[HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the City of
Taunton as Rev. Ords. 1964, Ch. 11 (Ch. 13 of the 2010 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 19 Departments
- Ch 28 Elections
- Ch 32 Emergency Management
- Ch 40 Finance
- Ch 53 Home Rule Petitions
- Ch 74 Library
- Ch 85 Municipal Council
- Ch 91 Nursing Home
- Ch 96 Officers and Employees
- Ch 100 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 105 Personnel
- Ch 111 Policies
- Ch 115 Procurement
- Ch 118 Property, Disposal of
- Ch 123 Public Works Projects
- Ch 134 Seal
- Ch 157 Vehicles, City
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 176 Advertising and Bill Posting
- Ch 183 Alarms
- Ch 187 Amusements and Exhibitions
- Ch 191 Animals
- Ch 202 Boating
- Ch 208 Buildings
- Ch 215 Cemeteries
- Ch 221 Commercial Establishments
- Ch 222 Recreational (Non-Medicinal) Marijuana Establishments
- Ch 227 Dairy Products
- Ch 236 Earth Materials Removal
- Ch 239 Economic Development
- Ch 250 Fees
- Ch 254 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 258 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 273 Historic District
- Ch 287 Junk, Old Metal, Antiques and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 288 Automobile Graveyards
- Ch 298 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 300 Liens
- Ch 306 (Reserved)
- Ch 315 Noise
- Ch 325 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 329 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 334 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 337 Peddlers, Solicitors and Vendors
- Ch 342 Planning and Development
- Ch 346 Poles, Wires and Conduits
- Ch 350 Property Maintenance
- Ch 364 Rooming Houses and Boardinghouses
- Ch 375 Sewers
- Ch 381 Stormwater Management
- Ch 383 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Swimming Pools
- Ch 405 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 405 Art I General Provisions
- § 405-1 Definitions.
- § 405-2 Enforcement; authority to direct traffic.
- § 405-3 Exemptions.
- § 405-4 Responsibility of vehicle owner for violations.
- § 405-5 Temporary regulations.
- § 405-6 Temporary street closings.
- § 405-7 Authority to temporarily prohibit parking or alter traffic flow.
- § 405-8 Quiet zones.
- § 405-9 School zones.
- § 405-10 Speed limit on Chamberlain and Friedman School property.
- § 405-11 Speed limit on high school property.
- § 405-12 Parking on high school property.
- § 405-13 Clinging to moving vehicles.
- § 405-14 Identification of funeral processions.
- § 405-15 Operation of vehicles in funeral procession.
- § 405-16 Parking for display of advertising signs prohibited.
- § 405-17 License for operation of advertising vehicle.
- § 405-18 Accident report to be submitted by driver of vehicle involved.
- § 405-19 Annual accident report.
- § 405-20 Records required; report to Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
- § 405-21 Items to be included in annual report.
- § 405-22 Penalties for parking violations.
- Ch 405 Art II Operation of Vehicles
- § 405-23 Driving to right of divisions.
- § 405-24 One-way streets.
- § 405-25 One-way exits and entrances.
- § 405-26 Following too closely.
- § 405-27 Following slow moving vehicles on narrow streets.
- § 405-28 Obstruction of traffic.
- § 405-29 Entering intersection without sufficient space on opposite side.
- § 405-30 Backing or U-turns prohibited on certain streets.
- § 405-31 Left turns prohibited at designated streets.
- § 405-32 Through ways.
- § 405-33 Use of horn.
- § 405-34 Driving on closed streets.
- § 405-35 Driving upon sidewalk.
- § 405-36 Driving through safety zones.
- § 405-37 Weight limits.
- § 405-38 Speed limits.
- § 405-39 Left turn lanes.
- § 405-40 Right turn lanes.
- § 405-41 Operation of motor vehicles on frozen surfaces restricted.
- § 405-41.1 Recreational vehicles.
- § 405-42 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 405 Art III Stopping, Standing and Parking
- § 405-43 General parking prohibitions.
- § 405-44 Special parking prohibitions near safety zones.
- § 405-45 Construction zones.
- § 405-46 Bus stops and buses.
- § 405-47 Taxi stands and taxis.
- § 405-48 Service or loading zones.
- § 405-49 Parking on certain one-way streets.
