As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE
Vehicles of the fire departments (fire patrol), police vehicles
and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments
or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by
the Conway Chief of Police.
BOARD
The Board of Selectmen or the Police Commission when designated
by the Selectmen.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Every vehicle designated, maintained or used primarily for
the transportation of property.
CROSSWALK
A.
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of the highway measured by the curbs or, in the absence of curbs,
from the edges of the traversable roadway.
B.
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the
surface.
CURB LOADING ZONE
A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of materials.
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 for purposes of vehicular travel.
INTERSECTION
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of
the lateral curblines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines
of roadways of two highways which join one another at or approximately
at right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon
different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then
every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting
highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event
such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more
apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall
be regarded as a separate intersection. The junction of an alley with
a street or highway shall not constitute an intersection.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Every vehicle which is self-propelled but not operated upon
rails, including mopeds.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean
standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in
this Town.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
PERSON
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or
corporation.
POLICE OFFICER
Every officer of the Town Police Department or any officer
authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations
of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the
event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway,"
as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway separately but not
to all such roadways collectively.
SAFETY ZONE
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use
of pedestrians.
STAND or STANDING
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers.
STOP
When required, complete cessation from movement.
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 for purposes of vehicular travel.
THROUGH HIGHWAY
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic
is given preferential right-of-way and at the entrances to which vehicular
traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the
right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to a
stop sign, yield sign or other official traffic control device, when
such signs or devices are erected as provided in this article.
TRAFFIC
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars
and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any
highway for purposes of travel.
TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
Employees of the Town of Conway Police Department, assigned
by the Chief of Police or his designee to control, regulate and maintain
the flow of traffic within the Town of Conway.
[Added 9-21-1999]
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
The Chief of Police, by and with the approval of the Board,
is hereby empowered to make regulations necessary to make effective
the provisions of the traffic ordinances of this Town and to make
and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover emergencies
or special conditions. No such temporary or experimental regulation
shall remain in effect for more than 90 days.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, every vehicle
stopped or parked upon a roadway shall be so stopped or parked with
the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to and within 12 inches
of the right-hand curb or the edge of the roadway, where no curb exists,
in the direction of traffic movement.
The Board shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall
be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets. Angle parking shall
not be permitted at any place where the parked vehicle would conflict
with the flow of traffic.
[Amended 7-1984; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,
or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer, traffic
controller or official traffic control device, no person shall:
A. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street.
(5) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of
points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,
unless indicated differently by signs or markings.
(6) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(7) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a way or within
a highway tunnel.
(9) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(10)
In any parking place, whether on public or private property,
specially designated for a person with a walking disability by means
of a sign as required by RSA 265:73-a stating that the space is reserved
for a person with a walking disability or displaying the international
accessibility symbol, unless that person has a special plate or placard
issued or recognized pursuant to RSA 261:86 or RSA 261:88, and the
person who qualifies for the plate or placard is being transported
to or from the parking place. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA
Title LXII or any other provision of law, a person who violates the
provisions of this subsection shall be fined a minimum of $250.
(11)
On any controlled-access highway.
(12)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including
crossovers.
(13)
In or overlapping into any access aisle. Notwithstanding the
provisions of RSA Title LXII or any other provision of law, a person
who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined a minimum
of $50 for a first offense and a minimum of $100 for each subsequent
offense.
B. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily
to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway.
(2) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(4) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign
or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(5) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on
the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within
75 feet of said entrance (when properly signposted).
(6) At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
C. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise
or passengers:
(1) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking. No person shall
move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited
area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.
D. Stop, stand or park a vehicle for more than 15 minutes:
(1) In front of the post office in North Conway.
(2) On Norcross Circle from White Mount Highway (North Conway) north
side near the old bank to Station Drive.
(3) Within 20 feet of the official information booth in North Conway.
