[Amended 2-5-1991; 5-12-1991; 8-13-1991; 7-6-1993; 9-7-1993; 8-2-1994; 11-15-1994; 10-1-1996; 6-3-1997; 6-1-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-3; 9-7-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-07; 4-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-03]
A.
No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control
device, in any of the following places or manners:
(1)
On a sidewalk.
(2)
In front of a public or private driveway or alley.
(3)
Within an intersection.
(4)
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(5)
On a crosswalk.
(6)
Within 15 feet of the near corner of the curbs at
an intersection.
(7)
Within 15 feet upon the approach to any stop sign
located at the side of a roadway.
(8)
In a marked fire lane (NFPA 1 Chapter 18.2.4.1.1).
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
(9)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(10)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(11)
Upon any bridge.
(12)
At any place where official signs or curb painting
(yellow or red) so prohibit.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
(13)
In any manner other than headed in the general
direction of travel for the side of the street on which the vehicle
is parked.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
B.
No person shall move a vehicle lawfully under his
control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance
as is unlawful.
A.
Designation of spaces. The Police Chief, with the
approval of the Town Council, shall designate, or cause to be designated,
public parking spaces specifically reserved for handicapped persons.
(1)
Adjacent to and visible from each designated handicapped
parking space shall be posted:
(a)
A sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair
with an occupant in white on a blue background with a printed inscription.
The inscription shall read "Handicapped Parking: Special Plate Required.
Unauthorized vehicles are subject to a fine"; or
(b)
A sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair
with an occupant in white on a blue background which may bear an inscription.
B.
Parking prohibited. No person shall park in any clearly
marked parking space designated under this section as a handicapped
parking space any vehicle that does not bear a special registration
plate or placard issued under 29-A M.R.S.A. §§ 521
and 523 or a similar plate issued by another state.
C.
[1]Clearly marked. For purposes of this section, "clearly
marked" includes signs painted on pavement, vertical standing signs,
or barriers, any of which are visible under existing weather conditions.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection C, Private parking,
was repealed 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06.This ordinance also provided
for the redesignation of former Subsection D as Subsection C.
D.
Permit parking area. Except as provided in Subsection E, vehicles parked in permit parking areas are required to have a permit for the area.
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06]
E.
Vehicles that exhibit a permanent placard, a temporary placard or
a disability registration plate issued under 29-A M.R.S.A. § 521
may park at a handicapped parking space within a permit parking area
and a parking area with a paid parking device without a charge. Such
vehicles may remain parked for a length of time that does not exceed
twice the limit otherwise allowed. [30-A M.R.S.A. § 3009(C)(4)]
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06]
A.
Parking prohibited. When signs are erected, curbs
are painted or pavement is marked giving notice thereof, no person
shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets or parts
of streets described herein.
[Amended 6-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03]
B.
Designated areas. Parking shall be prohibited at all
times upon the following streets or parts thereof:
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
---|---|---|
Access alley
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Agamont Lane
[Added 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-07] |
Both sides, for the entire length
| |
Albert Meadow
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Albert Meadow
[Repealed 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] | ||
Ash Street
|
East side
| |
Atlantic Avenue
|
North side
| |
Barberry Lane
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Billings Avenue
|
From the southeasterly corner of Lot 3-4-12,
40 feet northerly and 40 feet westerly, always following the sideline
of said lot, and from the southwesterly corner of Lot 3-4-14, 45 feet
northerly and 45 feet easterly, always following the sideline of said
lot
| |
Bowles Avenue
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Brewer Avenue
|
North side
| |
Bridge Street
|
East side
| |
Bridge Street
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
West side from Cottage Street to Summer Street
and from West Street to the end
| |
Cedar Street
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Center Street
|
South side
| |
Cottage Street
|
From the intersection of Bridge Street easterly
for 30 feet
| |
Cottage Street
|
From the west end of Federal Street easterly
for 40 feet
| |
Cottage Street
|
North side from Main Street to a point 30 feet
from Main Street
| |
Cromwell Harbor Road
|
Both sides from Eagle Lake Road to 1,150 feet
southwest
| |
Derby Lane
[Amended 6-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03] |
North side from Main Street to a point 150 feet
easterly thereof
| |
Derby Lane
[Amended 6-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03] |
North side from a point 318 feet easterly of Main Street to
a point 40 feet easterly thereof
| |
Derby Lane
|
South side
| |
Des Isle Avenue
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06; 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-07] |
East side and from 30 feet from each end on
the west side
| |
Des Isle Avenue
[Repealed 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] | ||
Eagle Lake Road/233
|
North and south side except from a point 100
feet easterly from the Eagle Lake north side parking lot entrance
to a point 654 feet east, except from a point 100 feet from the south
side parking entrance to a point 181 feet east also known as "boat
landing." From the boat landing entrance, a distance of 80 feet easterly
toward Bar Harbor.
