 days a
				week and be opened not later than 7 a.m., except as noted in §§D and
				E of this regulation.
D. If the
				logo sign has less than the number of permitted logo plates, as described in
				regulation .03 E-1 of this chapter, a business establishment that is open
				continuously serving at least 8 hours a day, at least 6 days a week and opening
				no later than 11 a.m. may be approved for placement under the conditions of
				this regulation.
E. If a business
				open for continuous operation as described in §C of this regulation
				applies for space on a full logo sign that has logo plates displayed for
				businesses approved under §D of this regulation, the business approved
				under §D of this regulation that is the farthest from the interchange
				shall be removed as provided in Regulation .03K(1) and (2) of this
				chapter.
F. The business
				establishment shall have a telephone available for public use.
G. Except as provide in §H of this
				regulation, the business establishment shall have a minimum seating capacity
				for 20 persons.
H. Drive-ins shall
				have a minimum of 10 stalls.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.06 - Specific Conditions for Lodging Signing

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A. Signing for lodging shall be limited to
				those business establishments within 3 miles from the gore of the associated
				off-ramp.
B. Repealed.
C. The business establishment shall have a
				minimum of ten rooms or units and shall be open the year round.
D. The business establishment shall have a
				telephone available for public use.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs › Section 11.04.10.07 - Specific Conditions for Camping Signing

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A. Signing for camping shall be limited to
				those business establishments within 15 miles from the gore of the associated
				off-ramp.
B. Repealed.
C. The campground shall have a minimum of ten
				camping spaces.
D. The campground
				shall have adequate parking for each camping space.
E. The campground shall have sanitary
				facilities.
F. The campground shall
				have drinking water.
G. The
				campground access shall be capable of accommodating vehicles and trailers
				during all weather conditions.
H.
				The campground shall have a telephone available for public use.
I. The campground may not be closed to public
				use other than for a single period of up to 120 consecutive days between
				November 1 and April 1.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.01 - Definitions

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A. The following
				terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the State Highway
				Administration.
(2) "Containerized
				cargo" means manifested international freight in a sealed, seagoing container
				that is heading to or egressing the Port of Baltimore.
(3) "Overweight" means weights that exceed
				the limits allowed by Transportation Article, Title 24, Annotated Code of
				Maryland.
(4) "Unit" means the
				Hauling Permits Unit located within the Motor Carrier Division at the Maryland
				State Highway Administration's Office of Traffic and Safety.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.02 - Permits Available

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A person may move an indivisible load of containerized cargo
				  under a containerized cargo permit.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.03 - Determination of an Indivisible Load

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A truck tractor-semitrailer combination of vehicles carrying
				  manifested international freight as the only load of the vehicle in a sealed,
				  seagoing container on a semitrailer is deemed to be carrying an indivisible
				  load if:
A. The vehicle does not
				exceed the following maximum gross vehicle weight or axle weight limits:
(1) 22,400 pounds on a single axle;
(2) 44,000 pounds on 2 consecutive axles at
				least 4 feet apart; or
(3) 90,000
				pounds gross vehicle weight; and
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.04 - Routes of Travel

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A containerized cargo permit is valid for travel on all
				  interstate highways in Maryland and the following routes under the jurisdiction
				  of the State or the City of Baltimore only after the Secretary of
				  Transportation has the results of studies and determines that use of permits
				  issued under these regulations will not cause extraordinary damage to the roads
				  and structures on the routes:
A.
				Between the Dundalk Marine Terminal and the Maryland-Pennsylvania State Line as
				follows:
(1) Harbor Tunnel (I-895) Routes:
(a) From the Dundalk Marine Terminal, north
				on Broening Highway, west on Keith Avenue to Interstate-95 North to Boston
				Street Exit 57, to north on Interstate Avenue, west on the O'Donnell Street
				Cut-Off to Interstate-895 Harbor Tunnel Thruway to Interstate-695 (Towson) to
				Harbor Tunnel Thruway to Interstate-695 (Towson) to Interstate-70 west to the
				Maryland-Pennsylvania State Line;
(b) From the Maryland-Pennsylvania State Line
				travel east on Interstate-70 to Interstate-695 (Glen Burnie) to Interstate-895
				Harbor Tunnel Thruway to the Holabird Avenue Exit East to travel south on
				Broening Highway to the Dundalk Marine Terminal.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.05 - Authority to Issue Permit

