No person shall place or erect or cause to be placed
or erected within any sidewalk, street or highway any fixture or structure
unless a permit issued by the Board of Selectmen, in the case of Town
ways, or by the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
in the case of state highways, authorizing such placement or erection
has been granted and is in effect.
No person, other than one employed directly or indirectly
by this Town or by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and while in
the performance of necessary public duties, shall at any time place
or leave in any sidewalk, street or highway any article, material
or merchandise or park a vehicle or cart in any sidewalk, street or
highway for the purpose of displaying merchandise unless a permit
issued by the Board of Selectmen, in the case of Town ways, or by
the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in
the case of state highways, authorizing the use of the sidewalk, street
or highway has been granted and is in effect, except as may be necessary
for the reasonable and expeditious loading or unloading of any such
article, material, merchandise, cart or vehicle; provided, however,
that such property shall never be left so as to obstruct the free
passage of pedestrians or vehicular travel.
Any such fixture, structure or property as referred
to in this article which has been erected, placed or left illegally
in any street, highway or sidewalk may be moved by or under the direction
of an officer and at the owner's expense.