Montgomery County                               2699

parking" signs erected, may designate the placement thereof, and may
order that curbs be painted a distinctive color. The parking of any
vehicle, on private property or otherwise, in violation of the foregoing,
shall constitute a misdemeanor; and any person convicted thereof will be
subject to the penalty provided in Section 15-5 of this Code. In ad-
dition, the vehicle parked in violation of this Article may be impounded
by the Department of Police and held until the penalty provided and
the towing and storage charges incurred are paid.

Section 6. Section 106-25, Chapter 106, title "Taxicabs", of the Mont-
gomery County Code 1965, as amended, is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

106-25. Stands and call boxes generally.

The county executive or his designee is hereby authorized to provide
for taxicab stands and call boxes in the County when such are required
in the public interest.

Section 7. Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 108-1, Chapter 108,
title "Vehicles, Traffic and Parking", of the Montgomery County Code
1965 are hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to read as
follows:

108-1. Authority of school crossing guards; penalty for failure to obey
school crossing guards.

(a)     School crossing guards appointed under the regulations of the
county personnel board and appropriately uniformed so as to be identi-
fied as officers and guards of the County, are authorized to be assigned
to school and church crossings designated by the County during hours
when children or adults go to and from school or church, for the purpose
of protecting the safety of such pedestrians using such crossings.

(b)     School crossing guards shall have the power to control vehic-
ular traffic as necessary and consistent with the safety of such school
children and pedestrians, including the power to signal, stop or otherwise
direct vehicular traffic so as to permit the safe crossing of persons using
the school or church crossing area. In emergencies, crossing guards may
be assigned traffic control duties by the county executive or superintendent
of police or may assist a police officer in traffic control at the officer's
request. Except in such emergency, or incidental to the safety of pedes-
trians using crossings, school crossing guards shall not be authorized
generally to direct traffic.

Section 8. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 108-2, Chapter 108, title
"Vehicles, Traffic and Parking", of the Montgomery County Code 1965
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

108-2. Snow and ice emergency traffic control.

The county executive is hereby authorized from time to time to
designate, by regulation, important streets and highways of the County
as snow emergency routes, which shall be marked by "Snow Emergency
Route" signs, and public parking lots of the County, which shall be
marked by "Snow Emergency Lot" signs.

Upon the declaration of a snow emergency by the county executive
by press release and such other public notice within the discretion of
the county executive as it is practical to give under the circumstances,