[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered
in his/her name to stand or park in any street, way, highway, road
or parkway under the control of the City known as the "Town of Watertown"
in violation of any of the Traffic Rules and Orders adopted by the
City Manager, and in particular in any of the following places except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the direction of a police officer or traffic sign or signal.
Vehicles found violating any of the provisions of this section may
be moved by or under the direction of an officer and at the expense
of the owner to a place where parking is allowed or to a secure towing
facility. (Nontowable violations are marked with an *)
(A)
Within an intersection (except while parked at a meter).
(B)
Upon any sidewalk.
(C)
Upon any crosswalk.
(D)
Upon the roadway in a rural or sparsely settled district.
(E)
Upon a roadway where parking is permitted unless both wheels on the
right side of the vehicle are within 12 inches of the curb or edge
of the roadway, except upon those streets which are designated as
one-way streets. On such one-way streets vehicles shall be parked
in the direction in which said vehicle is moving and with both wheels
within 12 inches of the curb. This shall not apply to streets or parts
of streets where angle parking is required by these regulations.
(F)
Upon any roadway where the parking of a vehicle will not leave a
clear and unobstructed lane at least 10 feet wide for passing traffic.
(G)
Upon any street or highway within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(H)
In front of any private road or driveway.
(I)
Upon any street or highway within 20 feet of an intersecting way,
except alleys.
(J)
Within 15 feet of the wall of a fire station or directly across the
street from such fire station, provided that signs are erected acquainting
the driver of such restriction.
(K)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such
stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(L)
Within 25 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing when there
are no gates at such crossing or otherwise within five feet from the
gate.
(M)
On a bridge and the approach thereto.
(N)
No vehicle shall remain stopped or parked within 20 feet of a crosswalk
on that side of the roadway where a pedestrian may enter said crosswalk.
(O)
*Without a valid inspection sticker.
(P)
*Without having a front plate where two plates are issued by the
Registrar.
(Q)
*Without a valid registration decal affixed to the upper right corner
of the rear plate.
(R)
*On a grass planting strip or area designed to hold grass.
(S)
*Within a parking meter space equipped with a public electric vehicle
charging station unless such vehicle is an electric vehicle.
[Added 7-12-2021]
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
Except within those intersections where the installation of
parking meters has been specifically approved by the Traffic Commission.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
No person shall park a vehicle upon any street in any service
zone for a period of time longer than 30 minutes and except while
actually engaged in loading or unloading.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
(A)
The Traffic Commission shall determine the streets upon which diagonal
parking will be permitted and shall cause such streets to be designated
by signs and the surfaces thereof to be marked as directed by the
Superintendent of Public Works.
(B)
Diagonal parking is permitted upon certain sections of a number of
streets as designated in Schedule I, hereto appended to which reference
is made and which Schedule I, relative to diagonal parking is herewith
specifically incorporated in this section.[1] Where such diagonal parking is permitted, vehicles shall
be parked with one wheel within 12 inches of the curb and at the angle
to the curb indicated by official marks and signs. The vehicle shall
be parked so that all four wheels thereof shall be placed wholly within
the area indicated for parking, and headed to the curb.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 73.901, Schedule I, Parking
Regulations.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street or
highway any vehicle displayed for sale.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered
in his/her 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. Signs noting this restriction
are located at the following locations: Galen Street at the Newton
line, Main Street at the Waltham line, Mt. Auburn Street at the Cambridge
line, School Street at the Belmont line, Arsenal Street at Arlington
Street, North Beacon Street at the Brighton line, Common Street at
the Belmont line, and Bridge Street at Pleasant Street.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
Parking is prohibited, restricted or limited as time, space
and streets, or municipal off-street parking areas, in accordance
with a schedule of streets designated as Schedule I, hereunto appended
to which reference is made and which Schedule I is specifically incorporated
in this section.[1] No operator shall park a vehicle in the designated prohibited
locations or in the restricted locations for a period longer than
is designated in Schedule I, except as otherwise provided in this
schedule, or where there is a time limit as to parking.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 73.901, Schedule I, Parking
Regulations.
