No person shall operate any vehicle designated
or used primarily for purposes of advertising on any street in the
Town without a permit. Said permit shall be issued by the Chief of
Police.
No vehicle shall be operated on any street if
such vehicle is so conditioned or loaded as to make unreasonable or
unnecessary noise.
No person traveling upon any bicycle, motorcycle,
coaster, sled, roller skates or any tow vehicle shall cling to or
attach himself or his vehicle to any other moving vehicle upon any
roadway.
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose
of soliciting a ride from the operator of any private vehicle.
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any
vehicle registered in his name to stand or park in any street or way
under the control of the Town or its Town Council in violation of
any of these rules.
Any person who violates any provision of the
foregoing rules shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $20 for
each offense, except as otherwise provided by statute.
A.
Access and egress. Within the limits of the federal
aid project, neither additional driveways (residential or commercial)
nor relocation or alteration of existing driveways shall be permitted
unless they are in conformance with the Department's standards and
receive prior written approval of the Massachusetts Highway Department.
B.
Traffic islands. Traffic islands or median islands
and traffic devices thereon are not to be installed, altered or removed
without the prior written approval of the Massachusetts Highway Department.
Parking is prohibited adjacent to all traffic islands and median islands
within the federal aid project.
C.
Traffic control signals.
(1)
Traffic control signals shall be operated in strict
accordance with the requirements and stipulations of the applicable
permit.
(2)
Changes in the sequence or operation of traffic control
signals located in the project area are not to be made without written
approval of the Massachusetts Highway Department.
(3)
Traffic control signals, the operation of which is
pertinent to the federal aid project area covered by this agreement,
are located to control traffic as shown on the plans for Franklin
Route 140 Federal Aid Project No. NH-071(003). These traffic control
signals are located at West Central Street at Panther Way; West Central
Street at Beaver Street; West Central Street at Union Street; West
Central Street at East Street (Fire Station); East Central Street
at Cottage Street; East Central Street at King Street and Chestnut
Street; and Main Street at Dean Junior College (mid-block pedestrian
signals).
(4)
The Town of Franklin shall have the maintenance and
operational responsibility of the following traffic control signals
within this project. All others shall be maintained by the state.
Town-maintained signals:
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West Central Street at Union Street
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West Central Street at East Street (fire station)
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East Central Street at Cottage Street
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East Central Street at King Street and Chestnut
Street
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Main Street at Dean College
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[Added 10-21-1998 by Bylaw Amendment 98-392]
A.
The use and operation of heavy commercial vehicles
having a carrying capacity of more than 2 1/2 tons are restricted
on the following named streets or parts thereof, and in the manner
outlined and during the period of time set forth: Upper Union Street
from the second or easternmost intersection with Constitution Boulevard
to the Wrentham Town line.
B.
Exemptions. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles going to or coming from places upon said streets for the purpose of making deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise to or similar collections from abutting land or buildings or adjoining streets or ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained; or to vehicles used in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of said streets or public utilities therein; or to federal, state or municipal or public service corporation owned vehicles.
[Added 2-18-2006 by Bylaw Amendment 05-583]
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Street
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Direction of Travel or Location
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Hours
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Jordan Road
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Northbound
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11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
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Upper Union Street
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From the second or easternmost intersection
with Constitution Boulevard to the Wrentham Town line
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