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HOWARD COUNTY

PLAN THE OPERATION OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS OF THIS COUNTY, TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER
COUNTY OFFICIALS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WAYS AND MEANS
TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, AND TO CARRY OUT THE
ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES IMPOSED BY ACTS OF THE
COUNTY.

21.210 - EMERGENCY AND EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS

(A)    THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HEREBY EMPOWERED TO MAKE
REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO MAKE EFFECTIVE THE PROVISIONS
OF THE TRAFFIC ACTS OF THIS COUNTY AND TO MAKE AND
ENFORCE TEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL REGULATIONS TO COVER
EMERGENCIES OR SPECIAL CONDITIONS. NO SUCH TEMPORARY
OR EXPERIMENTAL REGULATION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
MORE THAN 90 DAYS.

(B)    THE COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEER MAY TEST
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES UNDER ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF
TRAFFIC.

21.111 - TRAFFIC COMMISSION - POWERS AND DUTIES

(A)   [[THERE IS HEREBY]] THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE MAY
ESTABLISH A TRAFFIC COMMISSION TO SERVE WITHOUT
COMPENSATION, CONSISTING OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC

WORKS OR IN HIS DISCRETION AS HIS__REPRESENTATIVE__THE

CHIEF OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION, THE CHIEF OF

POLICE OR IN HIS DISCRETION AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE THE
CHIEF OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, THE DIRECTOR OF
PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THE COUNTY SOLICITOR AND SUCH
NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF
UNOFFICIAL BODIES AS MAY BE DETERMINED AND APPOINTED
BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMISSION SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
AND MAY BE REMOVED BY HIM.

(B)     IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE TRAFFIC
COMMISSION, AND TO THIS END IT SHALL HAVE THE
AUTHORITY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE FUNDS AT ITS
DISPOSAL, TO COORDINATE TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES, TO CARRY
ON EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN TRAFFIC MATTERS, TO
SUPERVISE THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF TRAFFIC
REPORTS, TO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS HAVING TO DO WITH
TRAFFIC MATTERS, AND TO RECOMMEND TO THE LEGISLATIVE
BODY OF THIS COUNTY AND TO THE COUNTY TRAFFIC
ENGINEER, THE CHIEF OF THE TRAFFIC SUBDIVISION, AND
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS WAYS AND MEANS FOR IMPROVING
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND