[Amended 5-8-2002 by Ord.
No. 109]
A. It shall be unlawful for an operator or owner of any vehicle to park
such vehicle on any public or private street during an emergency declared
by the Mayor or his/her designee. Public notice of the imposition
of such emergency ban shall be given prior to its imposition. The
ban shall remain in effect until terminated by the Mayor or his/her
designee.
B. The fine for violation of this ban shall be not less than $15 for
each offense.
No person shall stand with or permit any vehicle under his or
her care or control to stand across any public highway or street in
such a manner as to obstruct travel over the same, and no person shall
stop with any vehicle in any public street at the side of or so near
to another vehicle as to obstruct public travel, and no person shall
stop with any vehicle upon or across any crosswalk in any street or
highway in the Town.
[Amended 11-19-2012 by Ord. No. 144]
A. No person shall ride, drive, wheel or push any vehicle or other device
which achieves locomotion through the use of wheels upon any sidewalk
in Town except as follows:
(1) Wheelchairs or similar vehicles which are used as medically necessary
assistance, including but not limited to personal mobility scooter-type
vehicles shall be allowed.
(2) Personal transportation parallel-wheeled devices such as Segways
shall be allowed.
(3) Strollers and/or carriages used to transport infants or toddlers
shall be allowed.
(4) Bicycles shall be allowed on sidewalks outside of business districts
pursuant to MGL c. 85, § 11B.
(5) Four-wheel and "in-line" roller skates shall be allowed.
(6) Children's wagons shall be allowed as long as they are under the
control of and being pulled by an individual exercising due care.
B. For purposes of this section, the term "bicycles" shall include two-wheel,
nonmotorized cycles, tricycles, and children's two- or three-wheeled
cycles.
C. No motorized vehicle shall be used upon any sidewalk in Town unless such vehicle is included in Subsection
A(1) or
(2) above. Any vehicle used upon a sidewalk in Town must be in fully operable condition at the time of use and must be operated in a safe manner at all times, at no time exceeding a speed of eight miles per hour. Racing of such vehicles is prohibited. Pedestrians walking on or crossing onto the sidewalk must be granted the right-of-way at all times.
In any public way wherein the portion of the way used for vehicular
travel is paved to a width of 18 feet or more, no person shall park
or allow to stand any motor vehicle or trailer in such manner that
a wheel, wheels, standard or support thereof rests upon that portion
of the way between the curbing and the property line, or between the
equivalent edge of the pavement and the property line where no curbing
exists, unless written permission for such parking or standing shall
have been granted by the Town prior to November 1, 1976.
No person shall solicit or procure, either verbally, by sign
or signal or in any other manner, transportation for themselves or
for other persons in any motor vehicle operated upon any way in the
Town, except a motor vehicle operated for the carriage of passengers
for hire and which has been licensed as such by the License Commission.