[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Police Commissioners of
the Town of Greenfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 485 of the 2002 Bylaws]
For the purpose of these rules and orders, the words and phrases
used herein shall have the following meanings, except in those instances
where the context indicates a different meaning:
An area in the roadway set aside for the boarding of or alighting
from and the parking of buses.
A traffic island located to guide a traffic stream along
certain definite paths and to prevent the promiscuous movement of
vehicles in what would otherwise be a widely extended roadway area.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
Town-owned land not designated for use by motor vehicles.
That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the
prolongation or connection of curblines and property lines at intersections,
or at any portion of a roadway clearly indicated for pedestrian crossing
by lines on the road surface or by other markings or signs.
Vehicles of the Fire Department (Fire Patrol), police vehicles,
ambulances and emergency vehicles of federal, state and municipal
departments or public service corporations when the latter are responding
to an emergency in relation to the Police or Fire Department.
Any procession of mourners properly identified as such accompanying
the remains of a human body.
A longitudinal division of a roadway into a strip of sufficient
width to accommodate the passage of a single line of vehicles.
A snow emergency may be declared by the Mayor or the Director
of Public Works or their designee at any time that street conditions
caused by winter weather require the imposition of a parking ban.
Notice of snow emergency shall be given to Town residents of said
emergency through available media, including but not limited to press
releases to local news organizations, announcements on the Town website,
and reverse 911 or similar notification system.
[Added 11-20-2018 by Order No. FY 19-052]
Any officer, any constable or special officer, provided he
has his badge of office displayed over his left breast and upon his
outer garment.
That portion of a curbing the painting of which has been
authorized by the Mayor and which has the written approval of the
Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
Any painted line, legend marking or marker of any description
painted or placed upon any way which purports to direct or regulate
traffic and which has been authorized by the Mayor and which has written
approval of the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
All signals, conforming to the standards as prescribed by
the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
not inconsistent with these rules and orders, placed or erected by
authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the
purpose of directing or warning traffic.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
All signs, markings and devices, other than signals, not
inconsistent with these rules and orders, which conform to the standards
prescribed by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and which are placed or erected by authority of a
public body or official having such jurisdiction, for the purpose
of guiding, directing, warning or regulating traffic.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading, or in obedience to an officer or traffic signs
or signals, or while making emergency repairs, or disabled, while
arrangements are being made to move such vehicle.
Any mechanical device, not inconsistent with the provisions
of these rules and orders, placed or erected on any public way or
municipal off-street parking area within the Town of Greenfield for
the regulation of parking. Each parking meter installed shall indicate
by proper legend the legal parking time established by these rules
and orders, and when operated shall at all times indicate the balance
of legal parking time permitted and at the expiration of such period
shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Any space within a parking meter zone, adjacent to a parking
meter which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle
by lines painted on the surface of the street or municipal off-street
parking area adjacent to or adjoining such parking meter.
Includes any street or portion thereof or municipal off-street
parking area upon which parking meters are installed and in operation
and upon which parking of vehicles is permitted for a limited time,
subject to compliance with the further provisions of these rules and
orders.
Any person afoot or riding on a conveyance moved by human
power, except bicycles or tricycles.
Includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association
or corporation.
Any intersection of ways within a railroad right-of-way.
That portion of a street or highway between regularly established
curblines or that part, exclusive of shoulders, improved and intended
to be used for vehicular traffic.
The counter-clockwise operation of a vehicle around an object
or structure.
An area in the roadway set aside for the accommodation of
commercial and transient vehicular traffic.
That portion of a street or highway set aside for pedestrian
travel.
A declaration by the Mayor or the Department of Public Works
acting through the Director of Public Works or their designee that
street conditions caused by winter weather require the imposition
of a parking ban. A snow emergency shall include, but not be limited
to, snowstorms, ice storms, drifting conditions, snow removal after
a storm, or ice buildup. A snow emergency may be declared at any time
when weather conditions warrant.
[Added 11-20-2018 by Order No. FY 19-052]
The entire width between property lines of every way open
to use for purposes of travel.
An area in the roadway in which certain taxicabs are required
to park while waiting to be engaged.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, street cars
or other conveyances, either single or together while using any street
or highway for the purpose of travel.
