As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:
PERSON
Any individual, company, firm, corporation, association or
any other organization.
PUBLIC HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of any public
highway, street, avenue, road, alley, park or parkway, or any private
way laid out under authority of statute or approved by the Planning
Board, or any such way provided for public use, or any such way which
has been used for public travel thereon for 20 years, or any public
or private parking lot, or garage, deck or structure which is maintained
primarily for the benefit of paying customers of the state and City.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a public highway between the edge of the
traveled way and the limit of the public right-of-way, laid out as
such by the City or reserved by custom for the use of pedestrians.
VEHICLE
Any device by which any person or property may be transported
on a public highway, except those operated on rails or permanent tracks.
[Amended 7-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.07.08-005]
A. The City
Council, pursuant to RSA 47:17, VII, shall regulate the use of highways
not otherwise regulated by the Commissioner of Transportation pursuant
to RSA 236:1 and shall establish stop intersections, erect or cause
to be erected stop signs or other traffic devices or signals thereon
or upon any such highway entering therein and shall further determine
the character and type of all such official signs and signals. Every
stop sign, traffic device or traffic signal erected on such highways
shall be deemed lawfully erected and maintained until the contrary
is proven in all cases, civil or criminal.
B. The Chief
of Police shall have the authority to establish or modify traffic
patterns, establish parking areas, restrict parking, or to modify
the provisions of this chapter of the Code of the City of Dover on
a temporary basis for good cause. When such action is taken, the Chief
of Police shall make every reasonable effort to notify the general
public of such action and shall notify the City Manager.
C. The penalty for violation of any of the provisions established under the authority of this section shall be as prescribed in §
141-12 of this chapter.
For the purpose of maintaining an accurate record of all orders, rules and/or regulations adopted and/or issued under the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby established a system of schedules and tables, appearing as Articles
III and
VI of this chapter, in which shall be entered such orders, rules and/or regulations after adoption and/or issuance. Such schedules and tables shall be deemed a part of the section to which they refer. Orders, rules and/or regulations shall be adopted with reference to the appropriate schedule or table, as indicated in the various sections of this chapter.