It shall be unlawful to obstruct or block a
private way with a vehicle or any other means so as to prevent or
hamper access by fire apparatus, fire equipment, ambulance service
or police cruisers to any multiple-family building, stores, shopping
centers, schools, parking lots, and places of public assembly.
It shall be unlawful to obstruct or park a vehicle
in any public safety lane, such public safety lanes to be designated
by the Chief of the Fire Department and the Chief of the Police Department
and posted as such, said public safety lanes to be a distance of 12
feet from the curbing of a sidewalk in a shopping center, apartment
complexes and similar locations. Where no sidewalk with curbing exists,
the distance and location shall be established by the Chief of the
Fire Department and the Chief of the Police Department.
Any object or vehicle obstructing or blocking
any public safety lane or private way may be removed or towed by the
Town under the direction of a police officer at the expense of the
owner and without liability to the Town of Westwood.
The owner of record of any building affected by these sections shall provide and install signs and road markings as provided in §
380-4 of this bylaw. Said signs shall be no less than 12 inches by 18 inches and shall read "Public Safety Lane — No Parking — Tow Zone."
[Amended 5-7-2012 ATM by Art. 37]
Any persons violating any of the foregoing sections
may, for each offense, be punished by a fine of $50. Each day that
such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.