| |
Eden Street
|
East side for a distance of 85 feet from Cottage
Street
| |
Edgewood Street
|
South side
| |
Elbow Lane
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Federal Street
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-02] |
Left side from eastern intersection with Cottage
Street to the westerly leg of said street
| |
Federal Street
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Right side of westerly leg to Cottage Street
| |
First South Street
|
South side
| |
Glen Mary Road
|
West side
| |
Greeley Avenue
|
East side from Cottage Street southerly to the
northerly leg of Greeley Square
| |
Greeley Avenue
|
West side southerly from the northerly leg of
Greeley Square
| |
Greeley Square
|
Left side from southern intersection with Greeley
Avenue
| |
Hancock Street
[Added 5-21-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-07] |
North side
| |
High Street
|
West side
| |
Holland Avenue
|
Both sides between Mount Desert Street and West
Street
| |
Kavanaugh Place
|
West, south and east sides and within the extreme
westerly 10 feet of the north side
| |
Kennebec Street
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-02] |
East side and no parking for 33 feet beginning 81 feet from
the intersection with Cottage Street
| |
Laurel Court
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Lenox Place
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Livingston Road
|
South side
| |
Main Street
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
West side from the end of RV parking to Cromwell Harbor Road.
East side from Livingston Road to Cromwell Harbor Road intersection.
| |
Main Street
|
East side to a point 50 feet southerly of a
private way known as "Cottage Way" to a point 120 feet northerly of
said Cottage Way; and from Stephens Lane to a point 120 feet southerly
thereof; and from a point 60 feet northerly of Albert Meadow to a
point 80 feet southerly of Albert Meadow
| |
Main Street
|
West side from a point 90 feet northerly of
Cottage Street to point 60 feet southerly of Cottage Street; and from
a point 240 feet southerly of Cottage Street to Rodick Place
| |
Maple Avenue
|
West side
| |
Michigan Avenue
|
South side
| |
Mount Desert Street
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
South side from School Street, except from a
point 350 feet from Main Street to a point 60 feet from Main Street
(north side from the west entrance of 51 Mount Desert Street to the
intersection of Eden/State Highway 3)
| |
Myrtle Avenue
|
North side
| |
Newport Drive
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
Both sides
| |
Newton Way
|
North side from a point 138 feet from School
Street to a point 168 feet from School Street
| |
Newton Way
|
South side
| |
Norris Avenue
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
South side
| |
Oliver Street
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
South side
| |
Park Street
|
North side from Main Street to Ledgelawn Avenue
| |
Pleasant Street
|
South side
| |
Roberts Avenue
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
Both sides for a distance of 95 feet from Cottage
Street, then west side to Mount Desert Street
| |
Roberts Square
|
Both sides
| |
Rodick Place
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
South side, except in officially marked parking
spaces
| |
Rodick Place
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
North side 118 feet from Main Street to Rodick
Street
| |
Rodick Street
|
East side 40 feet northerly from Cottage Street
| |
Rodick Street
|
West and east sides from Cottage Street to Kennebec
Street
| |
School Street
|
East side 37 feet from Mount Desert Street
| |
School Street
|
West side
| |
Second South Street
[Repealed 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] | ||
Shannon Road
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
North and east sides
| |
Shannon Way
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
West side 500 feet southerly from Mount Desert
Street
| |
Snow Street
|
West side
| |
Spring Lane
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06; repealed 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-07] | ||
Spring Street
[Repealed 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] | ||
Spring Street
[Added 5-21-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-07] |
West side and on the east side from the intersection with Mount
Desert Street south for 273 feet
| |
Stanwood Place
|
South side
| |
Summer Street
|
Both sides
| |
Wayman Lane
|
South side
| |
Wescott Avenue
|
Both sides
| |
York Street
[Amended 3-1-2011 by Ord.
No. 2011-01] |
Both sides
|
[Amended 11-21-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-07; 6-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03; 9-17-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-04; 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
A.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof and devices are installed,
no person shall park a vehicle except in conformity with the following:
(1)
Parking meters. Metered parking spaces will be enforced consistent
with the Bar Harbor Town Council permit and paid parking policy. Locations
and rates of metered parking spaces will be regulated in accordance
with the Bar Harbor Town Council permit and paid parking policy.
[Amended 7-2-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-07]
(2)
Multispace Pay Stations or Kiosks. Multispace pay station or kiosk
parking spaces will be enforced consistent with Bar Harbor Town Council
permit and paid parking policy. Locations and rates of multispace
pay station or kiosk parking spaces will be regulated in accordance
with Bar Harbor Town Council permit and paid parking policy.
[Amended 7-2-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-07]
(3)
Fifteen-minute parking. Parking spaces limited to 15 minutes: locations
will be regulated in accordance with the Bar Harbor Town Council permit
and paid parking policy.
(4)
Long-term parking. No parking shall be permitted in any municipal
parking lot for more than 72 continuous hours unless otherwise designated
as long-term parking.
(5)
All parking permits shall be issued and regulated in accordance with
the Bar Harbor Town Council permit and parking policy.
(6)
Permits for overnight parking on public streets and public parking
lots between November 15 and April 15 shall be issued and regulated
in accordance with the Bar Harbor Town Council Permit and Parking
Policy.
[Added 11-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-08[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Subsection
B, regarding parking on public streets from November 15 to April 15,
which immediately followed.