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The Unit may issue permits to allow the movement of
				  overweight vehicles hauling an indivisible load of containerized cargo as
				  described in Regulation .03 of this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.06 - Procedures

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A. To obtain a
				containerized cargo permit, the applicant shall submit, directly to the Unit,
				an original signed and completed application on a form and in a manner
				prescribed by the Unit. The applicant shall allow 5 working days for processing
				the permit request.
B. The Unit may
				issue a containerized cargo permit that is valid for 1 year.
C. The Unit shall complete all blanks on the
				face of the containerized cargo permit before issuing the permit directly to
				the applicant.
D. The permittee
				shall sign the permit upon receipt.
E. The permittee or user of a containerized
				cargo permit shall carry the original (not a copy) of the permit on the
				overweight vehicle when moving the vehicle on a highway in the State.
F. The permit vehicle may travel permitted
				routes on a 24-hour daily basis.
G.
				A permittee shall comply with all restrictions attached to the permit as well
				as any hauling permit restrictions posted on the Motor Carrier Division and
				CHART websites found at www.marylandroads.com. It is the responsibility of the
				permittee to review these websites for current hauling permit restrictions
				prior to any move being made under authority of this permit.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.07 - Fees

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A permit issued under this chapter may be issued at no cost
				  to the applicant.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.08 - Denial of Permit

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A. The Unit may
				not issue a containerized cargo permit unless the vehicle has 5 axles or
				more.
B. A permit may not be issued
				for more than one container on a truck tractor-semitrailer combination of
				vehicles.
C. For any vehicle
				exceeding 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight up to and including the maximum
				90,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, the distance measured horizontally between
				the vertical center lines of the second axle and the last axle shall measure at
				least 36 feet.
D.
				Repealed.
E. A vehicle weighing
				80,000 pounds or more gross vehicle weight shall be registered for the maximum
				gross weight in its state of registration.
F. Vehicles weighing less than 80,000 pounds
				gross vehicle weight shall be registered for not less than their actual gross
				vehicle weight.
G. The permit
				vehicle and load may not exceed the vehicle size limits allowed by the Maryland
				Transportation Article, Title 24, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.09 - Miscellaneous Conditions

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The following conditions apply to every containerized cargo
				  permit:
A. The conditions specified in
				this regulation apply to every containerized cargo permit.
B. A permit does not authorize a vehicle to
				travel upon roadways and bridges when the gross vehicle weight exceeds the
				posted weight restriction.
C. The
				permittee or user shall comply with the vehicle laws of Maryland (except those
				weight limits from which the permit authorizes departure) and with all the
				conditions of the permit and these regulations.
D. A permit vehicle may not be operated at
				speeds greater than 50 miles per hour.
E. Failure to Comply.
(1) Failure to comply with permit conditions
				or these regulations shall:
(a) Void the
				permit and subject the permittee or user to the full assessment of fines under
				Transportation Article, §
											27-105, Annotated Code
				of Maryland, as if the permit were not issued;
(b) Cause the permit to be subject to
				immediate revocation and confiscation by any officer or authorized civilian
				employee of the Maryland State Police, any officer of the Maryland
				Transportation Authority Police, or any other police officer; and
(c) Cause the load subject to reduction in
				compliance with Transportation Article, Title 24, Annotated Code of
				Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.10 - Suspension

