No person shall operate or park a vehicle on any street or highway for the sole purpose of displaying advertising signs.
[Amended 4-17-2018 by Ord. No. 049]
A. 
Any event or activity, including, but not limited to, a parade, demonstration, block party, rally, road race, or walk-a-thon, or similar event that is expected to and/or may impede or interfere with pedestrian sidewalk traffic, vehicular traffic, or cause pedestrian overflow from the sidewalk into the public street, or require road closures, shall not occupy, be held or proceed upon any sidewalk or public street except in accordance with a permit approved by the Chief of Police or the Police Chief’s designee.
B. 
Permit applications shall be made available through the appropriate City department and shall be completed and submitted to the Chief of Police or the Chief’s designee.
C. 
The City may charge for the actual costs of any such parade, demonstration, block party, rally, road race, or walk-a-thon, or similar event, including but not limited to the costs of processing permits, cleanup costs, and/or traffic control, and also may impose narrow insurance requirements.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 270-4, Road races, walk-a-thons and marathons, was repealed 4-17-2018 by Ord. No. 049.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person traveling upon a bicycle, coaster, sled, roller skates or any toy vehicle to cling to, or attach himself or such conveyance to any other moving vehicle or streetcar upon any roadway.
B. 
Prohibited riding. No person shall ride on any train or bus upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 21.06 of the Code of Ordinances, Zones of Quiet, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 2-16-2016 by Ord. No. 013.
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the injury or death of any person or property damage to an apparent total extent in excess of $1,000 or more to any one vehicle or other property shall report such accident to the Registrar of Vehicles and to the City Police Department in conformance with the requirements of MGL c. 90, § 26.
Witnesses and all persons involved in any traffic accident shall, upon the request of an officer, furnish their names and addresses and such other information relevant to such traffic accident as they possess.
If any vehicle is found upon any street or highway in violation of any provision of this chapter and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or the person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
[Amended 9-18-1989 by Ord. No. 30; 11-6-2017 by Ord. No. 482]
Except as otherwise provided, any person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25 for the first offense and not more than $35 for each subsequent offense of a like nature committed during any period of one year.
[Amended 5-2-1988 by Ord. No. 259]
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No person shall park a vehicle on any of the roads or ways located on any property under control of the Harbor Management Authority when prohibited to do so by designated signs.
B. 
No person shall operate a vehicle on any of the roads or ways above the speed of eight miles per hour.
C. 
The Police Department shall enforce all provisions of this section as well as ensuring compliance with posted parking, pedestrian and vehicular directions in order to eliminate hazardous conditions.