A.
The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized, and as to those signs
and signals required hereunder it shall be its 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.
B.
Sections 204-3 and 204-4 of Article II and §§ 204-16 to 204-24 inclusive of Article V relating to parking and § 204-35 concerning turning shall be effective only during such time as a sufficient number of 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 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.
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.
Any person who willfully defaces, injures, moves, obstructs
or interferes with any official traffic sign, signal or marking shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding $20 for each and every offense.
The location of all bus stops, taxicab stands and service zones
shall be specified by the Board of Selectmen, and in the case of taxicab
stands the Board of Selectmen shall designate who may use them as
such.
No driver of any vehicle or of any streetcar shall disobey the
instructions of any official traffic control signal, sign, marking,
marker or legend unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized to establish and
to designate and shall cause to be maintained, by appropriate devices,
marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at intersections
where in its opinion there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing
the roadway and at such other places as it may deem necessary.
