[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Longmeadow as Art. 5, Ch. 200, and § 6-418 of the General Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
An owner or operator of a vehicle shall not stand or park the vehicle within the limits of a private way that furnishes access to a building for fire apparatus if the fire lane is marked by a sign or other labeling that says "Fire Lane — No Parking." An owner or operator of a vehicle who violates this subsection is subject to a fine and to the procedures established under MGL c. 90, § 20A 1/2.
B. 
The Select Board, upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief, shall designate fire lanes within the limits of any private way, parking area or driveway for the access of fire apparatus or other emergency vehicles onto commercial property or multiple dwelling property. The owner of record of any area designated as a fire lane shall provide and install signs on one or both sides of the fire lane, at the discretion of the Fire Chief, not more than 50 feet apart that shall read FIRE LANE — NO PARKING — NO STANDING. The size, color and design of said sign shall first be approved by the Fire Chief. No vehicle shall be left within the limits of any fire lane denoted by signs as aforesaid. The registered owner of any vehicle in violation of this subsection shall be subject to a fine and the procedures established pursuant to MGL c. 90, § 20A 1/2.
A. 
An owner or operator of a vehicle shall not stand or park the vehicle in a parking space that is reserved for handicapped persons unless the vehicle bears a distinctive plate authorized by MGL c. 90, § 2, for a disabled veteran or handicapped person, or has affixed to the rear window of the vehicle a temporary permit that has been issued by the Board of Health and that bears the international symbol for the handicapped.
B. 
An owner or operator of a vehicle who violates this section is subject to a fine and to the procedures established under MGL c. 90, § 20A 1/2.
A. 
If a physician certifies, in writing, that a person has a temporary disability, the Board of Health has authority to issue to that person a temporary permit bearing the international symbol for the handicapped. The permit is limited to a duration of six months but is renewable by the Board, if necessary, with the written certification of the physician.
B. 
The Board of Health shall revoke a temporary handicap permit issued by it if the vehicle to which the permit is affixed is used for special handicapped parking privileges when the vehicle is not operated by or is not carrying as a passenger the person for whose handicap the permit was issued. If the owner or operator of a vehicle for which a temporary handicap permit has been issued stands or parks the vehicle in a space reserved for handicapped persons when the vehicle is not being operated by or is not carrying as a passenger the person for whose handicap the permit was issued, he is subject to a fine and to the procedures established under MGL c. 90, § 20A 1/2.
A person who, by the use of an object other than a vehicle, blocks a parking space that has been reserved for use by handicapped persons is subject to a fine of $50 for each offense.
Except insofar as the person has been granted a permit by the Select Board for this conduct, a person shall not ride on, hold on to or hang on to a moving vehicle or a portion of the load of a vehicle in a manner that any part of his body protrudes beyond the limits of the vehicle or of the load of the vehicle while the vehicle is on a public way or a private way to which the public has access.
Except insofar as the person has a permit from the Select Board for this conduct, a person shall not drive a vehicle on the turf or grass-covered area that adjoins the paved or hardened portion of a public way or a private way to which the public has access.
[Amended 5-10-2011 ATM, approved 6-14-2011]
A. 
For the purpose of removing or piling snow or removing ice from a public way or a private way to which the public has access, the Director of Public Works has authority to remove to a convenient place, including a public garage, any vehicle that interferes with the snow or ice removal process. If the Director of Public Works removes a vehicle for this purpose, he shall:
(1) 
Keep a record of the registration number of each vehicle and the place to which it is removed;
(2) 
Immediately inform the Police Department that the vehicle has been towed; and
(3) 
Within 48 hours after the removal of the vehicle, send notice by mail to the owner of the vehicle at his address as recorded at the Registry of Motor Vehicles of the place to which the vehicle has been removed. If the owner of the vehicle is not known or is not on the record of the Registry of Motor Vehicles for this commonwealth, the Director of Public Works shall, within 48 hours after removal of the vehicle, publish in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in Hampden County notice of the removal, the registration number, if any, the type of vehicle, and the place to which the vehicle was removed.
B. 
A person is not entitled to repossess a vehicle that has been removed under this section until he has:
(1) 
Furnished to the Police Department satisfactory evidence of his identity and of his ownership or right to possession of this vehicle; and
(2) 
Paid the reasonable costs, not exceeding the maximum charges allowed by the Department of Telecommunications and Energy, or any other successor agency for this area, of removing the vehicle to the place of storage and all reasonable charges, if any, for storage, together with the costs of publication or the sending of any notice required under this section.
For the purpose of assuring safe passage of emergency vehicles on a public way or a private way to which the public has access, the Director of Public Works, the Chief of Police or the designee of either of them shall have the authority to prohibit parking on any such way or designate such way as a one-way way where accumulated snow and ice or other conditions have reduced the clear, unobstructed lane for passage of emergency vehicles. Vehicles parked in violation of this provision shall be subject to removal under the provisions of § 280-7.
Except for emergency or temporary repairs, a person shall not repair, wash or clean a vehicle in or on a public way of the Town.
A person shall not occupy any part of a public way for the storage of a vehicle.
[Amended 5-14-2019 ATM, approved 8-27-2019]
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Chapter 215, Peace and Good Order, § 215-6, and without limiting the effect of Chapter 215, Peace and Good Order, § 215-6, except in the case of an emergency, it is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to use or operate, or cause to be used or operated within the limits of the Town, any compression brake, engine brake, so-called "Jake brake®," dynamic brake, or mechanical exhaust device designed to assist in the deceleration or braking of any motor vehicle, if such device or devices result in excessive, loud, obnoxious or otherwise offensive or unusual noise. Violators of this section shall be subject to a fine of $300 per violation of this section.