- § 405-50 Parking of garbage trucks.
- § 405-51 Parking of vehicle for sale.
- § 405-52 Trucks and vehicles loading and unloading; overnight parking of trucks and trailers.
- § 405-53 Prohibited parking places.
- § 405-53.1 Funeral service parking in front of church or funeral home.
- § 405-54 Fire lanes.
- § 405-55 Police parking.
- § 405-56 One-half-hour parking.
- § 405-57 Fifteen-minute parking.
- § 405-58 One-hour parking.
- § 405-59 Two-hour parking.
- § 405-60 Angle parking.
- § 405-61 Bus terminal designated.
- § 405-62 Receipt and discharge of passengers by buses.
- § 405-63 Bus stops.
- § 405-64 Tow-away zone regulations.
- § 405-65 Handicapped parking generally.
- § 405-66 Reserved parking for handicapped persons.
- § 405-67 Handicap transportation unloading zone.
- § 405-68 Parking on Taunton High School grounds.
- § 405-69 Parking on narrow street opposite driveway.
- § 405-70 Uninspected vehicles.
- Ch 405 Art IV Parking Meters
- § 405-71 Vehicles to be parked wholly within space.
- § 405-72 Deposit required.
- § 405-73 Overtime parking prohibited.
- § 405-74 Tampering with meter and use of slugs prohibited.
- § 405-75 General regulations; hours of operation.
- § 405-76 Parking meter zones designated.
- § 405-77 Installation and location of meters/kiosks.
- § 405-78 Designation of metered spaces; authority of City to exempt portions of zones.
- § 405-79 Parking zone fees.
- § 405-80 Exemption for commercial vehicles.
- § 405-81 Collection of funds; disposition of receipts.
- § 405-82 Use of funds.
- § 405-83 Off-street parking.
- § 405-84 through § 405-85. (Reserved)
- § 405-86 Illegal parking.
- § 405-87 Collection of funds; disposition of proceeds.
- § 405-88 Use of funds.
- Ch 405 Art V Signs, Signals and Markings
- § 405-89 Placement and standards.
- § 405-90 Obedience to signs.
- § 405-91 Provisions to be effective only when signs erected.
- § 405-92 When provisions pertaining to one-way streets effective.
- § 405-93 Duty of driver approaching stop sign.
- § 405-94 Designation of stop intersections.
- § 405-95 Obedience to yield signs.
- § 405-96 Traffic control signals.
- § 405-97 Intersections where grades are separated or where traffic islands or ramps exist.
- § 405-98 Interference prohibited with signs and signals.
- § 405-99 Designation of bus stops, taxi stands and service zones.
- § 405-100 Unauthorized signs and signals.
- Ch 405 Art VI Pedestrians
- § 405-101 Manner of crossing roadway.
- § 405-102 Crossing roadways where controlled by traffic signals.
- § 405-103 Use of actuation device or push button.
- § 405-104 Actuation of signal or entrance into crosswalk without intention to cross roadway.
- § 405-105 Use of roadway by pedestrians.
- § 405-106 Duty of drivers toward pedestrians.
- § 405-107 Operation of vehicles at crosswalks.
- § 405-108 Violations and penalties.
- § 405-109 Use of skateboards or scooters in Municipal Parking Garage.
- § 405-110 Use of scooters, powerboards, all-terrain vehicles and mini-motorbikes.
- Ch 405 Art VII Snow Emergency Regulations
- § 405-111 Definitions.
- § 405-112 Placement of signs during removal of snow; parking in designated areas prohibited.
- § 405-113 Temporary provisions to take precedence.
- § 405-114 Announcement of emergency declarations.
- § 405-115 Declaration of parking prohibition.
- § 405-116 Announcement of public parking areas.
- § 405-117 Termination of parking prohibition.
- § 405-118 Operators to remove stalled vehicles.
- § 405-119 Tagging and impoundment of vehicles.
- § 405-120 Evidence with respect to vehicles parked or left in violation.
- § 405-121 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 409 Vehicles, Public Service
- Ch 413 Vehicles, Used
- Ch 420 Waste Management
- Ch 426 Water
- Ch 432 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 440 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Acts and Acceptances
- Ch A501 Municipal Council Rules and Orders
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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