2698                               Municipal Charters

44-16. Parking meters generally.

The county executive is hereby authorized, pursuant to the procedure
prescribed by law, to adopt regulations for the installation, maintenance
and operation of parking meters along, and limiting the time motor
vehicles may park on, the streets, highways and alleys located within each
district and on the parking lots within each district acquired by or leased
to the County, by the use of parking meters or otherwise, and to prescribe
parking meter or other fees for parking on such parking lots, streets,
highways and alleys; except, that on all off-street parking facilities leased
to the Montgomery County Revenue Authority, such authority shall have
the responsibility for the installation, maintenance and operation of park-
ing meters on such facilities and for the adoption of regulations, rates,
fees and other charges relating to the facilities operated and managed
by it. After the adoption of such regulations, the County may purchase,
install, maintain and operate any such parking meters on all streets,
highways, alleys and on off-street parking facilities not leased to the Reve-
nue Authority, in accordance with such regulations; provided, that the
location thereof is approved by the county executive. All parking meter
fees collected within each district shall be applied as provided in the
following section, and the division of police protection shall enforce such
regulations regarding parking and parking meters in the same manner
as they enforce parking and traffic regulations applicable to the public
streets and alleys of the County.

Section 4. Section 73-31, Chapter 73, title "Administration", of the
Montgomery County Code 1965 is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

73-31. Storage, parking and use generally.

Storage, parking, and use of County vehicles shall be provided for
in the administrative regulations of the county executive; provided, that
in accordance with Section 73-33 of this Code, such vehicles shall be
used only for official County business.

Section 5. Subsection (a) of Section 86-16, Chapter 86, title "Fire
Prevention Code", of the Montgomery County Code 1965 is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

86-16. Removal, etc., of dangerous conditions.

(a) Whenever the fire marshal shall find in any building or upon
any premises combustible or explosive matter or dangerous accumulations
of rubbish or unnecessary accumulations of waste paper, boxes, shavings
or any highly inflammable materials which are so situated as to endanger
life or property, or shall find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs,
passageways, corridors, halls, loading platforms, doors or windows, liable
to interfere with the operations of fire departments or emergency equip-
ment or egress of occupants in case of fire, he shall order the same
to be removed immediately. If he shall find private entrance or exit
sidewalks or vehicular driveways or interior private driveways or side-
walks obstructed by snow, debris, construction material, vehicles or other
matter liable to interfere with the ingress or the operation of fire de-
partments or other emergency vehicles in case of fire, he shall order
the obstructions removed.

To effectuate the foregoing as to vehicles, the county executive or
his designee, upon such a finding by the fire marshal, may order "no