[Amended 2-1-2007]
A.
The location of all bus stops, taxicab stands and
service zones shall be specified by the Transportation and Parking
Commission, and, in the case of taxicab stands, the Transportation
and Parking Commission shall designate who may use them as such.
B.
The Transportation and Parking Commission shall establish
a terminal for buses other than those furnishing both local and interurban
service, and no bus, other than those which furnish both local and
interurban service, shall stop at any point within the City other
than such terminal to receive or discharge passengers.
Any person who wilfully 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.
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.
A.
Subject to the written direction of the Director of
Public Works or his/her designee, the Department of Public Works is
hereby authorized and as to those signs and signals required hereunder
it shall be his 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 Department of Public Works of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
[Amended 12-4-2014]
B.
Sections 312-5 and 312-6 and §§ 312-28 and 312-29 and 312-34 and 312-35 to 312-39, inclusive, relating to parking and § 312-65 of Article VII concerning turning movements and § 312-75 pertaining to exclusion shall be effective only during such time as 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 the entrance and 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.
D.
On all City streets, no additional driveway (residential,
commercial or business) and no relocation or alteration of existing
driveways shall be granted nor constructed which is not in conformance
with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works manual on uniform
traffic control devices and for which a permit from the City Engineer
is not obtained.
No person or corporation shall place, maintain
or display upon or in view of any street any unofficial device, sign,
signal, curb marking or street marking which purports to be or is
an imitation of or resembles an official traffic device, sign, signal,
curb marking or street marking or which attempts to direct the movement
of traffic or which hides from view any official sign, signal, marking
or device. The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove every
such prohibited sign, signal, marking or device or cause it to be
removed without notice.
[Amended 5-4-2006]
For the purpose of trial the City Council may
make temporary rules regarding traffic or test under actual conditions
signs, markings, or other devices. No such experimental rules relating
to traffic shall remain in effect for a period longer than 120 days.
[1]
Editors' Note: Former § 312-17, School zone criteria;
speed limit, added 6-17-1993, as amended, was repealed 4-6-2017 by
Ord. No. 17.233.
[Added 6-17-1993; amended 2-3-1994; 12-18-1997; 3-2-2000; 8-15-2013; 4-6-2017 by Ord. No. 17.233; 3-16-2023 by Ord. No. 23.245]
The following school zones are hereby established per MGL c.
90, § 17:
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School
|
Description of School Zone
|
|---|---|
|
Bridge Street School
|
On Union Street, extending to a point 283 feet
westerly of Parsons Street.
|
|
On Parsons Street, extending to a point 139
feet northerly of Union Street and to a point 250 feet easterly of
Union Street.
| |
|
On Bridge Street, extending from the northern edge of Parsons
Street to the southern edge of Pomeroy Terrace.
| |
|
Cutchins Program Campus
|
On Pomeroy Terrace, extending from Hancock Street
to a point 200 feet north of Phillips Place.
|
|
Jackson Street School
|
On Jackson Street, extending from a point 80
feet south of the center line of Barrett Street located at the intersection
with Jackson Street to a point 765 feet north of the center line of
Barrett Street located at the intersection with Jackson Street.
|
|
JFK Middle School
|
On Bridge Road, extending from a point 45 feet east of the center
line of Juniper Street located at the intersection with Bridge Road
to a point 35 feet east of the center line of Oak Street located at
the intersection with Bridge Road.
|
|
Lander-Grinspoon Academy
|
On Prospect Street, extending from the eastern edge of Adare
Place to a point 300 feet east of the center line of Franklin Street.
|
|
Leeds Elementary School
|
On Florence Street, extending from a point 150
feet south of the southerly crosswalk to a point 150 feet north of
the northerly crosswalk, in front of the Leeds Elementary School Building.
|
|
Montessori School
|
On Industrial Drive, extending from Bradford Street to a point
380 feet northerly.
|
|
On Bates Street, extending from Bradford Street to North Street.
| |
|
Northampton High School
|
On Elm Street, extending from North Elm Street (Route 9) to
Hospital Road.
|
|
On Elm Street (Route 9), extending from Woodlawn Avenue to Vernon
Street.
| |
|
On North Elm Street (Route 9), extending from Woodlawn Avenue
to a point 430 feet north of Elm Street.
| |
|
On Milton Street, extending from Elm Street to a point 585 feet
south of Ormond Drive.
| |
|
Ryan Road School
|
On Ryan Road, extending from a point 455 feet
west of the center line of the driveway leading to the Ryan Road School
to a point 770 feet east of the center line of the driveway leading
to the Ryan Road School.
|
|
Smith College Campus School
|
On State Street, extending from the northern edge of Bedford
Terrace to a point 60 feet north of the northern edge of Trumbull
Road.
|
|
On Prospect Street, extending from the southern edge of Trumbull
Road to a point 450 feet south of Trumbull Road.
| |
|
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School
|
On Locust Street, extending from a point 145 feet west of North
Elm Street to a point 720 feet west of Hatfield Street.
|
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 312-19, Standards for school
zone signs and signals, added 6-17-1993, was repealed 4-6-2017 by
Ord. No. 17.233.
[Added 1-21-1999]
A.
Subject to the direction of the Director of Public
Works, a warning sign shall be placed at any location where a bridge
or overpass of any type crosses a public street. Such sign shall state,
at a minimum, the height of the bridge or overpass and shall be affixed
directly onto the facade of the bridge or overpass or in an area immediately
adjacent to the bridge or overpass.
[Amended 12-4-2014]
B.
The driver and/or the owner of any vehicle that strikes or causes a vehicle to strike a bridge or overpass where the height of the bridge or overpass has been posted in accordance with Subsection A of this section shall be liable for a penalty not to exceed $500 for each and every offense.
C.
The driver and/or the owner of any vehicle that strikes or causes a vehicle to strike a bridge or overpass where the height of the bridge or overpass has been posted in accordance with Subsection A of this section and where decorative art or any other property owned or controlled by the City of Northampton has been placed thereon shall be liable to pay the City of Northampton all of the costs of repair, reconstruction and/or replacement to said decorative art or property. The costs may include, but are not limited to, material, labor and equipment required to repair, reconstruct or replace the damaged property. The Police Department shall cause a ticket to be issued, and thereafter within 30 days of notification by the Police Department that a ticket has been issued, the Coordinator of the Arts Council or the Director of the Department of Public Works shall assess the damage and send a bill for the costs of repair, reconstruction and/or replacement to said driver and/or owner.
[Added 7-20-2000]
A.
Alternate side parking streets shall also be approved
as tow-away zones. Any and all vehicles remaining on the wrong side
of the way past the grace period will be towed immediately. This is
to ensure that the way remains passable.
B.
Signs indicating that parking on an alternate side
parking street is restricted to odd and even days shall be erected
at the following locations along any public way which is included
in such district:
(1)
Each end of every public way at the point where the
restricted area begins;
(2)
On each side of every intersection of an affected
public way with another public or private way;
(3)
At appropriate locations in between the aforementioned
locations with no distance between such signs to exceed 100 feet.
C.
Signs shall clearly indicate which side is for even
days and which side is for odd days. Signs will also show the hours
each side is in use.
D.
The establishment of an alternate side parking street
shall not affect the validity of any other permanent or temporary
parking restriction affecting any area within said district including,
but not limited to, tow zones, no-parking zones, and winter parking
regulations.
E.
Nothing in this section shall authorize the assignment
of a specific space to a specific party or supersede any accessible
parking designation.
[Amended 3-17-2022 by Ord. No. 21.355]