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A. If a permittee
				has violated these regulations, or the terms of a permit two times within a
				6-month period, the Unit may suspend for 30 days the permittee from use of a
				containerized cargo permit issued and outstanding.
B. If a permittee has violated these
				regulations, or the terms of a permit three times within a 12-month period, the
				Unit may suspend for 60 days the permittee from use of a containerized cargo
				permit issued and outstanding.
C.
				If a permittee has violated these regulations, or the terms of a permit more
				than three times within a 12-month period, the Unit may revoke permanently the
				permittee from use of a containerized cargo permit.
D. Procedures.
(1) The Unit determines initially all
				violations of these regulations or the terms of a permit.
(2) If the Unit determines that there has
				been a violation, it shall notify the permittee by certified mail of the
				specific violations, of a period of suspension, of a revocation, and of the
				opportunity for appeal and to be heard.
(3) The permittee has 7 business days from
				receipt of the written notice of violation to file a written appeal with the
				Director, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway Administration. An appeal
				will not be accepted unless it is in writing and filed within the prescribed
				time limit.
(4) If an appeal is
				filed, the Director, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway
				Administration, shall review the entire record relating to the violation
				charged. If the appellant specifically requests a hearing, the Director shall
				grant a hearing. If the appellant fails to appear at the hearing, the Director,
				Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway Administration, may proceed by a
				review of the record.
(5) After
				reviewing the record and any evidence submitted at a hearing, the Director
				shall affirm, amend, or reverse the findings of the Unit.
(6) The decision of the Director, Office of
				Traffic and Safety, is the final decision of the State Highway
				Administration.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.11 - False Statement in Permit Application

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A. If an application for a containerized
				cargo permit contains a false statement of a material fact, the Unit may deny
				that permit and any future permits to the permittee.
B. Procedures.
(1) If the Unit determines that an
				application contains a false statement of a material fact, the Unit shall
				notify the permittee by certified mail of its determination, the status of
				suspension from future permits, the duration of the suspension as provided in
				Regulation .10 of this chapter, and the opportunity for appeal and to be
				heard.
(2) The permittee has 7
				business days from receipt of the written notice of violation to file a written
				appeal to the Director, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway
				Administration. Only a written appeal filed within the time specified will be
				accepted.
(3) If an appeal is
				filed, the Director, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway
				Administration, shall review the entire record relating to any violation
				charged. If the appellant specifically requests a hearing, the Director, Office
				of Traffic and Safety, State Highway Administration, shall grant a hearing. If
				the appellant fails to appear the hearing, the Director, Office of Traffic and
				Safety, State Highway Administration, may proceed by a review of the record.
(3-1) After reviewing the record and any evidence submitted
				  at any hearing, the Director, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway
				  Administration, shall affirm, amend, or reverse the decision of the
				  Unit.
(4) The decision of
				the Director, Office of Traffic and Safety, is the final decision of the State
				Highway Administration.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.11 - Overweight Vehicle Permits for Certain Containerized Cargo Hauling › Section 11.04.11.12 - Costs and Damages for which Permittee is Responsible

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A. The permittee is responsible for payment
				of each of the following items:
(1) All damage
				that the vehicle causes, either directly or indirectly, to any road surface,
				bridge, signs, or other structure, whether maintained by the Administration or
				by another entity;
(2) The cost of
				all correspondence, whether telephonic or written, made in connection with the
				permit;
(3) Any additional expense
				incurred by the Administration in connection with the permit or the movement
				authorized by the permit.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.12 - Local Delivery Truck Routes › Section 11.04.12.01 - Purpose

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The purpose of these regulations is to specify certain
				  highway segments for use as access routes for local deliveries and to establish
				  guidelines for their use in order to ensure public safety, to preserve the
				  highways, and to minimize truck traffic in certain residential and school
				  areas.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.12 - Local Delivery Truck Routes › Section 11.04.12.02 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the State Highway
				Administration.
(2) "Local delivery
				truck route" means a four-lane divided State highway designated by the
				Administration as a route which may be used for local deliveries by trucks not
				exceeding the limitations set forth in Transportation Article, §§
										13-919,
				24-102,
				24-104,
				24-104.1,
				24-104.2,
				24-108, and
				24-109, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.12 - Local Delivery Truck Routes › Section 11.04.12.03 - Designation of Route