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street, other than an
alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available
less than 12 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of
vehicular traffic.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner
or under such conditions as to leave available less than 12 feet of
the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic,
and no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley
in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting
property.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal
purpose of:
A. Displaying such vehicle for sale.
B. Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle, except repairs necessitated
by an emergency.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2017]
A. The Board is hereby authorized to designate and mark by proper signs
parking for the following:
(1) Parking for handicapped persons and persons picking up or discharging
handicapped persons only.
(2) Parking areas restricted to motorcycles only.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to use such designated areas
for any other purpose.
[Amended 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29]
The provisions of §§
152-10 through
152-16 prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified or as indicated on official signs, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer, traffic controller or official traffic control device.
[Amended 12-2001; 8-2002; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2017; 9-12-2017]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described below:
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Location
|
---|
Barnes Road
|
Both
|
Entire length
|
Chase Avenue
|
North
|
From Pleasant Street to Pollard Street
|
Colbath Street
|
Both
|
From Hobbs Street (CV) to the end
|
Common Court
|
Both
|
From intersection with Common Court Connector to Barnes Road
|
Cottage Road
|
Both
|
From Colbath Street to the end
|
Cranmore Road
|
Both
|
From Kearsarge Road to the end of the circle
|
East Main Street (CV)
|
Both
|
From Route 16/113 intersection to Maine State Line
|
Eastman Road/Rt. 302
|
Both
|
From Route 16/White Mt. Highway to Bolton Hill Road
|
Echo Acres
|
Both
|
From Route 16 to the Railroad Crossing
|
Greenwood Avenue
|
North
|
From Peasant Street for 222 feet
|
Greenwood Avenue
|
South
|
From Pleasant Street to Wilder Street
|
Grove Street
|
North
|
From North-South Road to start of the curb bump
|
Grove Street
|
North
|
From White Mt. Highway to start of the curb bump
|
Grove Street
|
South
|
From White Mt. Highway to the end
|
Haven Lane
|
Both
|
From West Main Street to the end
|
Kearsarge Road
|
North
|
From White Mt. Highway (NC) east for 146 feet
|
Kearsarge Road
|
North
|
From North-South Road west for 75 feet
|
Kearsarge Road
|
North
|
179 feet from Seavey Street/Kearsarge Road to 91 feet from North-South
Road
|
Kearsarge Road
|
South
|
From White Mt. Highway (NC) east for 66 feet
|
Kearsarge Road
|
South
|
From North-South Road west for 135 feet
|
Main Street (CV)
|
North
|
From East Main Street (CV) to a point 330 feet west of Washington
Street
|
Main Street (CV)
|
South
|
From Pleasant Street for 569 feet
|
Maple Street (NC)
|
Both
|
From Ledgewood Road to Ash Street
|
Mechanic Street
|
Both
|
From White Mt. Highway to North-South Road
|
Mill Street (CC)
|
Both
|
212 feet west of the bridge for 878 feet north
|
Norcross Circle
|
Outside
|
178 feet from northern entrance to 172 feet from southern entrance
|
North Road
|
Both
|
From Route 16/Main Street to West Main Street
|
North-South Road
|
Both
|
From Kearsarge Road to Route 302
|
North-South Road
|
West
|
From Mechanic Street to Kearsarge Road
|
Old Bartlett Road
|
Both
|
From Skimobile Road to Kearsarge Road
|
Old West Side Road
|
Both
|
From Echo Lake State Park to Bow Lane
|
Pine Street
|
North
|
