Rules and Regulations
CHAPTER IV: Regulation of Traffic
Section 1. Enforcement
All applicable laws and regulations shall be observed when operating a motorized vehicle on Park Property. Any traffic direction from any Park Police Officer or person authorized to enforce traffic laws on Park Property shall supersede written or posted laws and regulations.
Section 2. Speed Limit
No person shall operate any motorized vehicle in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour, unless the speed limit is otherwise posted or directed.
Section 3. Permissible Roadways
No person shall operate any motorized vehicle on Commission Property on a road or street to which public access is prohibited. No person shall operate a motorized vehicle on Commission Property while off designated roads or streets.
Section 4. Trucks over One Ton, Commercial Vehicles, Buses
Trucks, commercial vehicles (excluding taxicabs and tow trucks on service calls to disabled vehicles on Commission Property) with commercial marking or tools of trade and buses shall not be operated on Park Property except by special permit.
Section 5. Parking Regulations
A. No person may stop, stand or park a motor vehicle on Commission Property:
(1) in front of a public driveway;
(2) within an intersection;
(3) within twenty (20) feet of, or so as to obstruct, a crosswalk; or within 20 feet of an intersection;
(4) on a bridge;
(5) any place an official sign prohibits, or regulates, stopping, standing, parking, or the manner of parking in general;
(6) on the traveled portion of a roadway or public driveway;
(7) on, or obstructing the entrance to, any bicycle path, hiker path, bridle path, or access road;
(8) so as to obstruct another vehicle or traffic;
(9) so as to occupy more than one parking space or park across painted parking lines;
(10) during those hours when Commission Property is not open to the public as defined in Chapter III, Section 2A, of these Regulations;
(11) on any grass area, unless specifically allowed, or so as to injure any tree, shrub, plant, or vegetation;
(12) in a fire lane;
(13) on Commission Property other than that designated for vehicular parking;
(14) within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant; within thirty (30) feet of the approach to any traffic control device located at the side of a roadway or at an intersection; and
(15) in parking spaces which are designated for use only by persons with disabilities unless such vehicles display a special registration plate, a removable windshield placard, or a temporary removable windshield placard allowing such parking which is issued by Motor Vehicle Administration of Maryland or similarly by another state, the District of Columbia, or another country.
B. Any vehicle which is to be stopped or parked adjacent to any roadway must be removed from the traveled portion of the roadway and stopped or parked in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with left wheels parallel to and within thirty-six (36) inches of the right edge or boundary of the roadway.
C. No bus shall park in a regional or local park except by permit and shall be parked in a designated area.
Section 6. Impoundment of Illegally Parked Vehicles
Any illegally parked vehicles may be removed and/or impounded by the Park Police at the owner's expense. After proper notification to the last known registered owner and each secured party, those vehicles may be destroyed if not claimed, pursuant to the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Laws.