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U.S. Route 40 from Maryland Route 279 in Cecil County to
				  Maryland Route 152 in Harford County is a designated local delivery truck
				  route.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.12 - Local Delivery Truck Routes › Section 11.04.12.04 - Access

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Access from a route designated in Regulation .03 of this
				  chapter for points of origin and destination of cargo shall be by the shortest
				  practical route between the designated route and the points of origin and
				  destination of cargo.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.13 - Smart Growth › Section 11.04.13.01 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish guidelines for
				  determining if a growth-related transportation project is located within a
				  priority funding area to comply with State Finance and Procurement Article,
				  § 5-7 B-04(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.13 - Smart Growth › Section 11.04.13.02 - Definition

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A. In this chapter,
				the following term has the meaning indicated.
B. Term Defined. "Priority funding area" has
				the meaning stated in State Finance and Procurement Article, § 5-7 B-02,
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.13 - Smart Growth › Section 11.04.13.03 - Projects Located Within a Priority Funding Area

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A. After consultation with the Maryland
				Department of Planning, the Administration may deem a transportation project to
				be a priority funding area, even if segments of the project are outside the
				priority funding area, if:
(1) Each segment:
(a) Standing alone would be exempt under
				State Finance and Procurement Article, § 5-7 B-06, Annotated Code of
				Maryland;
(b) Is necessary to
				eliminate or reduce the number of access points to a highway;
(c) Is necessary to avoid denying access to a
				property owner with existing access;
(d) Improves or maintains an existing roadway
				without significantly increasing capacity; or
(e) Comprises less than 5 percent of the lane
				mileage of the total project length; and
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.14 - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems -Duration of Yellow Signal Indications › Section 11.04.14.01 - Scope

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This chapter, consistent with guidelines established by the
				  Federal Highway Administration, establishes minimum yellow change intervals at
				  each intersection where a traffic control signal monitoring system is in
				  use.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.14 - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems -Duration of Yellow Signal Indications › Section 11.04.14.02 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Agency" means:
(a) For a traffic control signal operated and
				maintained at an intersection under the control of the State, the law
				enforcement agency primarily responsible for traffic control at that
				intersection; or
(b) For a traffic
				control signal operated and maintained at an intersection under the control of
				a political subdivision, a law enforcement agency of the political subdivision
				that is authorized to issue citations for a violation of the Maryland Vehicle
				Law or local traffic laws or regulations.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.14 - Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems -Duration of Yellow Signal Indications › Section 11.04.14.03 - Minimum Yellow Change Intervals

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A. On any approach to a traffic signal where
				a traffic control monitoring system is in use, the agency shall ensure that the
				yellow change interval on that approach is not shorter in duration than that
				determined by the formula set forth in §B of this regulation, following
				any adjustments required by §C of this regulation.
B. Formula. The formula for calculating the
				yellow change interval (in seconds) is:
Y = 1.0 + ((0.733 X S)/(D + (0.32 X G)))
Where:
Y = yellow change interval (in seconds);
S = approach speed (in miles per hour);
D = deceleration rate (in
				  ft/sec2);
G = approach grade (in percent).
C. Adjustments to Calculated Yellow Change
				Interval.
(1) The calculated yellow change
				interval shall be rounded up to the nearest half second.
(2) If the calculated yellow change interval
				is less than 3.0 seconds, then the yellow change interval shall be 3.0
				seconds.
(3) If the calculated
				yellow change interval is greater than 6.0 seconds, then the yellow change
				interval shall be 6.0 seconds.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.15 - Work Zone Speed Control Systems › Section 11.04.15.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Local police department" means:
(a) The police department of any municipal
				corporation;
(b) The police
				department of any county; and
(c)
				The sheriff's department of any county that has highway traffic patrol
				responsibilities.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.15 - Work Zone Speed Control Systems › Section 11.04.15.02 - Authorization, Site Qualification, and Operator Selection