From White Mt. Highway for 53 feet
|
Pine Street
|
North
|
13 feet west from end of sidewalk
|
Pine Street
|
South
|
From White Mt. Highway for 47 feet
|
Pine Street
|
South
|
21 feet west from stop sign
|
Pleasant Street
|
East
|
Starting from Route 16 South to Tasker Hill Road
|
Pollard Street
|
East
|
From East Main Street (CV) to the end
|
River Street (CV)
|
North
|
From East Main Street (CV) to the end
|
Seavey Street
|
North
|
From North-South Road west for 45 feet
|
Seavey Street
|
North
|
From White Mt. Highway for 88 feet
|
Seavey Street
|
South
|
From White Mt. Highway to Kearsarge Road
|
Skimobile Road
|
Both
|
From Kearsarge Road to the end
|
The Lane
|
East
|
From Kearsarge Road to Mechanic Street
|
Washington Street
|
East
|
From Main Street (CV) north for 150 feet
|
Washington Street
|
West
|
From Main Street (CV) north for 227 feet
|
Washington Street
|
West
|
759 feet north from Main Street (CV) to West Side Road
|
West Main Street (CV)
|
North
|
From Haven Lane to 324 feet from eastern entrance
|
West Main Street (CV)
|
North
|
From Main Street (CV) for 35 feet
|
West Main Street (CV)
|
South
|
From Haven Lane to 422 feet from eastern entrance
|
West Main Street (CV)
|
South
|
From Main Street (CV) west for 58 feet
|
White Mt. Highway (NC)
|
East
|
From Duprey Road to Depot Road
|
White Mt. Highway (NC)
|
Both
|
From the intersection of Route 16/113 to Duprey Road
|
Wilder Street
|
Both
|
From Route 113/East Main Street to the end
|
*
|
NOTE: The following abbreviations, whose meanings are indicated
below, are used in this schedule to indicate the locations of certain
streets and parts of streets:
|
---|
|
CC — Center Conway
|
CV — Conway Village
|
NC — North Conway
|
[Amended 11-1987; 4-2001; 8-2001; 10-2001; 8-2002; 4-11-2017
ATM by Art. 29]
A. On streets
where there is a time limit on parking as set forth below, restrictions
will be enforced between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. unless
otherwise indicated by signs.
B. The provisions
of this section imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve
any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions
prohibiting or limited the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles
in specified places or at specified times.
C. Where
signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle
for longer than the time limit indicated upon those streets listed
below:
[Amended 9-12-2017]
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Time Limit
|
Location
|
---|
Depot Road
|
North
|
2 hrs.
|
Between the curb bump out
|
Greenwood Avenue
|
North
|
2 hrs.
|
220 feet from Pleasant Street to Wilder Street
|
Kearsarge Road
|
North
|
1 hr.
|
From a point 146 feet east of White Mt. Highway to 75 feet west
of North-South Road
|
Kearsarge Road
|
South
|
2 hrs.
|
From a point 66 feet east of White Mt. Highway to 135 feet west
of North-South Road
|
Kearsarge Road
|
South
|
2 hrs.
|
91 feet from North-South Road to 179 feet from Seavey Street
|
Main Street (CV)
|
North
|
1 hr.
|
West 330 feet from Washington Street and Pleasant Street to
the intersection with West Main Street
|
Main Street (CV)
|
South
|
1 hr.
|
569 feet from Pleasant Street to Lake Street
|
Mill Street
|
North
|
2 hrs.
|
From bridge for 212 feet west
|
Norcross Circle
|
Inside
|
2 hrs.
|
Entire length
|
Norcross Circle
|
Outside
|
2 hrs.
|
From White Mt. Highway for 178 feet on north side and from White
Mt. Highway for 172 feet on south side
|
North-South Road
|
East
|
2 hrs.
|
From Mechanic Street to Kearsarge Road
|
Pine Street
|
East
|
2 hrs.
|
96 feet southerly from stop sign
|
Pine Street
|
North
|
2 hrs.
|
53 feet from White Mt. Highway to 13 feet from sidewalk
|
Pine Street
|
South
|
2 hrs.
|
47 feet from White Mt. Highway to 21 feet from stop sign
|
Seavey Street
|
North
|
2 hrs.
|
From a point 88 feet east of Route 16/White Mt. Highway (NC)
|
Seavey Street
|
North
|
3 hrs.