Any device using colored lights which conforms to the standards
as prescribed by the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated,
by which traffic may be alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
Any area or space set aside, within a roadway, which is not
intended for use by vehicular traffic.
That area of the street between the edge of the roadway and
the property line or between the roadway and the sidewalk if such
has been constructed.
The turning of a vehicle by means of a continuous left turn
whereby the direction of such vehicle is reversed.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway, except
devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails
or tracks.
A.
Duties
of police officers.
(1)
It shall be the duty of officers designated by the Chief of Police
to enforce the provisions of these rules and orders.
(2)
Such officers are hereby authorized to direct all traffic either
in person or by means of visible or audible signals in conformance
with the provisions of these rules and orders, provided that, in the
event of a fire or other emergency to expedite traffic or safeguard
pedestrians, officers of the Police or Fire Department may direct
traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions
of these rules and orders.
B.
Temporary
street closures or restrictions.
(1)
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to close temporarily any
street or highway in an impending or existing emergency, or for any
lawful assemblage, demonstration or procession, provided there is
reasonable justification for the closing of such street.
(2)
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to prohibit, temporarily,
parking on any street or highway or part thereof in an impending or
existing emergency, or for any lawful assemblage, outdoor games, meets,
events, public gathering, demonstration or procession, provided there
is reasonable justification for such prohibition.
(3)
Vehicles parked in places where parking is prohibited temporarily
may be moved by or under the direction of an officer.
C.
Exemptions. The provisions of these rules and orders shall not apply
to operators actually engaged in work upon a street or highway closed
to travel or under construction or repair or to officers when engaged
in the performance of public duties when the nature of the work of
any of these necessitates a departure from any part of these rules
and orders. These exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver
of any vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard for the
safety of others.
D.
Records
and reports.
(1)
The Chief of Police shall make an annual report concerning the accident
situation in the Town, accompanied by his recommendations.
(2)
The police shall keep a record of all operators involved in accidents
within the municipality.
(3)
The Chief of Police shall report to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles
such operators as are found to be constant violators of these regulations.
(4)
The Chief of Police shall include in his report to the Mayor:[1]
(a)
The number of operators reported to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
(b)
Other pertinent data on safety, accompanied by his recommendations.
(c)
The plans and recommendations for future traffic safety activities.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
A.
The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect those
signs and signals required hereunder, and it shall be his duty, to
place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained all official
traffic signs, signals, markings and safety zones.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
C.
Section 555-2B and § 555-5B through E, inclusive, relating to parking, and §§ 555-23 and 555-32 concerning turning shall be effective only during such time as a sufficient number of official signs is erected and maintained in each block designating the provisions of such sections and located so as to be easily visible to approaching drivers.
D.
Sections relating to one-way streets shall be effective only during
such time as a sufficient number of official signs is 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.
E.
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, marking
or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles
an official traffic sign, signal, marking or device or which attempts
to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view an official
sign or signal.
F.
The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove every such prohibited
sign, signal, marking or device or cause it to be removed, without
notice.
G.
Any person who willfully defaces, injures, moves, obstructs or interferes
with any official traffic sign, signal or marking shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding $20 for each and every offense.
H.
No driver of any vehicle shall disobey the instruction of any official
traffic control signal, sign, marking, marker or legend, unless otherwise
directed by a police officer.
A.
All of the territory within 200 feet of the premises of any hospital
in this Town is hereby created and established as a "Zone of Quiet."
B.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to erect and maintain in
a conspicuous manner within this area such signs and markings as are
necessary to designate it as a Zone of Quiet.
C.
The Chief of Police may temporarily establish a Zone of Quiet upon
any street where a person is seriously ill, if requested to do so
by the written statement of at least two registered physicians certifying
to its necessity.
(1)
Said temporary Zone of Quiet shall embrace all territory within a
radius of 200 feet of the building occupied by the person named on
the request of said physicians.
(2)
Said temporary Zone of Quiet shall be designated by the police by
placing at a conspicuous place in the street a sign or marker bearing
the words "Zone of Quiet."
D.
No person operating a motor vehicle within any designated and signed
Zone of Quiet shall sound the horn or other warning device of said
vehicle except in an emergency.
A.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a school zone between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on any day school is in session.
B.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop.
B.
No person shall park a bus upon any street within a business district
at any place other than a bus stop, when a nearby bus stop is available
for use.