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A. A local police department or State police
				department may not deploy any work zone speed control system without the
				permission of the State or local agency that maintains the highway on which the
				work zone is to be located.
B. The
				State or local agency that maintains the highway is responsible for ensuring
				that any segment of highway on which a work zone speed control system is
				deployed satisfies the requirements of Transportation Article, §
									21-810(b)(1),
				Annotated Code of Maryland.
C. The
				locations and times when work zone speed control systems are to be deployed
				within a work zone shall be jointly agreed upon by the agency that maintains
				the highway and the local police department or the State police department that
				deploys the work zone speed control system.
D. The deploying local police department or
				State police department shall determine whether the work zone speed control
				operator is a police officer, a representative of the police department, or a
				representative of a Maryland State Highway Administration contractor, for each
				location where a work zone speed control system is to be operated.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.15 - Work Zone Speed Control Systems › Section 11.04.15.03 - Public Notification and Advance Warning

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A. An agency that maintains a highway on
				which a work zone speed control system is deployed and the local police
				department or State police department that deploys a work zone speed control
				system may use Internet sites and other media to notify the public regarding:
(1) The general use of work zone speed
				control systems; or
(2) The
				segments of highways where and the dates and times when, work zone speed
				control systems may be deployed.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.15 - Work Zone Speed Control Systems › Section 11.04.15.04 - Training, Logs, and Calibration

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A. Each local police department and State
				police department that deploys a work zone speed control system shall require
				that each of its operators complete all manufacturer's training required by
				Transportation Article, §
									21-810(b)(4),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, governing the set up, testing, and operation of the
				work zone speed control system. Each local police department and State police
				department that deploys a work zone speed control system shall maintain a
				registry and files documenting the training and certification of each of its
				certified work zone speed control system operators.
B. Each local police department and State
				police department that acquires a work zone speed control system shall:
(1) Obtain the initial and annual independent
				calibrations required by Transportation Article, §
										21-810(b)(6),
				Annotated Code of Maryland; and
(2)
				Maintain a file documenting the results of all calibration testing.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.15 - Work Zone Speed Control Systems › Section 11.04.15.05 - Processing of Images and Citations

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A. Any local police department or State
				police department that deploys a work zone speed control system may utilize its
				civilian employees or contractor employees to perform an initial review of
				images for the purpose of eliminating those images upon which a citation will
				not be issued.
B. The statement in
				any citation required by Transportation Article, §
									21-810(d)(1),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, that based on inspection of recorded images the
				motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Transportation Article, Title
				21, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, Speed Restrictions, shall be signed
				by a police officer employed by the local police department or State police
				department deploying the work zone speed control system.
C. The certification required by
				Transportation Article, §
									21-810(e)(1),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, alleging that based on inspection of recorded
				images produced by a work zone speed control system a violation Transportation
				Article, Title 21, Subtitle 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, Speed Restrictions,
				occurred and that the requirements of Transportation Article, §
									21-810(b),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, have been satisfied, shall be sworn to or affirmed
				by a police officer employed by the local police department or State police
				department deploying the work zone speed control system.
D. The owner or co-owners of a vehicle shall
				be established from records maintained by or accessible from the Motor Vehicle
				Administration, based on the registration plate information captured on an
				image. A single citation may be issued in the names of all persons listed as
				co-owners of a co-owned vehicle.
E.
				A local police department or State police department may void any citations
				that are incorrectly issued without the need for the person to whom the
				citation was issued to stand trial in District Court.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.16 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors › Section 11.04.16.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the State Highway
				Administration.
(2) "District"
				means one of the Administration's seven operational offices located throughout
				the State.
(3) "Established place
				of business" means any permanent building or structure from which a permanent
				business is conducted during normal business hours throughout the
				year.
(4) "Mobile seafood or
				produce vendor" means a person who sells or offers for sale any seafood or
				produce:
(a) While on foot;
(b) From any vehicle or conveyance, whether
				or not the vehicle or conveyance is in operating condition; or
(c) From any tent, temporary stand, roadside
				stand, roadside market, or other quarters that is not an established place of
				business.
(5) "Produce"
				means any fruit or vegetable product of the soil that is intended for human
				consumption.
(6) "Produce" does not
				include a canned, frozen, dried, or pickled product.
(7) "Right"of"way" means any highway area or
				highway structure and any property adjacent to a highway acquired for the
				operation or use of the highway.
(8) "Seafood" means any finfish, crustacean,
				or mollusk, live or dead, or any part, egg, offspring, or body of any finfish,
				crustacean, or mollusk, that is intended for human consumption.
(9) "State highway" means any public highway
				owned by this State.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.16 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors › Section 11.04.16.02 - Authorization and Site Qualifications

