The location of all bus stops, taxicab stands
and service zones shall be specified by vote of the City Council,
and in the case of taxicab stands, the Chief of Police, with the approval
of the City Council, shall designate who may use them as such.
[Amended 2-18-1997 by Doc. 42]
Any person who willfully defaces, injures, moves,
obstructs or interferes with any official traffic sign, signal, street
sign or marking shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100 for
each and every offense.
No driver of any vehicle or of any streetcar
shall disobey the instructions of any official traffic control signal,
sign, marking, marker or legend unless otherwise directed by a police
officer.
A.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and, as to
those signs and signals required hereunder, it shall be his duty to
place and maintain or cause to be placed and maintained all official
traffic signs, signals, markings and safety zones. All signs, signals,
markings and safety zones shall conform to the standards prescribed
by the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
B.
Sections 240-3 and 240-4 of Article II; §§ 240-21, 240-22, 240-25 and 240-27 through 240-29, inclusive, of Article V relating to parking; §§ 240-42 and 240-46 of Article VII concerning turning movements; and § 240-57 of Article VII pertaining to exclusion shall be effective only during such times as official signs are erected and maintained in each block designating the provisions of such sections and located so as to be easily visible to approaching drivers.
C.
Sections relating to one-way streets shall be effective
only during such time as a sufficient number of official signs are
erected and maintained at the entrance and each of the exits for each
one-way street, so that at least one sign will be clearly visible
for a distance of at least 75 feet to drivers approaching such an
exit.
No person or corporation shall place, maintain
or display upon or in view of any street any unofficial device, sign,
signals, curb marking or street marking which purports to be or is
an imitation of or resembles an official traffic device, sign, signal,
curb marking or street marking or which attempts to direct the movement
of traffic or which hides from view any official sign, signal, marking
or device. The Chief of Police is hereby empowered to remove every
such prohibited sign, signal, marking or device or cause it to be
removed without notice.
For the purpose of trial, the City Council may
make temporary rules regulating traffic or may test, under actual
conditions, traffic signs, markings or other devices. No such experimental
rules relating to traffic shall remain in effect for a period longer
than 30 days.
[Added 3-9-1993 by Doc. 34; amended 5-30-1995 by Doc. 96]
The City Council under the authority given under the provisions of MGL c. 90, § 18, may pass ordinances regulating speed limits upon ways and streets within the City and may order the erection of signs posting said limits. All requirements of said MGL c. 90, § 18, shall be met before the establishment of the speed regulation and the posting of said limits shall be effective. Violations shall be enforced under the provisions of MGL c. 90, §§ 17 and 20. The speed regulations and the location to which they apply are set forth in § 240-101 hereof.
