[Code of Bylaws, § 15-1; Bylaws
Art. 12 § 1, 11-12-1940]
The board of selectmen shall, from time to time, establish and
publish, by posting or publication in a newspaper, rules and regulations
for the control of traffic, speed, and parking of vehicles and shall
see to their enforcement by the police department. The chief of police
may, at his or her discretion, and in times of emergency, temporarily
change such rules and regulations or the provisions thereof as may
best serve the safety and convenience of the public.
[Code of Bylaws, § 15-2; Bylaws
Art. 14 § 10, 11-12-1940]
No person shall drive any vehicle upon or over any hose pipe
or hose in use when placed in any street by order of the chief or
other officers of the fire department.
[Code of Bylaws, § 15-3; Bylaws
Art. 14 §§ 10, 11, 11-12-1940; Bylaws Art. 23, 6-5-1978]
(a) No person shall permit any vehicle under his or her care and control
to stand across any street in such a manner as to obstruct the travel
over the same.
(b) No person shall stop with any vehicle in any street so near to another
vehicle as to obstruct proper travel, nor shall any person park any
vehicle on a curve or at a comer or on the comer of any intersection
of any of the public streets in the town.
(c) No person shall stop with any vehicle upon or across any crossing
in any street or within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(d) No person shall permit any vehicle under his or her control to obstruct
the free passage of any piece of fire apparatus responding to a call
nor shall any person, while driving any vehicle, fail to yield the
right-of-way to such apparatus upon signal.
(e) No person or persons shall park, for a period longer than 60 minutes
where not otherwise prohibited between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and
6:00 a.m., any truck, tractor, bus or trailer with a five-ton registered
gross weight or over, upon any highway, street, alley, public way
or public place in the town.
No person or persons shall park any trailer or semitrailer upon
any highway, street, alley, public way or public place, unless the
trailer or semitrailer is, at all times while so parked, attached
to a vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semitrailer in a normal
manner upon the highway, street, alley, public way or public place.
This subsection
(e) shall not apply to trucks, tractors, buses or trailers of five-ton registered gross weight or over when in the process of being loaded or unloaded, nor shall it apply to any of the aforementioned vehicles which are disabled in such a manner to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle on that portion of the highway, street, alley, public way or public place, ordinarily used for vehicular parking.
[Code of Bylaws, § 15-4; Bylaws
Art. 14 § 11, 11-12-1940]
No person shall fail to yield the right-of-way to any piece
of fire apparatus responding to a call, upon signal.
[Code of Bylaws, § 15-5; Bylaws
Art. 31, 4-7-1984; Bylaws Art.
39, 5-5-1998; Bylaws Art. 22, 5-7-2002]
(a) Any person or body that has lawful control of a public or private
way or of improved or enclosed property used as off-street parking
areas for business, shopping malls, theaters, auditoriums, sporting
or recreational facilities, cultural centers, residential dwellings,
or for any other place where the public has a right of access as invitees
or licensees shall be required to reserve parking spaces in said off-street
parking areas for any vehicle owned and operated by a disabled veteran
or handicapped person whose vehicle bears the distinguishing license
plate "the words" or distinguishing placard" authorized by M.G.L.
ch. 90, § 2, according to the following formula:
If the number of parking spaces in any such area is more than
15 but not more than 25, one parking space; more than 25 but not more
than 40, five percent of such spaces but not less than two; more than
40 but not more than 100, four percent of such spaces but not less
than three; more than 100 but not more than 200, three percent of
such spaces but not less than four; more than 200 but not more than
500, two percent of such spaces but not less than six; more than 500
but not more than 1,000, one and one-half percent of such spaces but
not less than 10; more than 1,000 but not more than 2,000, one percent
of such spaces but not less than 15; more than 2,000 but less than
5,000, three-fourths of one percent of such spaces but not less than
20; and more than 5,000, one-half of one percent of such spaces but
not less than 30.
(b) Parking spaces designated as reserved under the provisions of subsection
(a) of this section shall be identified by the use of above-grade signs with white lettering against blue background and shall bear the words "Handicapped Parking: Special Plate Required. Unauthorized Vehicles May be Removed at Owner's Expense"; shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway; shall be adjacent to curb ramps or other unobstructed methods permitting sidewalk access to a handicapped person; and shall be 12 feet wide or two eight-foot-wide areas with four feet of cross hatch between them.
(c) The leaving of unauthorized vehicles within parking spaces designated for use by disabled veterans or handicapped persons as authorized by subsections
(a) and
(b) of this section or in such a manner as to obstruct a curb ramp designed for use by handicapped persons as a means of egress to a street or public way shall be prohibited.
(d) The penalty for violation of this chapter shall be as follows: For
the first offense, $100.00; for the second offense, $200.00; for the
third offense and each subsequent offense, $300.00. Vehicles parked
in violation of this chapter may be removed according to the provisions
of M.G.L. ch. 40, § 22D and ch. 266, § 120D.