C.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle other than a taxicab upon any street
within a business district in any taxicab stand.
B.
No person shall park a taxicab upon any street within a business
district at any place other than the taxicab stand or stands designated
for the use of his taxicab or taxicabs.
C.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any street in any service zone
for a period of time longer than 15 minutes, except while actually
engaged in loading or unloading, provided that such loading and unloading
does not exceed a period of time longer than 1/2 hour.
B.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and Department of Public
Works.
[Amended 9-17-2003]
A.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours between
the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any day in the described streets
or parts thereof on a list maintained by the Police Department and
the Department of Public Works.
B.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Saturday and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00
p.m. on Friday (except on legal holidays and Sundays) in the described
streets or parts thereof on a list maintained by the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works.
C.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours at any time
on the streets or parts thereof on a list maintained by the Police
Department and the Department of Public Works.
D.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than 15 minutes at any
time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the described
streets or parts thereof on a list maintained by the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works.
E.
No person shall park a vehicle except while actually engaged in loading
or unloading between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily (except
Sundays and legal holidays) in the described streets or parts thereof
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
F.
No person shall park a vehicle for longer than one hour in the described
streets or parts thereof on a list maintained by the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works.
G.
There shall be a fifteen-minute parking zone at Court Square and
in front of the United States Post Office on Main Street, which would
have a fine of $25 for violations.
A.
The Mayor shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be
permitted and shall mark or sign such streets or cause the same to
be marked or signed, as on a list maintained by the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
B.
Upon the streets or parts of streets which have been marked or signed
for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked with one wheel within
six inches of the curb and at the angle to the curb indicated by such
marks, so that all four wheels of the vehicle shall be placed wholly
within the painted lines provided.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street or
highway any vehicle displayed for sale.
A.
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in
his name, other than one acting in an emergency, to be parked on any
street for a period of time longer than one hour between the hours
of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day during a declared snow emergency.
[Amended 11-20-2018 by Order No. FY 19-052]
B.
No person shall allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle registered in
his name, other than one acting in an emergency, to be parked on any
public parking lot owned or maintained by the Town of Greenfield,
between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.
[Amended 2-19-2002; 11-20-2018 by Order No.
FY 19-052; 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
Nothing contained in Subsections A to N, inclusive, of this
section of these rules and orders shall be construed to prohibit the
Mayor from making provisions for bus stops, taxicab stands, service
zones and loading zones, as authorized by other sections of these
rules and orders, on any street or portion of street which has been
or may hereafter be designated as a parking meter zone.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle in any metered space for a period
of time that is longer than the maximum time allowed for in the parking
meter zone in which the metered space is located. (The Parking and
Traffic Commission shall maintain a list of all parking meter zones
with the maximum time allowed limits and the charge rates per hour.)
This restriction shall not apply on Sundays or during the hours of
legal holidays during which business establishments are required by
law to remain closed.
B.
Meters shall be so constructed as to display a signal showing legal
parking upon deposit therein of the proper coin or coins of the United
States as indicated by instruction on said meters and for such period
of time as he is or shall be permitted by these rules and orders.
C.
Said signal shall remain in evidence until expiration of the parking
period designated, at which time a dropping of a signal automatically
or some other mechanical operation shall indicate expiration of said
parking meter.
D.
The Director of the Department of Public Works is hereby authorized
and directed to establish parking meter spaces in such parking meter
zones and to indicate the same by white markings upon the surface
of the street and to maintain said meters in good, workable condition.
E.
Whenever any vehicle shall be parked adjacent to a parking meter,
the owner or operator of said vehicle shall park within the space
designated by street marking lines and upon entering such space shall
immediately deposit in said meter the required coin of the United
States for the maximum legal parking period or proportionate period
thereof, both as shown on the meter, and, if so required, set the
mechanism in motion, or insert payment in an electric kiosk and display
the receipt on the dashboard, or utilize an electronic payment system.
F.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited
in a parking meter any coin for the purpose of permitting any vehicle
to remain in a parking space beyond the maximum period of time allowed
in a particular zone.
G.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within a public
parking space unless such vehicle is wholly within the painted lines
adjacent thereto.
H.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to tamper with,
break, injure or destroy any parking meter or to deposit or cause
to be deposited in such meter any slugs, device or metallic substance
or any other substitute for the coins required.
