City of Northampton, MA
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2024-02-27
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Code of Ordinances
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 312 Vehicles and Traffic
- The Charter and Related Acts
- Ch C Charter
- Administrative Code
- Ch A Administrative Code
- Code of Ordinances
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Charter Review Committee
- Ch 16 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 22 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 40 Enforcement
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 76 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 111 Agriculture
- Ch 116 Alarms
- Ch 120 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 124 Amusements
- Ch 128 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 145 Building Regulations
- Ch 149 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 151 Campaign Finance
- Ch 152 Cannabis
- Ch 153 Cemetery Trust Funds
- Ch 156 Central Business and West Street Architecture
- Ch 161 Demolition
- Ch 168 Earth Removal
- Ch 174 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Fire Prevention
- Ch 187 Fireworks
- Ch 195 Historic Districts
- Ch 202 Junk and Secondhand Goods Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 208 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 229 Parades and Processions
- Ch 233 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 237 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 241 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 245 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 256 Sewer Assessments, Billing and General Regulations
- Ch 260 (Reserved)
- Ch 264 Signs
- Ch 272 Solid Waste
- Ch 278 Storm Drains
- Ch 280 Stormwater and Flood Control Utility
- Ch 281 Stormwater Management
- Ch 285 Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Property
- Ch 290 Surveillance Systems
- Ch 303 Temporary Events
- Ch 310 Vehicle Charging Stations
- Ch 312 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 312 Art I In General
- § 312-1 Definitions.
- § 312-2 (Reserved)
- § 312-3 Permit required for vehicles displaying advertising signs.
- Ch 312 Art II Authority and Duties of Police
- § 312-4 Police authorized to direct traffic.
- § 312-5 Authority of Chief of Police to temporarily close streets.
- § 312-6 Authority of Chief of Police to temporarily prohibit parking.
- § 312-7 Exemptions.
- § 312-8 Chief of police to make annual accident report.
- § 312-9 Police to maintain records.
- § 312-10 Police to submit annual traffic safety report.
- Ch 312 Art III Traffic Signs, Signals, Markings and Zones
- § 312-11 Location of bus stops, taxicab stands and service zones.
- § 312-12 Interference with signs, signals and markings prohibited.
- § 312-13 Obedience to traffic signs, signals and markings.
- § 312-14 Traffic signs and signals.
- § 312-15 Signs and markings resembling official signs prohibited; removal.
- § 312-16 Experimental regulations.
- § 312-17 (Reserved)
- § 312-18 School zones.
- § 312-19 (Reserved)
- § 312-20 Obedience to warning signs at bridges and overpasses.
- § 312-21 Alternate side parking regulations.
- Ch 312 Art IV Zones of Quiet
- § 312-22 Hospital areas.
- § 312-23 Temporary zones.
- § 312-24 Sounding of horns or warning devices in zones restricted.
- § 312-25 Prohibited activities during certain hours of the day.
- § 312-26 Noise control.
- Ch 312 Art V Stopping, Standing and Parking
- § 312-27 General prohibitions.
- § 312-28 Service zones.
- § 312-29 Diagonal parking.
- § 312-30 Parking vehicle for sale prohibited.
- § 312-31 Winter parking regulations.
- § 312-32 Exemption from certain parking regulations for physicians' cars.
- § 312-33 Location of parking areas reserved for municipally owned or municipally operated motor vehicles; parking restrictions at certain municipal buildings.
- § 312-34 Parking locations and prohibitions.
- § 312-35 Time limit in alleys.
- § 312-36 Parking meter locations and regulations.
- § 312-37 Prohibited at safety zones.
- § 312-38 Bus stops.
- § 312-39 Taxicab stands.
- § 312-40 Standing vehicles in alleys or arcades.
- § 312-41 Time limit on parking in certain alleys and private ways.
- § 312-42 Removal of improperly parked vehicles.
- § 312-43 Parking for persons with disabilities.
- § 312-44 Temporary accessible parking permits.
- § 312-45 Parking spaces required; formula.
- § 312-46 Designation of parking spaces.
- § 312-47 Prohibition of unauthorized vehicles.
- § 312-48 Penalty.
- § 312-49 Bicycle and electric assist scooter parking on public way.
- § 312-50 Fire lanes.
- § 312-51 Towing of vehicles impeding snow removal operations.
- Ch 312 Art VI One-Way Streets
- § 312-52 One-way streets.
- Ch 312 Art VII Operation of Vehicles
- § 312-53 Duty to drive within marked lanes.
- § 312-54 Duty to keep to right.
