Division 9. Parking Permit Areas

The area shall be one consisting solely of residential uses and in which commercial and industrial uses do not exist.

A County traffic engineering survey shall establish that during the time period when parking restrictions may be imposed:

A residential area may be considered for parking permit restrictions upon request of the residents affected or upon request of the elected officials of any incorporated municipality.

Before a parking permit area is established or terminated, the County Executive or their designee shall cause a public hearing to be held. The hearing shall be at a location within or reasonably adjacent to the area concerned and shall be preceded by due public notice published in a County newspaper of record. The notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the hearing, the exact description of the area being considered, the time proposed for restrictive parking and any parking permit fee proposed. In addition to the published notice, reasonable efforts shall be made to mail a similar notice to each household within the parking permit area.

In residential areas adjacent to a proposed facility required to construct over 3,000 parking spaces, the County Executive is authorized to determine the requirements of the traffic engineering survey to assure that a parking permit area may be established and implemented prior to the opening of that facility, so long as any overflow parking generated by such facility has a minimal impact on the surrounding residential areas.

Authority means the Prince George's County Revenue Authority or its Executive Director.

Inoperable Vehicle means a vehicle with one or more of its major mechanical components, including but not limited to engine, transmission, drive train and wheels, is missing or not functional unless such vehicle is kept in an enclosed building or as permitted by Subtitle 13 or Subtitle 27 of the Code.

Residential Parking Permit Area means the designation of the County roads, streets, subdivisions and other areas as residential parking permit area in which the parking of vehicles is restricted during specified times, unless a proper parking permit or other identifiable device is displayed in or on the vehicle or in a digital database that is used to identify vehicles assigned to specific Residential Parking Permit Area.

Parking Permit means a placard, sticker or other identifiable device or data in a digital database that specifies the vehicle is authorized to park in the Residential Parking Permit Area.

The area shall be one consisting solely of residential uses and in which commercial and industrial uses do not exist.

A residential street or area may be considered for parking permit restrictions upon request of the residents affected or upon request of an elected official of the County by submitting a petition.

A petition indicating that at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the residential property owners or lease holders in the permit parking area approve the parking permit area is required. A petition, with the required fifty-one percent (51%) of the residential property owner or lease holder signatures, shall be submitted to the Authority. Residential property owners and lease holders shall have three (3) business days to respond to a request from the Revenue Authority to identify the individual who will represent their household in the voting process to accept or decline the Residential Parking Program on their street. If the Revenue Authority does not receive a reply from a residential property owner or lease holder within said three (3) business days, the residential property owner or lease holder shall be excluded from the online voting process.

The designation of what County roads, streets, subdivisions and other areas are to be designated as a Residential Parking Permit Area.

That the parking restrictions shall apply at all times except that nonresident parking is allowed for periods of three (3) hours or less between the hours of 7 A.M. and 6 P.M., Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays; however, the petitioners may prescribe other hours and days when the parking restrictions are operative in the petition.

The Authority shall review the petition and evaluate the designation as a Residential Parking Permit Area, including providing referrals to such County departments or agencies as necessary, and to schedule a public hearing, pursuant to this subsection, within ninety (90) days of receipt of the petition.

Before a parking permit area is established by petition or terminated, the Authority or its designee shall cause a public hearing to be held. The hearing shall be held at a location within or reasonably adjacent to the area of the proposed parking permit area and shall be preceded by due public notice published in a County newspaper of record. The public notice shall state the time, place, and purpose of the hearing, the exact description of the area being considered and the time proposed for restrictive parking. In addition to the published notice, the Authority shall mail a similar notice to each household within the parking permit area.

Following a designation of a Residential Parking Permit Area, the Authority shall cause parking signs to be placed in the area indicating the parking restrictions and the parking permit exceptions.

Three (3) Parking Permits shall be the maximum number of Parking Permits that may be issued for a single residence in a Residential Parking Permit Area.

The following vehicles are not eligible for parking permits in a residential parking permit area: (i) vehicles with out-of-state license plates, except those registered to a member of the military, a Federal, State, County or other governmental vehicle or student temporarily residing in the Residential Parking Permit Area; (ii) inoperable vehicles; (iii) vehicles lacking current registration or displaying expired registration stickers; (iv) Heavy Commercial Trucks, as defined in Section 26.101, unless the vehicle has an exemption; (v) any vehicle with commercial license plates; (vi) vehicles with historic tags; (vii) vehicles in violation of Section 26-122.01 of the County Code; and (viii) any boat, recreational vehicle, tractor-trailer with or without a cargo carrier, limousine, tow crane or box truck except when actively being used to move personal property.

As provided in Section 26-122 of the County Code, no person shall park or allow to stand any vehicle on any of the public streets or roadways in the County for a period in excess of seventy-two (72) hours.

As provided in Section 26-162 of the County Code, the removal of abandoned and inoperable vehicles is required within forty-eight (48) hours.