I.
Operators of commercial vehicles may park in a metered space without
depositing a coin for a period not to exceed 30 minutes for purposes
of loading or unloading.
J.
Parking in excess of this time limit shall be deemed a violation
of the provisions of these rules and orders.
K.
The Director of Public Works is hereby designated as the person authorized
to collect monies deposited in parking meters or to cause the same
to be collected.
L.
Such monies shall be delivered forthwith to the Town Treasurer, who
shall deposit them in a separate account to be known as the "Greenfield
Parking Meter Account."
M.
All fees received by said Town of Greenfield from the operation and
use of parking meters shall be used as authorized by Chapter 40 of
the General Laws, as amended.
N.
No driver, while operating any vehicle owned and bearing the indicia
of ownership of the Town of Greenfield, state or federal government,
shall be required to deposit any fee in a parking meter as provided
in this section.
A.
In accordance with the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 22D,
as amended, the Mayor of the Town of Greenfield, Massachusetts, hereby
enact the following regulations authorizing the removal to a convenient
place of vehicles parked or standing in such manner or in such areas
as are hereinafter described on any way under the control of the Town
of Greenfield.
[Amended 10-16-2019 by Order No. FY 20-047]
B.
Vehicles specifically exempt by Chapter 322 of the Acts of 1961 (MGL c. 40, § 22D) shall not, however, be subject to such removal.
C.
The moving or towing of any vehicle under the provisions of this
section shall be by and at the direction of the Chief of Police or
such other officers of the rank of Sergeant or higher as he may from
time to time designate.
D.
The Mayor hereby imposes upon the owner of any vehicle moved or towed
to a convenient place, under the provisions of this section, fees
as determined by the Department of Public Utilities:
[Amended 11-20-2018 by Order No. FY 19-052]
(1)
Removal or towing fee: not to exceed $12.
E.
The contractor shall be liable to the owner for any damage arising
out of negligence caused to a vehicle in the course of removal and
storage.
F.
Standing and parking prohibitions.
(1)
Vehicles found in violation of the provisions of this section, except those specifically exempt by law, shall be removed to a convenient place under the direction of an officer of the Police Department, and the owner of the vehicle so removed, or towed away, shall be liable to the cost of such removal and storage, if any, as set forth in Subsection D of this section.
(2)
The owner of any vehicle removed or towed away under the provisions
of this section shall also be subject to the penalties provided in
MGL c. 90, § 20A.
(3)
No person shall stand or park or allow, permit or suffer any vehicle
registered in his name to stand or park in any of the following places:
(a)
Upon any way in such a manner as to impede the removal or plowing
of snow or ice, except vehicles parked in accordance with the approved
regulations governing all-night parking.
(b)
Upon any sidewalk.
(c)
Upon any crosswalk.
(d)
Upon any way within 20 feet of an intersecting way, except alleys.
(e)
Upon a way within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(f)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of the way.
(g)
In front of a public or private driveway.
(h)
Upon any way where the parking of a vehicle will not leave a
clear and unobstructed lane at least 10 feet wide for passing traffic.
(i)
Upon any tree belt or common or other Town-owned land not designated
for parking.
(j)
Upon any street or highway on the odd-numbered side between
December 1 and April 1 with the following exceptions: Federal Street,
Bank Row, Main Street or any metered area unless signs are posted.
[Amended 11-20-2018 by Order No. FY 19-052]
G.
No person shall stand or park or allow, permit or suffer any vehicle
registered in his name to stand or park on any of the ways or parts
of ways and during the periods of time set forth on the designated
places declared on a list maintained by the Police Department and
the Department of Public Works.
(1)
Vehicles found in violation of the provisions of this subsection, except those specifically exempted by law, shall be removed to a convenient place under the direction of an officer of the Police Department, and the owner of the vehicle so removed or towed away shall be liable to the cost of such removal and storage, if any, as set forth in Subsection D of this section.
(2)
The owner of any vehicle removed or towed away under the provisions
of this subsection shall also be subject to the penalties provided
in MGL c. 90, § 20A.
H.
The provisions of Subsection F shall be effective only during such times as a sufficient number of official traffic signs bearing the legend "Tow-Away Zone" are installed, erected, maintained and located so as to be visible to approaching drivers, said signs to be appended above or incorporated into the legend of parking prohibition signs.