|
45 feet west from North-South Road
|
Washington Street
|
East
|
1 hr.
|
150 feet from Main Street (CV) to intersection of East Side
Road
|
Washington Street
|
West
|
1 hr.
|
227 feet from Main Street (CV) for 557 feet
|
West Main Street (CV)
|
North
|
1 hr.
|
35 feet from Main Street (CV) to 324 feet west
|
West Main Street (CV)
|
South
|
1 hr.
|
56 feet from Main Street (CV) to 422 feet west
|
White Mt. Highway (NC)
|
East
|
2 hrs.
|
From Depot Road to Pine Street
|
White Mt. Highway (NC)
|
West
|
2 hrs.
|
From Depot Road to River Road
|
|
*NOTE: The following abbreviations, whose meanings are indicated
below, are used in this schedule to indicate the locations of certain
streets and parts of streets:
|
---|
|
CC — Center Conway
|
CV — Conway Village
|
NC — North Conway
|
Whenever, by this article or any other ordinance of this Town,
any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated
streets, it shall be the duty of the Police Commission, subject to
the approval of the Board, to erect appropriate signs giving notice
thereof, and no such regulations shall be effective unless said signs
are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
[Amended 11-1987; 4-2001; 4-11-2017 ATM by Art. 29; 5-9-2017; 5-23-2017; 6-6-2017]
A. Each owner or operator of a vehicle who violates the provisions of
this article which govern and regulate stopping, standing and parking
may, within two days of the time when such notice was attached to
such vehicle, pay to the police officer in charge and on duty at police
headquarters, as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation,
the following sums:
[Amended ]
|
Violation
|
Fine
|
---|
|
Parking within 15 feet of fire hydrant
|
$100
|
|
All -night parking
|
$50
|
|
Overtime parking
|
$50
|
|
Double parking
|
$50
|
|
Parking more than 12 inches from curb
|
$50
|
|
Parking on restricted area
|
$50
|
|
Parking to block an alley or street
|
$50
|
|
Parking within 20 feet of a driveway or crosswalk
|
$50
|
|
Parking with left side to curb
|
$50
|
|
Parking with rear wheels to curb
|
$50
|
|
Parking in a space reserved for the handicapped
|
As established by the State of New Hampshire
|
B. Any person who violates §
152-14, regarding parking on streets during the winter snow removal period of November 15 through April 15 of each year shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined $50.
C. Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates any of the provisions of this article regulating standing, stopping or parking, and who fails within two business days to pay the penalty prescribed in Subsection
A, or violates any other provisions of this article may, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.
D. The fine for parking on either side of a section of West Side Road
posted as "no parking" by the State of New Hampshire (starting at
a point approximately 1,683 feet north of Lucy Brook and running northerly
approximately 1,960 feet to the Conway/Bartlett Town Line) shall be
$100.
E. Appeals of violations and fines must be filed within two business
days of violation. Appeals must be accompanied by full payment for
the fine and shall be submitted in writing to the office of the Town
Manager. If an appeal is granted and the fine waived, the fine amount
shall be reimbursed.
If any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation
of any provisions of this article regulating the stopping, standing
or parking of vehicles and the identity of the driver cannot be determined,
the owner, or person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall
be held prima facie responsible for such violation.
A police officer observing a violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall attach to the vehicle a notice to the operator
or owner that the vehicle has been parked in violation of this article
and instructing the operator or owner to report at police headquarters.
The notice shall contain:
A. The location where the vehicle is parked.
B. The state registration number of such vehicle.
C. The time at which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the
provisions of this article.
D. Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough
understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
The Police Department is authorized to remove and tow away or
have removed and towed away by a commercial towing service any abandoned
vehicle or other vehicle illegally parked in a place where it creates
or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant
or obstructs or may obstruct snow removal operations or the movement
of any emergency vehicle. Vehicles towed for illegal parking shall
be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator
upon payment of all fees for towing and storage.