- § 312-55 Slow-moving vehicles.
- § 312-56 Passing vehicle to keep to left.
- § 312-57 Overtake only when there is a space ahead.
- § 312-58 Duty to sound horn.
- § 312-59 Obstructing traffic.
- § 312-60 Following too closely.
- § 312-61 Clinging to moving vehicles.
- § 312-62 Care in starting, stopping, turning or backing.
- § 312-63 Emerging from alley or private driveway.
- § 312-64 Obedience to traffic control signals.
- § 312-65 U-turns prohibited.
- § 312-66 Stop signs; through-way streets established.
- § 312-67 Keep to right of roadway division.
- § 312-68 Operation at under- or overpasses and at intersections with islands.
- § 312-69 Driving on road surfaces under construction or repair.
- § 312-70 No driving on sidewalks.
- § 312-71 No driving through safety zones.
- § 312-72 Funerals to be properly identified.
- § 312-73 Rights and duties of drivers in funerals and other processions.
- § 312-74 Unlawful riding.
- § 312-75 Compression release engine brake use; operation of heavy commercial vehicles.
- § 312-76 Driving or parking on grassy areas adjoining street prohibited.
- § 312-77 Turning movements.
- § 312-78 Multiuse trails.
- § 312-79 Speed regulation.
- § 312-80 Bike lanes.
- Ch 312 Art VIII Accident Reports
- § 312-81 Drivers must report accidents.
- Ch 312 Art IX Pedestrian Control Regulations
- § 312-82 Crossing roadways.
- § 312-83 Crossing at intersections with signals.
- § 312-84 Traffic control signal legend for pedestrians.
- § 312-85 Pedestrian crossings and use of roadways.
- § 312-86 Vehicle operators to exercise due care.
- § 312-87 Thumbing.
- § 312-88 Officers to enforce pedestrian regulations.
- § 312-89 Exemptions.
- § 312-90 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 312 Art X Tow-Away Zone Regulations
- § 312-91 Statutory authority; exemptions.
- § 312-92 Authority of police to move or tow vehicles.
- § 312-93 Fees; eligibility to provide police-ordered towing services.
- § 312-94 Liability for damage during removal or storage.
- § 312-95 General prohibition towing zones.
- § 312-96 Parking prohibitions; towing zone.
- § 312-97 Installation of official traffic signs required.
- § 312-98 Record of towed vehicles.
- Ch 312 Art XI Penalties and Repeals
- § 312-99 Violations and penalties.
- § 312-100 Owner prima facie responsible for violations.
- § 312-101 Repeal.
- Ch 312 Art XII Schedules
- § 312-102 Schedule I: Parking Prohibited All Times.
- § 312-103 Schedule II: No Parking Certain Times.
- § 312-104 Schedule III: Limited-Time Parking.
- § 312-105 Schedule IV: Seasonal Parking Restrictions.
- § 312-106 Schedule V: Parallel Parking Only.
- § 312-107 Schedule VI: Angle or Diagonal Parking.
- § 312-108 Schedule VII: School Parking.
- § 312-109 Schedule VIII: On-Street Parking Meter Zones.
- § 312-110 Schedule IX: Off-Street Parking Areas.
- § 312-111 Schedule X: Taxicab Stands.
- § 312-112 Schedule XI: One-Way Streets.
- § 312-113 Schedule XII: Stop and Yield Intersections.
- § 312-114 Schedule XIII: Bus Stops.
- § 312-115 Schedule XIV: Left Turns Prohibited.
- § 312-116 Schedule XV: Tow-Away Zones.
- § 312-117 Schedule XVI: On-Street and Off-Street Accessible Parking Spaces.
- § 312-118 Schedule XVII: On-Street and Off-Street Service Areas.
- Ch 312 Art XIII Neighborhood Parking Districts
- § 312-119 Procedure for establishing districts.
- § 312-120 Locations; number of permits; time limits.
- § 312-121 Signage and restrictions.
- § 312-122 Qualifications; applications; permits; fees.
- § 312-123 Parking by certain vehicles allowed without permit.
- § 312-124 Revocation of permits.
- § 312-125 Enforcement.
- Ch 312 Art XIV Vendors
- § 312-126 Ice cream truck vendors.
- § 312-127 Shared mobility device programs
- Ch 316 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 325 Water
- Ch 329 Waterways
- Ch 337 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 350 Zoning
- Ch TZA Table of Zoning Amendments
- Appendix
- Ch A355 Special Acts
- Ch A360 General and Special Laws
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Northampton as Ch. 20 of the 1977 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