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A. A mobile seafood or produce vendor may not
				be located within the right-of-way of any State highway, unless the mobile
				seafood or produce vendor has a lease from the Administration.
B. The Administration may not enter into a
				lease with a mobile seafood or produce vendor until:
(1) The mobile seafood or produce vendor has:
(a) Submitted a lease application to the
				appropriate District; and
(b) Paid
				in full all necessary application fees;
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.16 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors › Section 11.04.16.03 - Application for Vendor Lease

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A. An
				applicant for a mobile seafood or produce vendor lease shall submit an
				application in writing to the appropriate District. The addresses and phone
				numbers for the Districts may be found on the Administration's website at
				www.roads.maryland.gov.
B. The
				applicant shall submit a non-refundable application fee that is determined by
				the Administration.
C. The
				Administration shall determine the period of time prior to the anticipated date
				of operations that an application is due.
D. The application shall include the
				following information:
(1) The mobile seafood
				or produce vendor's name, contact information, tax ID and/or business ID number
				and the products to be offered for sale;
(2) A vicinity map showing the location of
				the proposed site;
(3) A detailed
				sketch showing the layout of the proposed site;
(4) A copy or verification of the County
				permit allowing the mobile seafood or produce vendor to operate within the
				jurisdiction;
(5) Proof of
				insurance in the amount of $1 million for each incident;
(6) Proof of a surety bond or other
				documentation acceptable to Administration in the amount of $5,000 that allows
				the Administration to recoup any costs associated with damages to the site;
				and
(7) Anticipated hours of
				operation within limits established by the Administration.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.16 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors › Section 11.04.16.04 - Vendor Lease

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A. A mobile
				seafood or produce vendor lease shall be developed by the
				Administration.
B. The earliest
				effective date of a lease shall be May 1 of each year and, subject to §C
				of this regulation, may be renewed monthly for the length of the produce or
				seafood season.
C. No lease shall
				extend past November 30 of each year.
D. A mobile seafood or produce vendor lease
				shall require rent based on the fair-market value of the property on which the
				mobile seafood or produce vendor is located.
E. The Administration may terminate a lease
				immediately for any of the following reasons:
(1) Failure to comply with federal, State, or
				local laws;
(2) Failure to pay rent
				as indicated in the lease;
(3)
				Emergency or unforeseen roadway maintenance, construction, drainage or other
				work serving a public interest, as determined by the Administration, is
				needed;
(4) A substantial change in
				the characteristics of traffic in the vicinity of the site;
(5) Failure to submit to routine inspections
				or comply with findings of inspections;
(6) Failure to control litter or debris;
				or
(7) Failure to maintain site
				distance requirements.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.16 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors › Section 11.04.16.05 - Inspections

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A. Routine
				inspections may be conducted at any time by the Administration, a law
				enforcement agency, or a local health or labor agency.
B. If, for any reason, a routine inspection
				cites a mobile seafood or produce vendor with a violation of law or with
				noncompliance under the lease, the mobile seafood or produce vendor shall
				address all issues within one week or the lease shall be terminated.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.16 - Mobile Seafood and Produce Vendors › Section 11.04.16.06 - Enforcement