Vehicular traffic shall move only in the direction indicated
upon the streets or parts of streets declared on a list maintained
by the Police Department and the Department of Public Works..
A.
No person shall drive, stop or stand a vehicle in such a manner as
to obstruct unnecessarily the normal movement of traffic upon any
street or highway.
B.
Officers are hereby authorized to require any driver who fails to
comply with this section to drive to the side of the roadway and wait
until such traffic as has been delayed has passed.
C.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless
there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or
crosswalk and on the right half of the roadway to accommodate the
vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal
indication to proceed.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or
garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a
sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alleyway or
driveway.
A.
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, except as provided in Subsection B of this section.
B.
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.
C.
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.
D.
Drivers of vehicles making a right turn or left turn shall yield
the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing with the flow of traffic.
E.
When a right green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal
may turn right.
F.
When a left green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal
may turn left.
G.
When a vertical green arrow is illuminated, drivers facing said signal
may go straight ahead.
H.
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.
I.
While 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.
J.
While the red lens is illuminated, drivers facing the signal shall
stop outside of the intersection, or at such point as may be clearly
marked by a sign or line; 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.
K.
While the red and yellow lens are illuminated together, drivers shall
not enter the intersection, and during such time the intersection
shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the pedestrians.
L.
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 Transportation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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 the provisions of MGL c. 89, § 8.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
M.
A flashing yellow lens shall indicate the presence of a hazard and
drivers may proceed only with caution.
N.
A flashing green lens shall indicate an intersection or pedestrian
crosswalk in use or subject to use by entering or crossing traffic.
O.
Drivers may proceed only with caution and shall be prepared to comply
with a change in the signal to a red and yellow indication.
A.
Every driver of vehicle, railway car or other conveyance approaching
an intersection of ways where there exists facing him an official
sign bearing the word "STOP" or a flashing red signal indication,
said sign or signal having, apart from the rules and orders, the written
approval of the Department of Transportation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and such approval being in effect, shall, before proceeding through
the intersection, bring such vehicle, railway car or other conveyance
to a complete stop at such point as may be clearly marked by a sign
or line, or if a point is not so marked, then at the nearer line or
crosswalk of the intersection.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
B.
In the case of a line of two or more vehicles approaching such "STOP"
sign, or flashing red signal indication, the drivers of the second
and third vehicles in any group shall not be required to stop more
than once before proceeding through the intersection.
C.
This section shall not apply when the traffic is otherwise directed
by an officer or by a lawful traffic-regulating sign, signal or device.
D.
In accordance with the foregoing, the erection and maintenance of
an isolated stop sign, or signs or flashing red signals, as the case
may be, are authorized as on a list maintained by the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works.
A.
Upon such roadways as are divided by a parkway, grass plot, reservation,
viaduct or by any structure or area, drivers shall keep to the right
of such division, except when otherwise directed by an officer, signs,
signals or markings.
B.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
A.
A funeral composed entirely or partly of a procession of vehicles
shall be identified as such by means of black pennants bearing a purple
symbol attached to both the first and last vehicles.
B.
It shall be the duty of each driver in a funeral or other procession
to keep as near to the right edge of the roadway as is feasible and
to follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practical and safe.
C.
At an intersection where a traffic control signal is operating, the
driver of the first vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall
be the only one required to stop for a red and/or yellow indication.
D.
At an intersection where a lawful stop sign exists, the driver of
the first vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall be the only
one required to stop before proceeding through the intersection.
At any junction or crossing of ways where the roadway grades
have been separated and where the ways are connected by ramps and
at any intersection of ways in which there are traffic islands, drivers
of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official signs, signals
or markings.
A.
No operator shall back or turn a vehicle so as to proceed in the
direction opposite to that in which said vehicle is headed or on which
it is traveling.
B.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
No automobile need display any light or lights when parked within
the limits of the streets as on a list maintained by the Police Department
and the Department of Public Works.
A.
The driver of any vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction shall pass at a safe distance to the left thereof,
and shall not cut in ahead of such other vehicle until safely clear
of it.
B.
The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass a vehicle proceeding
in the same direction unless there is sufficient clear space ahead
on the right side of the roadway to permit the overtaking to be completed
without impeding the safe operation of any vehicle ahead or without
causing the driver of any such vehicle to change his speed or alter
his course, except as provided in the following subsection.
