[Adopted as Ch. 12, Sec. 9, of the 1996 By-laws; amended 11-18-2013 STM by Art. 16]
Subject to the provisions of Article 47 of the 1963 Annual Town
Meeting accepting the provisions of G.L. c.90, § 20C, and
in accordance with G.L. c.40, § 21(21), the Board of Selectmen
may adopt, alter suspend or repeal rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with the General Laws, relative to vehicular and pedestrian traffic
in the streets of the Town, and to the movement, stopping, standing,
or parking of vehicles on, and their exclusion from all or any streets,
ways, highway, roads and parkways under the control of the Town. The
Selectmen may designate any way or part thereof under their control
as a through way under and subject to the provisions of G.L. c.89,
§ 9.
No such adoption, alteration, or repeal of rules or regulations
shall take effect until public notice has been given, except with
respect to such special rules or regulations as are declared by the
Board of Selectmen to be urgently required for the public safety or
welfare or are of a temporary nature and are to be effective for a
period of not more than three weeks. Public notice shall be by publication
in one or more newspapers with general circulation within the Town
and shall include a summary of the rules or regulations, the date,
not less than 21 days after the date of publication, upon which such
rules or regulations shall take effect, and a notice of the right
to petition for a public hearing. If 25 or more voters of the Town
file such petitions with the Board of Selectmen prior to the effective
date, the proposed action of the Board shall be suspended until the
Board holds a public hearing. At least seven days prior notice of
the hearing shall be published in the same newspapers. Within one
week after such hearing the Board may affirm or void the proposed
action; if the Board fails to affirm or void within one week, the
proposed action shall stand.
Any regulation prohibiting the parking or standing of vehicles
may provide that it does not apply in specified residential areas
to any motor vehicle which is (i) registered under G.L. c.90, (ii)
principally garaged in the Town of Dedham, and (iii) owned or used
by a resident in such area who has filed with the Chief of Police
written notice of intention to park in such area and who conspicuously
displays notice of the filing on the vehicle; provided, however, that
neither filing notice nor displaying notice of the filing shall assign
any specific space to any person or vehicle.
