Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 06 - MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 11.06.02 - Parking and Control of Vehicles on Maryland Transit Administration Property › Section 11.06.02.05 - General Parking Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.
				The control of all motor vehicular traffic on MTA property shall be governed by
				this chapter.
B. Unless otherwise
				authorized, a person may not operate, park, or bring a motor vehicle on MTA
				property unless that person is a transit patron, intends to pick up or
				discharge a transit patron, or is on MTA property for purposes directly related
				to the business of the Administration.
C. A person may not abandon a motor vehicle,
				unauthorized article, or piece of equipment on MTA property.
D. A person may not operate a motor vehicle
				on MTA property in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner, but shall have
				regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and use of roadways,
				weather conditions, and all other attendant circumstances, so as not to
				endanger the life, limb, or property of any person.
E. Parking of motor vehicles is prohibited on
				all MTA property and roads, except in specifically posted and designated areas
				and during the hours of MTA transit operations.
F. A person may not park or place a motor
				vehicle or other article or piece of equipment on MTA property so as to
				interfere with or prevent the passage or movement of buses or emergency or
				other motor vehicles.
G. A person
				operating a motor vehicle on MTA property shall immediately yield the
				right-of-way to a police, ambulance, fire department, or other emergency
				vehicle giving an audible or visible signal.
H. A person may not drive a motor vehicle on
				MTA property without a valid driver's license issued by the State or by the
				jurisdiction where this person resides, if other than Maryland.
I. The responsibility for finding a legal
				parking space rests with the motor vehicle operator. Lack of space is no excuse
				for violation of this chapter.
J. A
				person may not operate a motor vehicle, other than a police or emergency
				vehicle, upon MTA property at a speed exceeding 15 miles per hour.
K. A person may not park a motor vehicle upon
				MTA property within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or other fire control
				apparatus.
L. Unless otherwise
				authorized, a person may not load or unload a motor vehicle upon MTA property
				in violation of any posted fire or other traffic sign or regulation or in such
				a manner as to obstruct the movement of vehicular or pedestrian
				traffic.
M. A motor vehicle shall
				be parked in one space only within a designated posted parking area and within
				the marked space or stall. Each motor vehicle operator shall leave clear access
				to adjacent spaces and may not block driving lanes or roads or create a hazard
				to other motor vehicle operators.
N. A person may not park any motor vehicle in
				any marked pedestrian crosswalk.
O.
				A person may not drive a motor vehicle onto an area of MTA property which has
				been closed by the use of barricades or other traffic control
				devices.
P. A person may not wash,
				clean, polish, repair, maintain, or overhaul a motor vehicle on MTA property,
				except for repairs necessary to remove the motor vehicle from the MTA
				property.
Q. A motor vehicle or
				other article or piece of equipment that is parked or placed on MTA property in
				such a manner as to be presumed abandoned, or that creates a nuisance or
				hazard, or that interferes with MTA operations or emergencies, may be towed or
				removed to a location chosen by the MTA or MTA's designee.
R. Parking in MTA designated disabled parking
				areas is restricted to MTA patrons whose motor vehicles bear either a valid
				handicapped license plate or other valid evidence that the user of the motor
				vehicle is handicapped as provided under Maryland law.
S. Parking in areas adjacent to yellow
				painted curbs or in any other areas with posted restrictions is
				prohibited.
T. A person may not
				abandon a vehicle or article on MTA property.