2258                               County Local Laws

Whereas, to avoid heavy automobile traffic on major highways, many
drivers of trucks use the subdivision streets in heavily populated residential
sections as through routes; and

Whereas, many of these residential streets are already congested with
pedestrians, bicycle, and local automobile traffic; and

Whereas, the use of certain portions of St. John's Lane create an
unusually dangerous and hazardous condition for other traffic and residents
along the said street; and

Whereas, Section 187A of Article 66˝ of the Code of Public General
Laws empowers Howard County to prohibit trucks from using any road,
street or highway not part of the State or Federal highway system or an
extension thereof;

Section 1. NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the County Council
of Howard County, Maryland, That Section 21.105 be and it is hereby
added to Title 21 of the Howard County Code, "Traffic Control," subtitle
"Traffic Regulations," to read as follows:

21.105—Through Trucks Prohibited

Except to make deliveries or pickups along the street, no person shall
operate a truck of a capacity greater than three quarters of a ton as
indicated by the manufacturer thereof, on that section of St. John's Lane
beginning 900 feet west of U.S. 29, at the intersection of St. John's Lane
and Columbia Road, and extending north along St. John's Lane to the
intersection of St. John's Lane and U.S. 40 RT. 144. Any person found
guilty of violating this subtitle by a court of competent jurisdiction shall
be fined not less than Five ($5.00) Dollars or more than One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars for each offense.

Section 2. Be it further enacted by the County Council of Howard
County, Maryland, That the County Executive shall cause the appropriate
signs to be placed along St. John's Lane warning all drivers that the use
of the aforesaid section of St. John's Lane is prohibited to through trucks.

Section 3. And be it further enacted by the County Council of Howard
County, Maryland, That this Act shall become effective sixty (60) days
after its enactment. No action having been taken by the Executive, this
Bill stands enacted on September 21, 1970.

1970 Legislative Session, Legislative Day No. 14
Council Bill No. 28

An Act declaring certain flammable materials tending to create a
fire hazard as rubbish, weeds, debris & grass, on land in the County,
except land actively devoted to agricultural or conservation uses, to
be a public nuisance, providing for the abatement thereof by the
Director of Public Works, after due notice, at the expense of the
property owner, and providing further that expense incurred by
County in abating the nuisance shall constitute a lien on the land in
the same manner that taxes in arrears are a lien.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the County Council of Howard County,
Maryland, That Sections 17.200, 17.201, 17.202, 17.203 and 17.204 be and