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Enforcement of this chapter shall be conducted as specified
				  under Transportation Article, §
									24-304, Annotated Code
				  of Maryland.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.17 - Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit › Section 11.04.17.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Administration" means the Maryland
				Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.
(2) "Containerized cargo" means manifested
				international freight in a sealed, seagoing container traveling between the
				Seagirt Marine Terminal and a destination determined by the Secretary in
				Regulation .04 of this chapter.
(3)
				"Police officer" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										24-111, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(4) "Truck tractor"
				has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, §
										11-172, Annotated Code
				of Maryland.
(5) "Unit" means the
				Hauling Permits Unit located within the Motor Carrier Division at the Maryland
				Department of Transportation State Highway Administration 's Office of Traffic
				and Safety.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.17 - Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit › Section 11.04.17.02 - Permits Available

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A. Heavy
				Weight Port Corridor permits may be issued as specified in this
				chapter.
B. A person may move an
				indivisible load of containerized cargo under a Heavy Weight Port Corridor
				permit.
C. The general permit
				provisions for oversize and overweight vehicles in COMAR 11.04.11 and general
				conditions for movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in COMAR 11.04.02
				apply except to the extent this chapter includes more specific governing
				provisions.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.17 - Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit › Section 11.04.17.03 - Determination of Vehicle Eligibility

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A. A six-axle truck tractor-intermodal
				semitrailer combination of vehicles carrying manifested international freight
				as the only load of the vehicle in a single sealed, seagoing container may be
				eligible if the vehicle does not exceed the following maximum weight and axle
				spacing limits:
(1) 22,400 pounds on a single
				axle;
(2) 44,000 pounds on two
				consecutive axles at least 4 feet apart;
(3) 60,000 pounds on a tri-axle configuration
				more than 8 feet apart between the first and last axles of the grouping;
				and
(4) A total gross weight of
				100,000 pounds for the vehicle and load.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.17 - Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit › Section 11.04.17.04 - Routes of Travel

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A. Heavy Weight
				Port Corridor permits may be issued for the following routes without deviation:
(1) Between Seagirt Marine Terminal and
				Tradepoint Atlantic.
(a) Primary Route.
(i) From Seagirt Marine Terminal - Seagirt
				Marine Terminal to right on Broening Highway (Baltimore City), continue on
				Broening Highway (MD 695 continued) to inner loop 1-695 (south) Francis Scott
				Key toll plaza, Francis Scott Key toll plaza to Loop Road under Francis Scott
				Key Bridge, Loop Road to outer loop 1-695 (north), continue on 1-695 (north) to
				Exit 43 MD 158 Bethlehem Boulevard, left on Bethlehem Boulevard to right on MD
				151 North Point Boulevard, North Point Boulevard to Sparrows Point Road (MD 151
				continued) to Tradepoint Atlantic complex.
(ii) From Tradepoint Atlantic - Tradepoint
				Atlantic to left on Sparrows Point Boulevard (MD 151) to North Point Boulevard
				(MD 151 continued), to left on Bethlehem Boulevard (MD 158), to right on
				Peninsula Expressway (MD 157), to slip road toward 1-695 (south) Francis Scott
				Key toll plaza, Francis Scott Key toll plaza to Loop Road under Francis Scott
				Key Bridge, Loop Road to outer loop 1-695 (north), to Exit 44 MD 695 Broening
				Highway, to left on Broening Highway (MD 695), continue on Broening Highway
				(Baltimore City), to left into Seagirt Marine Terminal.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.17 - Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit › Section 11.04.17.05 - Authority to Issue Permit

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The Unit may issue permits to allow the movement of
				  overweight vehicles with an indivisible load of containerized cargo as
				  specified in this chapter.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.04.17 - Heavy Weight Port Corridor Permit › Section 11.04.17.06 - Procedures

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A. To obtain a
				Heavy Weight Port Corridor permit, the applicant shall submit, directly to the
				Unit, a completed application on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Unit.
				The applicant shall allow 5 working days for processing the permit
				request.
B. The Unit may issue a
				Heavy Weight Port Corridor permit that is valid for 1 year.
C. The Unit shall issue the permit for the
				truck tractor listed in the application.
D. The permittee shall read the permit upon
				receipt and be familiar with all terms and conditions.
E. The permittee or user of a Heavy Weight
				Port Corridor permit shall carry the original (not a copy) of the permit on the
				overweight vehicle when moving the vehicle on a highway in the State.