A.
Authority to designate. The Police Chief, with the
approval of the Town Council, is hereby authorized to determine and
designate by proper signs areas in which the stopping, standing or
parking of vehicles is prohibited as it would create an especially
hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
B.
Stopping, standing and parking prohibited. When official
signs are erected at hazardous or congested places as authorized herein,
no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated
place.
No person shall stop, stand, park or leave a
vehicle on any street or bikeway in such a manner or under such conditions
so as to obstruct the free passage of other vehicles in either direction,
unless specifically permitted by a police officer, or so as to leave
available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement
of vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley
in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less
than 10 feet of width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular
traffic, and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within
an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to an
abutting property.
No person shall stand or park a vehicle on Eden
Street, Main Street or Mount Desert Street other than parallel to
the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic
movement, and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within 12
inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except as follows:
A.
Backing to curb. When specifically authorized by a
police officer, any person may back a vehicle to the curb for the
purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials for a period
not in excess of 30 minutes. No person shall so back a vehicle to
a curb unless specifically so authorized by a police officer, and
no person shall, in any event, back a vehicle onto any curb or sidewalk
in this municipality.
B.
Angle parking. Angle parking shall be permitted only
in those areas designated by signs.
The Police Chief is authorized to place temporary
or permanent traffic control signs in front of entrances to places
of assemblage or any other buildings in which entertainments, plays,
shows, exhibitions and the like are given, either regularly or otherwise,
for such periods as the Police Chief may deem wise under the circumstances.
[Amended 12-6-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-08; 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
A.
No owner,
driver, or person in charge of any vehicle which has a carrying capacity
of more than 3,000 pounds or which, including load, is more than 20
feet five inches in length or which, including load, is more than
eight feet in width or which, including load, is more than 12 feet
six inches in height shall permit the same to stand upon any public
street or public parking lot in the Town except in those areas where
such parking is permitted as designated by signs which are erected
and give notice thereof or unless specifically permitted by the Chief
of Police.
The parking of any motor vehicle in violation
of any provision of this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of
the unlawful parking of such vehicle by the person in whose name such
vehicle is registered.
The Police Chief is hereby authorized to cause
temporary or permanent signs to be erected indicating no parking adjacent
to any school property when such parking would, in his or her opinion,
interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. When official
signs are erected indicating no parking adjacent to any school property,
no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
A.
No vehicle shall be parked at any time on any public
street or way so as to interfere with or hinder the removal of snow
from said street or way by the Town plowing or loading or hauling.
B.
For the purpose of facilitating the removal of snow,
the Director of Public Works or Chief of Police may cause to be placed
properly marked signs along any street or streets as either shall,
from time to time, deem necessary. It shall be unlawful for the operator
of any vehicle to enter upon, stop or park within the spaces indicated
by such signs. The Public Works Director or Chief of Police may determine
that no parking on certain public streets and public parking lots
is required for snow removal as needed and provide notice to permit
holders with information about the parking ban.
[Amended 11-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-08]
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
A.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for
the principal purpose of advertising, displaying such vehicle for
sale, or washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs
necessitated by an emergency.
B.
Public safety building parking: two perpendicular parking spaces
reserved for Public Safety business. All spaces in the Public Safety
Building parking lot (between Firefly Lane and Rodick Place) and four
perpendicular parking spaces along Firefly Lane reserved for public
safety vehicle and employee parking.
Vehicles operated by the Town of Bar Harbor or by public utility companies, used for installation, repair and maintenance purposes, may be exempted by the Police Chief, upon notice to the Town Clerk, in each case temporarily for the period while actually at work at a definite location, from any of the requirements of this chapter, provided that during such exemption period, work will be conducted with all reasonable dispatch and that such precautions as the Police Chief may require in the interest of public safety shall be taken. The Police Chief is authorized to place temporary signs prohibiting parking in such places at the scene of work as he or she deems necessary to facilitate traffic and the work in progress. Subject to the necessary exceptions provided by this section, Article IV of this chapter shall nevertheless be observed insofar as practicable. Upon receipt of such notice, the Town Clerk shall notify the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, and the Director of Public Works of such operations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
chapter to the contrary, no person shall park a vehicle on any street
for a period of more than 72 continuous hours.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
A.
Parking prohibited except by permit will be enforced
consistent with the Bar Harbor Town Council permit and paid parking
policy. It shall be unlawful and in violation of this article for
any person to stop, stand or park any vehicle, other than a vehicle
displaying a valid permit issued by the Police Chief or their designee
as prescribed in the Bar Harbor Town Council permit and paid parking
policy, on those streets or portions of parking areas duly posted
and which are described in the Bar Harbor Town Council permit and
paid parking policy.
[Amended 7-2-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-07]
B.
Service and delivery vehicles exempted. Non-permitted
vehicles stopped, standing or parked within 200 feet of a building
for the purpose of making deliveries or providing services to a building
located on a street or portion of a street described or specified
in this section shall not be required to display the permit otherwise
required herein.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 194-29, Recreational boater
and boat trailer parking, as amended, was repealed 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06.