For the purpose of this chapter, the words and
phrases used herein shall have the following meanings, except in those
instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any area in the roadway set aside for the boarding of, or
alighting from, and the parking of buses.
Any vehicle being used in the transportation of goods, wares
or merchandise for commercial purposes.
Any commercial vehicle having an actual capacity of 2 1/2
tons or over.
That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the
prolongation or connection of curblines and property lines at intersections
or at any portions of a roadway clearly indicated for pedestrian crossing
by lines on the road surface or by other markings or signs.
Vehicles of the Fire Department, police vehicles, ambulances
and emergency vehicles of federal, state and municipal departments
or public service corporations when the latter are responding to an
emergency in relation to the Police or Fire Department.
Any procession of mourners, properly identified as such,
accompanying the remains of a human body.
The area embraced within the extensions of the lateral curblines
or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of intersecting ways
as defined in MGL c. 90, § 1, including divided ways. The
rules and regulations contained in this chapter governing and restricting
the movement of vehicles at and near intersecting ways shall apply
at any place along any way at which drivers are to be controlled by
traffic control signals, whether or not such place is an intersection
as herein defined.
A longitudinal division of a roadway into a strip of sufficient
width to accommodate the passage of a single line of vehicles.
Any officer, any investigator, examiner or inspector of the
Registry of Motor Vehicles or any constable or special officer, provided
that he/she is in uniform and has his/her badge of office displayed
over his/her left breast and upon his/her outer garment.
That portion of a curbing the painting of which has been
authorized by the Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works and
which has the written approval of the Department of Public Works of
the commonwealth.
Any painted line, legend, marking or marker of any description
painted or placed upon any way which purports to direct or regulate
traffic and which has been authorized by the Engineer and Superintendent
of Public Works and which has the written approval of the Department
of Public Works of the commonwealth.
All signs, traffic islands, markings and devices, other than
signals, not inconsistent with this chapter, and which conform to
standards prescribed by the Department of Public Works of the commonwealth
and are erected by authority of a public body or official having official
jurisdiction for the purpose of guiding, directing, warning or regulating
traffic.
All signals conforming to the standards as prescribed by
the Department of Public Works of the commonwealth, not inconsistent
with this chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body
or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of directing or warning
traffic.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in,
loading or unloading or in obedience to an officer or traffic signs
or signals or while making emergency repairs or, if disabled, while
arrangements are being made to move such vehicle.
Any mechanical device, not inconsistent with the provisions
of this chapter, placed or erected on any public way within the City
for the regulation of parking. Each parking meter installed shall
indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by ordinance
of the City and, when operated, shall at all times indicate the balance
of legal parking time permitted and at the expiration of such period
shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Any space within a parking meter zone adjacent to a parking
meter which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle
by lines painted on the surface of the street adjacent to or adjoining
each parking meter.
Any street or portion thereof upon which parking meters are
installed and in operation and upon which the parking of vehicles
is permitted for a limited time subject to compliance with the further
provisions of this chapter.
Any person afoot or riding a conveyance moved by human power,
except bicycles or tricycles.
Any intersection of ways with a railroad right-of-way.
That portion of a street or highway between the regularly
established curblines or that part, exclusive of shoulders, improved
and intended to be used for vehicular traffic.
An area in the roadway set aside for the accommodation of
commercial and transient vehicular traffic.
That portion of a street or highway set aside for pedestrian
travel.
The entire width between property lines of every way open
to the use of the public for purposes of travel.
An area in a roadway in which certain taxicabs are required
to park while waiting to be engaged.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars
or other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street
or highway for the purpose of travel.
Any area along any way, other than an intersecting way, at
which drivers are to be controlled by traffic control signals.
An area of space set aside within a roadway or municipal
off-street parking area which is not intended for use by vehicular
traffic.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including bicycles
when the provisions of this chapter are applicable to them, except
other devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks and devices which derive their power for operation
from stationary overhead wires.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-1; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-1)
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No person shall ride on any train or bus upon
any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers.
This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary
discharge of a duty.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-2; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-2)
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A.
All of the territory within 200 feet of the premises
of each hospital in this City is hereby created and established as
a zone of quiet. The Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works is
hereby authorized to erect and maintain in a conspicuous manner within
this area such signs and markings as are necessary to designate it
as a zone of quiet.
B.
The Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works may
temporarily establish a zone of quiet upon any street where a person
is seriously ill, if requested to do so by written statement of at
least two registered physicians certifying to its necessity. Such
temporary zone of quiet shall embrace all territory within a radius
of 200 feet of the building occupied by the person named in the request
of such physicians. Such temporary zones of quiet shall be designated
by the police by placing at a conspicuous place in the street a sign
or marker bearing the words "Zone of Quiet."
C.
