A.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized, and as to those signs and
signals required hereunder it shall be his duty, to place or cause
to be placed all official traffic signs, signals and markings. All
signs, signals and markings shall conform to the standards as prescribed
by the Department of Transportation of the commonwealth and shall
be erected and maintained under the direction of the Director of Engineering,
Commissioner of Public Services, Public Works of the City.[1]
B.
The following sections of this chapter relating to parking shall
be effective only during such time as official signs are erected and
maintained in each block designating the provisions of such sections
and located so as to be easily visible to approaching drivers. A sufficient
number of such signs shall be provided so that a car cannot be parked
in a limited or prohibited parking place without having the legend
side of such a sign, clearly setting forth the parking regulation
thereat, visible from that location.
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§ 270-12
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Closing street temporarily
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§ 270-13
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Prohibiting parking temporarily
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§ 270-41
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Parking prohibited at all times
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§ 270-42
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Parking prohibited during certain months
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§ 270-43
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Parking prohibited during certain hours
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§ 270-45
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Fifteen-minute parking
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§ 270-47
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One-hour parking
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§ 270-48
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Two-hour parking
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§ 270-49
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Off-street parking
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§ 270-52
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Bus stops
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§ 270-53
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Taxicab stands
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§ 270-54
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Service and loading zones
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C.
Section 270-36, One-way streets, shall be effective only during such time as a sufficient number of official signs are erected and maintained at each of the exits for each one-way street, so that at least one sign will be clearly visible for a distance of at least 75 feet to drivers approaching such an exit.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or maintain or
to display upon or in view of any street any unofficial sign, signal
or marking which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles
an official traffic sign, signal or marking, or which attempts to
direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view any official
sign or signal. The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove
every such prohibited sign, signal or marking or cause it to be removed,
without notice.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully deface, injure,
move, obstruct or interfere with any official traffic sign, signal
or marking.
Colors and arrow indications in traffic-control signals shall have the commands ascribed to them in this section, and no other meanings, and every driver of a vehicle, railway car or other conveyance shall comply therewith, except when otherwise directed by an officer or by a lawful traffic regulating sign (other than a stop sign), signal or device, or except as provided in § 270-33. In no case shall a driver enter or proceed through an intersection without due regard to the safety of other persons within the intersection, regardless of what indications may be given by traffic-control signals.
A.
Green. While the green lens is illuminated, drivers facing the signal
may proceed through the intersection, but shall yield the right-of-way
to pedestrians and vehicles lawfully within a crosswalk or the intersection
at the time such signal was exhibited. Drivers of vehicles making
a right turn or left turn shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians
crossing with the flow of traffic.
B.
Right, left and vertical green arrows. When a right green arrow is
illuminated, drivers facing such signal may turn right. When a left
green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing such signal may turn left.
When a vertical green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing such signal
may go straight ahead. When a green arrow is exhibited together with
a red or yellow lens, drivers may enter the intersection to make the
movement permitted by the arrow, but shall yield the right-of-way
to vehicles and pedestrians proceeding from another direction on a
green indication.
C.
Yellow. When the yellow lens is illuminated, waiting drivers shall
not proceed, and any driver approaching the intersection or a marked
stop line shall stop at such point, unless so close to the intersection
that a stop cannot be made in safety; provided, however, that if a
green arrow is illuminated at the same time, drivers may enter the
intersection to make the movement permitted by such arrow.
D.
Red. Traffic facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop
at a clearly marked stop line or, if none, before entering the crosswalk
on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering
the intersection and shall remain standing until an indication to
proceed is shown except as allowed by MGL c. 89, § 8.
E.
Red and yellow. While the red and yellow lenses are illuminated together,
drivers shall not enter the intersection, and during such time the
intersection shall be reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians.
F.
Flashing red. When a red lens is illuminated in a traffic-control
signal by rapid intermittent flashes, and its use has been specifically
authorized by the Department of Public Services, drivers shall stop
before entering the nearer line or crosswalk of the street intersection,
or at a stop line when marked, and the right to proceed shall then
be governed by provisions of MGL c. 89, § 8.
G.
Flashing yellow. A flashing yellow lens shall indicate the presence
of a hazard and drivers may proceed only with caution.
H.
Flashing green. A flashing green lens shall indicate an intersection
or pedestrian crosswalk in use or subject to use by entering or cross
traffic. Drivers may proceed only with caution and shall be prepared
to comply with a change in the signal to a red or yellow or red and
yellow indication.