(A)
Parking is restricted or limited as to time, space, streets
and municipal off-street parking areas on the streets and municipal
off-street parking areas designated as Schedule I -A hereto appended
to which reference is made and which Schedule I-A is specifically
incorporated in this section.[1] No person shall park a vehicle for a period of time longer
than four hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any
on-street parking area except the Nichols Avenue on-street diagonal
parking area. The hours for parking in any municipal off-street parking
area hereinafter designated in Section 2 of Schedule I -A or as may
hereafter be fixed by amendment. 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. In accordance
with the foregoing, parking meter zones are hereby established in
the streets, parts of streets or municipal off street parking areas
listed in Schedule I-A.
[Amended 11-3-2020]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 73.902, Schedule I-A, Parking
Meter Zones.
(B)
The City Treasurer is hereby empowered, with the approval of
the City Manager to contract, in accordance with the provisions of
Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 40 for the acquisition and installation of parking
meters provided for by this regulation and to maintain said meters
in good workable condition.
(C)
Superintendent of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed
to install parking meters or pay stations within the areas described
in this regulation or cause the same to be so installed. The meters
shall be placed at intervals of not less than 20 feet apart except
that beginning and ending spaces may be 18 feet and except where angle
parking is permitted, and not less than 12 inches and no more than
24 inches from the face of the curb adjacent to individual meter spaces.
Meters shall be constructed as to display a signal showing legal parking
upon the deposit therein of the proper coin or coins of the United
States as indicated by instructions on said meters and for such period
of time as is or shall be indicated by meter legend. 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 period. No vehicle
shall remain parked at any metered space where the meter displays
"failed meter", or where there is a broken meter, for a period exceeding
two hours. The penalty for said offense shall be $15. Sundays and
holidays are excluded.
(D)
The Traffic Commission is hereby authorized and directed to
establish parking meter spaces in such parking meter zones as are
herein specified for as may be hereafter fixed by amendment and to
indicate the same by white markings upon the surface of the highway.
(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 pavement marking line 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 indicated or shown on the meter and if so required
set the mechanism in motion.
(1)
With the exception of the Nichols Avenue diagonal parking area,
the fee for parking in on-street parking meter zones shall be at the
rate of $1 per hour or $0.25 for each fifteen-minute period up to
the maximum limit which is posted on each parking meter.
[Amended 11-3-2020]
(2)
With the exception of the Wells Avenue parking area, the fee
for parking in municipal off-street parking areas shall be at the
rate of $1 per hour or $0.25 for each fifteen-minute period up to
the maximum limit which is posted on each parking meter.
[Amended 11-3-2020]
(3)
Except as in the following parking space areas as shown in the
plans of such parking areas attached to Schedule I-A, Section 2, Off-Street
Meter Zones,[2] the fee for parking between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
8:00 p.m. shall be $1 per hour or $0.25 for each fifteen-minute period
up to the maximum limit which is posted on each parking meter.
[Amended 11-3-2020]
(a)
Wells Avenue Parking Area.
[2]
Editor's Note: See § 73.902, Schedule I-A, Parking
Meter Zones.
(4)
The fee for parking in the Nichols Avenue diagonal parking area,
and the Wells Avenue parking area shall be at the rate of $0.50 per
hour or $0.25 for each thirty-minute period up to the maximum limit
which is posted on each parking meter.
[Added 11-3-2020]
(5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be
deposited in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of permitting
the vehicle of which he/she is in charge to remain in a parking space
beyond the maximum period of time allowed in a particular zone.
(6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within
a parking meter space unless such vehicle is wholly within the painted
lines adjacent to such meter.
(7)
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to open, 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 substance for the coins required.
