No person shall park a vehicle in any of the following places, and vehicles found parked in violation of the provisions of this section may be moved by or under the direction of an officer and at the expense of the owner to a place where parking is permitted:
A. 
Within an intersection.
B. 
Upon any sidewalk.
C. 
Upon any crosswalk.
D. 
Upon the roadway in a rural or sparsely settled district.
E. 
Upon a roadway where parking is permitted unless both wheels on the right side of the vehicle are within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway. This shall not apply to streets or parts of streets where angle parking is required by these regulations.
F. 
Upon any roadway where the parking of a vehicle will not leave a clear an unobstructed lane at least 10 feet wide for passing traffic.
G. 
Upon any street or highway within 10 feet of a hydrant.
H. 
Upon or in front of any private road or driveway.
I. 
Upon any street or highway within 20 feet of an intersection way, except alleys.
J. 
On any rail road track bordering a highway.
A. 
No person shall park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop.
B. 
No person shall park a bus upon any street within a business district at any place other than a bus stop when a nearby bus stop is available for use.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than the time specified during the hours and at the locations specified below:
Name of Street
Limit
Hours
Location
Main Street
2 hours
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except Sundays and public holidays
Between Memorial Square and the west end of the Whitin Community Gymnasium
A. 
The Board of Selectmen shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets or cause the same to be marked or signed.
B. 
Upon the following streets or parts of streets which have been marked or signed for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked with one wheel within 12 inches of the curb and at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks or official signs. The vehicle shall be parked so that all four wheels of the vehicle shall be placed wholly within the painted lines provided:
 
Name of Street
Location
 
Cross Street
Between Church Street and East Street
It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street or highway any vehicle displayed for sale.
[Added 11-17-1975]
No parking shall be allowed at the following locations, and signs shall be erected stating same:
Name of Street
Location
Arcade Street
At the corner of the intersection with Crescent Street
Church Street
At the corner of the intersection with Leland Road
[Added 5-3-1988 ATM, Art. 13[1]]
A. 
Applicability. This section shall apply to any existing or future parking area to which the public has right of access as invitees or licensees which contains more than 15 parking spaces.
B. 
Requirements for handicapped parking spaces. 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 or placards authorized by MGL C. 90, § 2, or for vehicles transporting a handicapped person and 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. Any person or body that has lawful control of a public or private way or of imposed or enclosed property used as off-street parking areas for businesses, shopping malls, theaters, auditoriums, sporting or recreational facilities, cultural centers, 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 distinguishing license plate or placard authorized by MGL C. 90, § 2, or for vehicles transporting a handicapped person and 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, according to the following formula: if the number of parking spaces in any such area is:
(1) 
More than 15 but not more than 25: one parking space.
(2) 
More than 25 but not more than 40: 5% of such spaces but not less than two.
(3) 
More than 40 but not more than 100: 4% of such spaces but not less than three.
(4) 
More than 100 but not more than 200: 3% of such spaces but not less than four.
(5) 
More than 200 but not more than 500: 2% of such spaces but not less than six.
(6) 
More than 500 but not more than 1,000: 11/2% of such spaces but not less than 10.
(7) 
More than 1,000 but not more than 2,000: 1% of such spaces but not less than 15.
(8) 
More than 2,000 but less than 5,000: 3/4 of 1% of such spaces but not less than 20.
(9) 
More than 5,000: 1/2 of 1% of such spaces but not less than 30.
C. 
Sign requirements for and location of handicapped parking spaces. Each parking space designated as reserved under the provisions of Subsection B or each pair of such spaces shall be identified by a permanently installed above-grade sign located at a height of not less than five feet and not more than eight feet to the top of the sign with white lettering against a blue background and shall bear the words "Handicapped Parking, Special Plate Required, Unauthorized Vehicles may be Removed at Owner's Expense," and must also contain the International Symbol of Accessibility, which is a person in a wheelchair. Such parking spaces shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway, shall be adjacent to curb ramps or other unobstructed methods permitting sidewalk access to a handicapped person, shall be 12 feet wide and have two eight-foot-wide areas with four feet of crosshatch between them and shall contain the International Symbol of Accessibility on their surface. However, on unpaved lots, parking spaces shall be designated only by the sign as defined in this section. Where the designated parking space cannot be located within 200 feet of an entrance accessible to the physically handicapped, a drop-off area accessible to the physically handicapped shall be provided within 100 feet of such entrance.
D. 
Regulation of unauthorized vehicles in handicapped spaces.
(1) 
The penalty for parking in violation of this section shall be as follows: for the first offense, $15; for the second offense, $25; and for each subsequent offense, the vehicle may be removed according to the provisions of MGL C. 266, § 120D. This provision shall be enforced by the Police Department.
(2) 
The penalty for failure to establish and maintain the parking spaces and signs required by Subsections B and C shall be $200 for each day such failure continues. This provision shall be enforced by the Building Inspector.
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Editor's Note: This bylaw also provided that it take effect October 1, 1988.