C.
The driver of a vehicle about to be overtaken and passed by another
vehicle approaching from the rear shall give way to the right when
practicable in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on suitable visible
signal being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle, and shall
not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the
overtaking vehicle.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
A.
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely
than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed of
such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of the highway.
B.
Upon roadways less than 27 feet wide and upon which vehicular traffic
is permitted to operate in both directions, the driver of any slow-moving
commercial vehicle, when traveling outside of a business or residential
district, shall not follow another slow-moving commercial vehicle
within 200 feet, but this shall not be construed to prevent such slow-moving
commercial vehicle from overtaking and passing another slow-moving
commercial vehicle.
C.
This section shall not apply to funerals or other lawful processions.
A.
The driver of any vehicle, before starting, stopping, turning from
a direct line, or backing, shall first see that such movement can
be made in safety.
B.
If such movement cannot be made in safety or if it interferes unduly
with the normal movement of other traffic, said driver shall wait
for a more favorable opportunity to make such a movement.
C.
If the operation of another vehicle should be affected by a stopping
or turning movement, the driver of such vehicle shall be given a plainly
visible signal, as required by MGL c. 90, § 14B.
No operator shall enter upon the road surface of any highway
or section thereof when, by reason of construction, surface treatment,
maintenance or the like, or because of some unprotected hazard, such
road surface is closed to travel, and one or more signs, lights or
signals have been erected to indicate that all or part of the road
surface of the highway is not to be used, or when so advised by an
officer, watchman, member of a highway crew of the Department, either
audibly or by signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon any sidewalk except
at a permanent or temporary driveway.
No person shall drive or park a motor vehicle upon any channelized
island, as defined in these rules, unless directed so to do by a police
officer.
Whenever traffic signs are erected or warning lights are displayed
in or adjacent to a highway to notify of the presence of personnel
and equipment in such highway, every motorist shall regulate the speed
of his vehicle in a manner and to a degree consistent with the particular
condition.
Vehicular traffic shall not turn to the left while moving in
the direction indicated on a list of streets or parts of streets maintained
by the Police Department and the Department of Public Works.
A.
Every driver of a vehicle or other conveyance approaching an intersection
of ways, where there exists facing him an official sign bearing the
words "YIELD," said sign having been erected in accordance with the
written approval of the Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and such approval being in effect, shall surrender
to oncoming traffic his right to enter the intersection until such
time as he has brought his vehicle or other conveyance to a complete
stop at a point between said "YIELD" sign and the nearer line of the
street intersection; provided, however, that this requirement to stop
before entering the intersection shall not apply when a driver approaching
a "YIELD" sign can enter the intersection in safety without causing
interference to approaching traffic.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
B.
For purposes of this section, the designated places are hereby declared
on a list maintained by the Police Department and the Department of
Public Works.
A.
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 of $200 or more, shall within 24 hours make a full and complete
report in writing of such accident to the police headquarters in this
Town.
B.
A driver who has been incapacitated as a result of such accident,
and to such extent as to make reporting impossible or unfavorable
to his recovery, shall not be required to report such accident until
he has recovered sufficiently to be able to do so.
C.
The report shall be made on a form furnished by the Police Department,
copies of which shall be available at the Police Station.
D.
Compliance with this section, however, shall not relieve such driver
from additional responsibility of reporting to the Registrar of Motor
Vehicles any accident in which a person is killed or injured.
If any vehicle is found upon the street or highway in violation
of any provisions of these rules and orders 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 violations.
A.
Any person convicted of a violation of any rule, regulation or order
made hereunder, except as otherwise provided, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding $20 for each offense.
B.
These rules are adopted with the intent that each of them shall have
force and effect separately and independently of every other except
insofar as by express reference or necessary implication any rule
or any part of a rule is made dependent upon another rule or part
thereof.
C.
The provisions of these rules, so far as they are the same in effect
as those of existing valid rules and orders or regulations heretofore
made by the Mayor of Greenfield relative to or in connection with
official signs, lights, markings, signals, systems or devices, shall
be construed as a continuation thereof, but all other existing rules,
orders and regulations as made for the regulation of vehicles are
hereby expressly repealed.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended during codification.
D.
