For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
EMERGENCY
A sudden unforeseen happening or state of repairs requiring
prompt action.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY
Any real property within the City which is not a street or
highway.
REPAIR
To restore to good condition by replacing parts or putting
together something torn or broken; to restore to a healthy state.
STREET or HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public or for the purposes of vehicular travel.
SUDDEN
Happening quickly and without warning, unexpectedly, immediate,
without delay, instant, directly.
VEHICLE
A machine propelled by power other than human power designed
to travel along the ground by the use of wheels, treads, runners or
slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery, and shall
include, without limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motor vehicle,
tractor, buggy and wagon.
Except as to vehicles for which other provisions are made under
the laws of the commonwealth, no person shall abandon any vehicle
within the City and no person shall leave any vehicle at any place
within the City for such time and under such circumstances as to cause
such vehicle reasonably to appear to have been abandoned.
The Police Chief, or any member of his Department designated
by him, is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any vehicle
left at any place within the City which reasonably appears to be in
violation of this chapter or lost, stolen or unclaimed. Such vehicle
shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance
with MGL c. 135, relative to unclaimed and abandoned property. Neither
the removal nor the storage of a vehicle under the provisions of this
chapter shall be deemed a service rendered or work performed by the
City. The City shall not be liable for any damage caused to a vehicle,
as defined herein, arising in the course of removal or impounding,
except as may be due to the negligence of the City, its servants or
employees.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be fined $50. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to
continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable
as such hereunder.