Town of Groton, MA
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2023-04-29
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Division 2: Select Board Regulations
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Chapter 266 Traffic Rules and Regulations
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Article III Traffic Signs, Signals, Markings and Zones
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter (2022)
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Aging, Council on
- Ch 5 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 13 Finance Committee
- Ch 16 Finances
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Housing Authority
- Ch 27 Inspector of Wires
- Ch 32 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Park Commission
- Ch 48 Personnel
- Ch 52 Planning Board
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Regional School District
- Ch 71 Revolving Funds
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Town Meetings
- Ch 84 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Water
- Ch 91 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 93 Water Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Beano
- Ch 116 Boats
- Ch 119 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Demolition Delay
- Ch 127 Discharge of Water Onto a Public Way
- Ch 128 Dogs
- Ch 134 Earth Removal
- Ch 137 Farming
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 141 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 145 Forest Lands
- Ch 153 Historic Districts and Commission
- Ch 154 Illicit Discharges to Municipal Separate Storm Drain System
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 175 Retail Sales, Hours of
- Ch 180 Roads and Ways
- Ch 181 Litter and Snow in Public Ways
- Ch 184 Scenic Roads
- Ch 190 Sewers
- Ch 196 Signs
- Ch 198 Stormwater Management — Low-Impact Development
- Ch 199 Polystyrene Container Restriction for Food Service Establishments
- Ch 200 Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Ch 201 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 210 Water Supply
- Ch 215 Wetlands
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 222 Avenue of Flags
- Ch 223 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Driveways
- Ch 239 Earth Removal
- Ch 242 Flags, Display of
- Ch 244 Garage and Yard Sales
- Ch 245 Standards of Conduct Policy
- Ch 246 Highway Department
- Ch 247 Road Acceptance Policy
- Ch 248 Road Openings
- Ch 249 Salaries and Wages
- Ch 251 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 253 (Reserved)
- Ch 257 Smoking
- Ch 258 Street Naming and Building Numbering
- Ch 261 Town Buildings, Use of
- Ch 264 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 266 Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Ch 266 Art III Traffic Signs, Signals, Markings and Zones
- § 266-6 Placement and maintenance of signs, signals, markings and zones; when effective.
- § 266-7 Display of unauthorized signs, signals and markings.
- § 266-8 Interference with signs, signals, and markings.
- § 266-9 Location of bus stops, taxicab stands and service zones.
- § 266-10 Obedience to traffic signs and signals.
- Ch 268 Vacancies
- Ch 273 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 276 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 277 Energy-Producing Facilities
- Ch 278 Fees
- Ch 279 Floor Drains
- Ch 280 Fuel and Chemicals, Underground Storage of
- Ch 286 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 295 Milk
- Ch 299 Outdoor Wood Burning
- Ch 307 Solid Waste
- Ch 315 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Regulations
- Ch 319 Swimming Pools
- Ch 322 Tobacco Regulations
- Ch 323 Transfer Station
- Ch 325 Water Supply
- Ch 330 Wells
- Ch 332 Wood Waste, Disposal of
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 338 Board of Appeals
- Ch 344 Conservation Commission
- Ch 352 Earth Removal Stormwater Advisory Committee
- Ch 360 Historic District Commission
- Ch 381 Planning Board
- Ch 396 Groton Center Sewer District
- Ch 397 Four Corners Sewer District
- Ch 407 Water Department
- Appendix
- Ch A415 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
The DPW Director is hereby authorized, and as to those signals and
signals required hereunder, it shall be its duty, to place and maintain
or cause to be placed and maintained all official traffic signs, signals,
markings and safety zones. All signs, signals, markings and safety
zones shall conform to the standards as prescribed by the Massachusetts
Highway Department.
B.
Sections 266-3 and 266-4 of Article II and §§ 266-12 to 266-14, inclusive, of Article IV relative to parking shall be effective only during such times as a sufficient number of official signs are erected and maintained in each block designating the provisions of such sections and located so as to be easily visible to approaching drivers.
C.
Sections relating to one-way streets shall be effective only during
such time as a sufficient number of official signs are erected and
maintained at each of the exits for each one-way street, so that at
least one sign will be clearly visible for a distance of at least
75 feet to drivers approaching such an exit.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain or
to display upon or in view of any street any official sign, signal,
marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles
an official traffic sign, signal, marking or device or which attempts
to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view any official
sign or signal. The Chief of Police and DPW Director are hereby empowered
to remove every such prohibited sign, signal, marking or device or
cause it to be removed without notice.
Any person who willfully defaces, injures, moves, obstructs
or interferes with any official traffic sign, signal, or marking shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding $50 for each and every offense
and the costs of the sign and its replacement.
The location of all bus stops, taxicab stands and service zones
shall be specified by the Select Board and in the case of taxicab
stands, the Select Board shall designate who may use them as such.
No driver of any vehicle or of any street car shall disobey
the instructions of any official traffic control signal, sign, marking,
marker or legend, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
