It shall be unlawful for any person to place
or maintain or to display upon or in view of any street any unofficial
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 is hereby
empowered to remove every such prohibited sign, signal, marking or
device or cause it to be removed, without notice.
[Amended 11-20-2019 STM, Art. 13]
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 person shall willfully deface, injure, move,
obstruct or interfere with any official traffic sign, signal or marking,
and any person so doing shall be liable to a fine of $100 for each
and every offense.
No driver of any vehicle shall disobey the instructions
of any official traffic control signal, sign, painted curb, marking,
marker or legend unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
[Amended 11-20-2019 STM, Art. 13]
For purposes of trial, the Select Board may
make temporary rules regulating traffic, or test under actual conditions,
traffic signs, signals, markings or other devices. No such experimental
rules regulating traffic shall remain in effect for a period of time
longer than 30 days.