[Adopted 5-5-2009 STM by Art. 1]
[Amended 5-8-2012 STM by Art. 3]
No person shall park a motor vehicle, motorcycle,
or like means of transportation in a designated parking space that
is reserved for vehicles owned and operated by disabled veterans or
by handicapped persons unless said vehicle bears the distinctive license
plates, placards, or for vehicles transporting a handicapped person,
displaying the special identification plate authorized by MGL c. 90,
§ 2, or for any vehicle bearing the official identification
of a handicapped person issued by any other state or other legitimate
governmental entity.
Any person or body that has lawful control of
a public or private way or of improved or enclosed property used as
off-street parking areas for businesses, shopping malls, theaters,
auditoriums, sporting or recreational facilities, cultural centers,
multifamily residential dwellings, or for any other place where the
public has a right of access as invitees or licensees shall be required
to reserve parking spaces in said off-street parking areas for any
vehicle owned and operated by a disabled veteran or handicapped person
whose vehicle bears the distinctive license plates, placards, or for
vehicles transporting a handicapped person, displaying the special
identification plate authorized by MGL c. 90, § 2, or for
any vehicle bearing the official identification of a handicapped person
issued by any other state or other legitimate governmental entity,
according to the following formula:
Total Parking Spaces
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Minimum Required Accessible Spaces (see
Note 1)
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1 to 25
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1 space (see Note 2)
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26 to 50
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2 spaces
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51 to 75
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3 spaces
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76 to 100
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4 spaces
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101 to 150
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5 spaces
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151 to 200
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6 spaces
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201 to 300
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7 spaces
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301 to 400
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8 spaces
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401 to 500
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9 spaces
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501 to 1,000
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2% of total
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1,001 and over
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20 spaces plus 1 space for each 100 over 1,000
spaces
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Note 1: One or more adjacent establishments may use the combined parking areas of each establishment to provide the required number of universal accessible spaces (11 feet wide with adjacent five-foot-wide crosshatch) for all participating establishments, provided that no such spaces shall be farther than 100 feet from any of the accessible entrances of the participating establishments, and further provided that a safe and accessible path to each participating establishment is provided and maintained, except as provided under an approved accommodation plan under § 208-3.
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Note 2: For parking areas, new or existing, containing from one to 15 spaces and not subject to other provisions of this bylaw relative to a renovation or expansion project, compliance with this table may be satisfied pursuant to the requirements of § 208-3 below.
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Note 3: Parking spaces shall be level with surface.
Any slopes shall not exceed a ratio of 1:50 in all directions.
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This bylaw shall apply to any existing or future
parking area to which the public has a right to access as invitees
or licensees.