No person operating a motor vehicle within any designated
and signed zone of quiet shall sound the horn or other warning device
of such vehicle except in an emergency, nor shall any person make
loud or unusual noise or play any music within or upon any of the
streets, alleys or public places in any such zone of quiet.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-3; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-3)
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Every person operating a motor vehicle which
is in any manner involved in an accident in which any person is killed
or injured or in which there is damage in excess of $200 to any one
vehicle or other property shall report such accident, within five
days, to the Registrar and to the Police Department in accordance
with the provisions of MGL c. 90, § 26.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-4; Ord. No.
20325, 12-3-1979; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-4)
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For purposes of trial, the City Council may
make temporary rules regulating traffic or test, under actual conditions,
traffic signs, signals, markings or other devices. No such emergency
or experimental rule regulating traffic shall remain in effect for
a period of time longer than 60 days.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-5; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-5)
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to operators actually engaged in work upon a street or highway closed
to travel or under construction or repair, to officers when engaged
in the performance of public duties or to drivers of emergency vehicles
while operating in an emergency and in performance of public duties
when the nature of the work of any of these necessitates a departure
from any part of this chapter. These exemptions shall not, however,
protect the driver of any vehicle from the consequences of a reckless
disregard for the safety of others.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-6; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-6)
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If any vehicle is found upon any street or highway
in violation of the provisions of this chapter and the identity of
the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name
such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for
such violation.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-7; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-7)
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As provided under provisions of MGL c. 90, § 20A
1/2, which was accepted by the Board of Aldermen on December 23, 1981,
there is hereby established the following schedule of fines for the
offenses subject to this section:
A.
Any person convicted of a violation of any rule, regulation
or order made under this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$20 for each offense, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
B.
Pursuant to the provisions of MGL c. 90, § 20A
1/2, any person violating any provisions of any rule, regulation,
order or ordinance regulating the parking of motor vehicles shall
be punished by a fine for each offense as hereinafter set forth:
(2)
Group B, punishable by a fine of $25 for each offense:
(a)
Parking on sidewalk.
(b)
Parking within five feet of driveway or private
way.
(c)
Wrong direction parking.
(d)
Not parking within marked space.
(e)
Overtime parking (except at meter).
(f)
Parking more than 12 inches from curb.
(g)
Parking between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(h)
More than two hours (resident permit required).
(i)
R.R. parking permit or unpaid space.
(j)
Two hours or municipal parking permit required.
(k)
Parked overtime (restricted time).
(l)
Two hours or daytime permit required.
(m)
Other.
(3)
Group C, punishable by a fine of $25 for each offense:
(a)
Parking in restricted area.
(b)
Parking within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
(c)
Parking within 20 feet of intersection.
(d)
Parking or stopping in bus stop.
(e)
Interfering with free flow of traffic.
(f)
Overtime parking in taxi stand (over 30 minutes).
(g)
Parking in an area designated as a fire lane.
(h)
Parking so as to block or obstruct a crosswalk.
(i)
Parking so as to block or obstruct any portion
of the sidewalk.
(j)
Stopped in the travel lane of the street or
double parking.
(k)
Stopped or parked in a taxi space.
(l)
Opposite driveway (posted no parking).
(m)
Interfering with snow plowing (any street).
(n)
Resident permit required.
(5)
Group E, punishable by a fine of $50 for each offense:
(a)
Snow emergency, main arteries (towable).
(6)
Group F, punishable by a fine of $150 for each offense:
(a)
Parking in an area designated for handicapped
parking by a vehicle not bearing a handicapped license plate or numbered
Registry of Motor Vehicles handicapped parking permit.
(b)
Parking in such a manner as to obstruct a handicapped
ramp.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-8; Ord. No.
20259, 5-21-1979; Ord. No. 17, 2-1-1982; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-8;
Ord. No. 92-147, 1-21-1992; Ord. No. 92-246, 3-16-1992; Ord. No. 93-211,
2-16-1993; Ord. No. 97-78, 1-6-1997; Ord. No. 02-365, 6-17-2002; Ord.
No. 08-227, 5-5-2008)
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All charges for parking fines shall be committed
forthwith by the Police Department to the City Collector for collection,
and, whenever charges are so committed, such Department shall file
with the City Auditor a report, in writing, of the total amount of
the charges in each such commitment. The Department shall forthwith
give notice, in writing, to the City Collector and the City Auditor
of every correction in, and abatement of, a charge for parking fines.
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(Ord. No. 18, 2-1-1982; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-9)
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A.
Except as otherwise provided in the foregoing rules and regulations or by statute or by any commission, department or other body authorized by law to impose penalties for violations of rules, regulations and orders governing the use and operation of vehicles, any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of the foregoing rules and regulations or of any temporary or experimental rules or regulations made under authority of § 220-5 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $20 for each offense.
B.
Failure to pay a motor vehicle violation notice within
21 days will automatically increase the fines according to the following
schedule for each offense, with a limit of $25 for each offense if
paid prior to notification of the Registry of Motor Vehicles:
C.
Fines thereafter will be $45.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-9; Ord. No.
19, 2-1-1982; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-10; Ord. No. 92-147A,
3-2-1992)
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