No person shall place, erect or cause to be
placed or erected within any sidewalk, street or highway any fixture
or structure unless a permit, issued by the Board of Selectmen in
the case of town ways or by the Department of Public Ways, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, in the case of state highways, authorizing such
placing or erection has been granted and is in effect.
No person other than one employed directly or
indirectly by this town or by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
while in the performance of necessary public duties shall at any time
place or leave in any sidewalk, street or highway any article, material
or merchandise or park a vehicle or cart in any sidewalk, street or
highway for the purpose of displaying merchandise unless a permit
issued by the Selectmen in the case of town ways or by the Department
of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the case of state
highways authorizing the use of the sidewalk, street or highway has
been granted and is in effect, except as may be necessary for the
reasonable and expeditious loading or unloading of any such article,
material, merchandise, cart or vehicle; provided, however, that such
property shall never be left so as to obstruct the free passage of
pedestrians or vehicular travel.
Any such fixture or property as referred to
in this section which has been erected, placed or left illegally in
any street, highway or sidewalk may be moved by or under the direction
of an officer and at the owner's expense.