(F)
Operators of commercial vehicles may park in a metered space
without depositing a coin for a period not to exceed 30 minutes for
the purposes of loading or unloading. Parking in excess of this time
limit without depositing the proper coin shall be deemed a violation
of the provisions of this regulation.
(G)
The City Treasurer is hereby designated as the person authorized
to collect monies deposited in parking meters or to cause the same
to be so collected. Such monies shall be deposited forthwith with
the Treasurer in a separate account to be known as the "Watertown
Parking Meter Account."
(H)
All fees received by said Treasurer from the operation and use
of parking meters shall be used as authorized by Mass. Gen. Laws Ch.
40 (Ter. Ed.).
(I)
It shall be the duty of police officers and parking enforcement
officers to enforce the provisions of this section.
(J)
Any person who violates any parking provision of this regulation shall be subject to the penalties provided by Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 90, § 20A, and any other violation shall be punishable as may be provided by law.
(K)
No driver, while operating any vehicle owned and bearing indicia
of ownership by the City of Watertown, state or federal governments,
shall be required to deposit any fee in a parking meter as provided
in this section.
(L)
All other regulations or parts of regulations which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
No person shall park a vehicle within 20 feet of either end
of a safety zone which is located within 30 feet of the curb or edge
of the roadway.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
No person shall stand or park or permit a vehicle other than
a bus in a bus stop. 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.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
(A)
No person shall park a vehicle other than a taxicab upon a 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/her taxicab or taxicabs.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
No operator of a vehicle shall stop, stand or park such vehicle
at any curb adjacent to the entrance of a church, school, theater,
hotel, hospital, railroad station, public building or any place of
public assemblage, provided that official signs indicating such prohibition
have been erected, except that passenger vehicle may stop at such
placed momentarily for the receiving or discharging of passengers,
and except that funeral processions may stand in front of churches
while the funeral services are being conducted therein regardless
of any traffic sign or regulation.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
(A)
Whenever impending weather conditions threaten to constitute a traffic
hazard impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel supplies,
medical care, fire, health and police protection, and other vital
facilities of the City, the Superintendent of Public Works shall declare
an emergency period. Whenever such an emergency exists and the Superintendent
of Public Works shall have caused an announcement thereof by use of
available news media, any or all of the following parking prohibitions
shall become effective at either the time designated or upon the accumulation
of two inches of snow in the absence of a declaration.
(B)
No driver shall stop, stand or park any vehicle within the limits
of the following traffic arteries, or parts thereof, provided that
this regulation shall not apply to passenger vehicles stopped temporarily
during the actual receiving or discharging of passengers nor to commercial
vehicle stopped temporarily during the actual loading or unloading
of materials.
(1)
Arsenal Street northerly side from Boston line to Main Street.
(2)
Galen Street westerly side from Main Street to Newton line.
(3)
Main Street northerly side from Mt. Auburn Street to the Waltham
line.
(4)
North Beacon Street northerly side from a point opposite Greenough
Boulevard to Main Street.
(5)
Mt. Auburn Street northerly side from the Cambridge line to
Main Street.
(6)
Watertown Street northerly side from Galen Street to Newton
line.
[Town Manager, passed 5-7-1991]
Watertown Police Officers and Parking Enforcement Officers have
the right to enter commercial private property to enforce handicapped
parking regulations in designated handicapped spaces without having
to be invited onto the property by the owner. [Mass. Gen. Laws Ch.
40, § 21(23) and (24)]
[Added 7-12-2021]
No person shall park a motor vehicle other than an electric
vehicle within a parking meter space equipped with a public electric
vehicle charging station. Use of the electric vehicle charging station
shall be allowed subject to compliance with the following provisions:
(A)
Only electric vehicles may use the parking spaces containing EV charging
stations.
(B)
Electric vehicles must remain plugged into the EV charging station
at all times while parked.
(C)
Electric vehicles are subject to meter rates and time limits at EV
charging stations, but will not be charged for electricity.
(D)
Electric vehicles may park and charge at the charging stations outside
of meter hours of operation at no cost.
