Town of Groton, MA
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2023-04-29
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Division 2: Select Board Regulations
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Chapter 266 Traffic Rules and Regulations
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter (2022)
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Aging, Council on
- Ch 5 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 13 Finance Committee
- Ch 16 Finances
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Housing Authority
- Ch 27 Inspector of Wires
- Ch 32 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Park Commission
- Ch 48 Personnel
- Ch 52 Planning Board
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Regional School District
- Ch 71 Revolving Funds
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Town Meetings
- Ch 84 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Water
- Ch 91 Water Use Restrictions
- Ch 93 Water Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Beano
- Ch 116 Boats
- Ch 119 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 125 Demolition Delay
- Ch 127 Discharge of Water Onto a Public Way
- Ch 128 Dogs
- Ch 134 Earth Removal
- Ch 137 Farming
- Ch 139 Fees
- Ch 141 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 145 Forest Lands
- Ch 153 Historic Districts and Commission
- Ch 154 Illicit Discharges to Municipal Separate Storm Drain System
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 175 Retail Sales, Hours of
- Ch 180 Roads and Ways
- Ch 181 Litter and Snow in Public Ways
- Ch 184 Scenic Roads
- Ch 190 Sewers
- Ch 196 Signs
- Ch 198 Stormwater Management — Low-Impact Development
- Ch 199 Polystyrene Container Restriction for Food Service Establishments
- Ch 200 Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Ch 201 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 210 Water Supply
- Ch 215 Wetlands
- Ch 218 Zoning
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 222 Avenue of Flags
- Ch 223 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Driveways
- Ch 239 Earth Removal
- Ch 242 Flags, Display of
- Ch 244 Garage and Yard Sales
- Ch 245 Standards of Conduct Policy
- Ch 246 Highway Department
- Ch 247 Road Acceptance Policy
- Ch 248 Road Openings
- Ch 249 Salaries and Wages
- Ch 251 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 253 (Reserved)
- Ch 257 Smoking
- Ch 258 Street Naming and Building Numbering
- Ch 261 Town Buildings, Use of
- Ch 264 Town Property, Sale of
- Ch 266 Traffic Rules and Regulations
- Ch 266 Art I Definitions
- § 266-1 Definitions.
- Ch 266 Art II Authority and Duties of Police
- § 266-2 Directing traffic.
- § 266-3 Closing streets temporarily.
- § 266-4 Prohibiting parking temporarily.
- § 266-5 Exemptions.
- Ch 266 Art III Traffic Signs, Signals, Markings and Zones
- § 266-6 Placement and maintenance of signs, signals, markings and zones; when effective.
- § 266-7 Display of unauthorized signs, signals and markings.
- § 266-8 Interference with signs, signals, and markings.
- § 266-9 Location of bus stops, taxicab stands and service zones.
- § 266-10 Obedience to traffic signs and signals.
- Ch 266 Art IV Parking
- § 266-11 General prohibitions.
- § 266-12 Enforcement of parking prohibitions.
- § 266-13 Angle parking.
- § 266-14 All-night parking.
- § 266-15 Parking Clerk.
- § 266-16 Parking violations and penalties.
- Ch 266 Art V Zones of Quiet
- § 266-17 Zones of quiet.
- Ch 266 Art VI Advertising Signs, and Displays and Storage of Materials in Streets
- § 266-18 Using vehicle for sole purpose of displaying advertising.
- § 266-19 Advertising signs on sidewalks or streets.
- § 266-20 Placing of structures or property in streets.
- § 266-21 Deposit, bond or insurance for using streets for special purposes.
- Ch 266 Art VII One-Way Streets
- § 266-22 One-way streets.
- Ch 266 Art VIII Heavy Commercial Vehicles
- § 266-23 Vehicle weight restrictions.
- Ch 266 Art IX School Zones
- § 266-24 School zones.
- Ch 266 Art X Operation of Vehicles
- § 266-25 Drive within marked lane.
- § 266-26 Overtake only when there is space ahead.
- § 266-27 Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle.
- § 266-28 Obstructing traffic.
- § 266-29 Following too closely.
- § 266-30 Care in starting, stopping, turning or backing.
- § 266-31 Stopping and turning signals.
- § 266-32 Obedience to isolated stop signs.
- § 266-33 Operation of vehicles at roadway divisions.
- § 266-34 Driving on road surfaces under construction or repair.
- § 266-35 Rights and duties of drivers in funeral or other processions.
- § 266-36 Dropping or leaking loads.
- § 266-37 Emerging from alley, driveway, or garage.
- Ch 266 Art XI Speed Regulations
- § 266-38 Town of Groton speed limits.
- Ch 266 Art XII Snow and Ice
- § 266-39 Winter parking ban.
- § 266-40 Snow emergency.
- § 266-41 Groton's Storm Strategy.
- Ch 266 Art XIII Accident Reports, Responsibility, Penalties and Repeals
- § 266-42 Drivers must report accidents.
- § 266-43 Owner prima facie responsible for violations.
- § 266-44 Violations and penalties.
- § 266-45 Repealer.
- § 266-46 Effect on existing provisions.
- Ch 268 Vacancies
- Ch 273 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 276 Body Art Establishments and Practitioners
- Ch 277 Energy-Producing Facilities
- Ch 278 Fees
- Ch 279 Floor Drains
- Ch 280 Fuel and Chemicals, Underground Storage of
- Ch 286 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 295 Milk
- Ch 299 Outdoor Wood Burning
- Ch 307 Solid Waste
- Ch 315 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Regulations
- Ch 319 Swimming Pools
- Ch 322 Tobacco Regulations
- Ch 323 Transfer Station
- Ch 325 Water Supply
- Ch 330 Wells
- Ch 332 Wood Waste, Disposal of
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 338 Board of Appeals
- Ch 344 Conservation Commission
- Ch 352 Earth Removal Stormwater Advisory Committee
- Ch 360 Historic District Commission
- Ch 381 Planning Board
- Ch 396 Groton Center Sewer District
- Ch 397 Four Corners Sewer District
- Ch 407 Water Department
- Appendix
- Ch A415 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen
(now Select Board) of the Town of Groton 3-22-2021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following rules and orders regulating traffic upon the streets
and highways of the Town of Groton are hereby enacted by the Select
Board of the Town of Groton and approved by the Massachusetts Department
of Public Works. These rules and orders were approved for the Town
of Groton on Monday, March 5, 1945; revised and approved on September
8, 2009; and further revised and approved on March 22, 2021.