This repeal, however, shall not affect any punishment or penalty
imposed or any complaint or prosecution pending at the time of the
passage hereof for an offense committed under any of the valid rules,
orders or regulations hereby repealed.
A.
Pedestrians shall obey the directions of police officers directing
traffic; and whenever there is an officer directing traffic, a marked
crosswalk, or a traffic control sign within 300 feet of a pedestrian,
no such pedestrian shall cross a way or roadway except within the
limits of a marked crosswalk and as hereinafter provided in these
regulations.
B.
For the purpose of these regulations, a marked crosswalk shall only
be construed to be that area of a roadway reserved for pedestrian
crossing located between two solid white reflectorized twelve-inch
pavement markings in rural areas or marking not less than six inches
wide in urban areas, said markings or lines being no less than six
feet apart.
C.
At a traffic control signal location where pedestrian indications
are provided but which are shown only upon actuation by means of a
pedestrian push button, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway unless
or until the pedestrian control signal push button has been actuated
and then cross only on the proper pedestrian signal indication.
D.
At traffic control signal locations where no pedestrian indication
is provided, pedestrians shall cross only on the green indication.
E.
If necessary, the green indication shall be actuated by the pedestrian
by means of a push button.
F.
At a traffic control signal location, pedestrians shall yield the
right-of-way to vehicles of a funeral or other procession or authorized
emergency vehicle while in performance of emergency duties regardless
of the signal indication given, and they shall not attempt to cross
the roadway until such vehicles or procession has passed, at which
time pedestrians shall then cross the roadway only as provided in
these regulations.
G.
Obedience to traffic control signals. Traffic control signal color
indications and legends shall have the commands ascribed to them in
this section and no other meanings, and every pedestrian shall comply
therewith, except when otherwise directed by an officer.
(1)
Whenever the red and yellow lenses are illuminated together or the
single word "WALK" is illuminated, pedestrians facing such indication
may proceed across the roadway in the direction of such signal only.
(2)
Whenever the words "DON'T WALK" or any indication other than red
and yellow shown together are illuminated in a traffic control signal
where pedestrian indications are provided, pedestrians approaching
or facing such indication shall wait on the sidewalk, edge of roadway,
or in the pedestrian refuge area of a traffic island and shall not
enter upon or cross a roadway until the proper indication is illuminated
in the traffic control signal; but any pedestrian who has partially
completed his crossing on the walk indication shall proceed or return
to the nearest sidewalk or safety island on the yellow indication,
the red indication, or when the words "DON'T WALK" are illuminated
by rapid intermittent flashes.
(3)
At traffic control signal locations where no pedestrian indication
is given or provided, pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across
the roadway within any marked crosswalk in the direction of the green
indication.
(4)
Pedestrians approaching or facing a yellow, red, or flashing "DON'T
WALK" illuminated indication shall not start to cross a roadway.
(5)
At any traffic control signal location where a flashing red, flashing
yellow, or flashing green indication is being given facing a crosswalk,
pedestrians shall actuate, where provided, the pedestrian signal indication
and cross the roadway only on a red-yellow or "WALK" indication when
such indication is in operation.
(6)
If no pedestrian signal is provided, pedestrians shall cross within
a crosswalk with due care.
(7)
It shall be unlawful for any person to actuate a pedestrian control
signal unless crossing of the roadway is intended.
H.
The provisions of these regulations shall in no way abrogate the
provisions of MGL c. 90, §§ 14 and 14A, which provide
"precautions for safety of other travelers" and for the "protection
of blind persons crossing ways."
I.
Furthermore, notwithstanding the provisions of these regulations,
every operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding
with any pedestrian upon the roadway and shall exercise proper precautions
which may become necessary for safe operation.
J.
These pedestrian control regulations shall be enforced by all officers
of the Town of Greenfield on and after February 17, 1970.
K.
The provisions of these rules and regulations governing the use of
ways by pedestrians shall not apply to pedestrians actually engaged
in work upon a roadway closed to travel or under construction or repair,
to municipal, state, federal, or public service corporation employees
while in the performance of their duties, to officers engaged in the
performance of their public duties or to pedestrians acting in an
emergency when such emergency necessitates departure from any part
of these rules and regulations.
L.
Any person who violates the provisions of this section which deal
with the proper use of ways by pedestrians shall be punished as provided
in MGL c. 90, § 18A.
