The fact that a vehicle is unlawfully parked
shall be prima facie evidence of the unlawful parking of such a vehicle
by the person in whose name such vehicle is registered. If vehicles
are unlawfully parked, the Police Department is authorized to arrange for the vehicles to be removed
by a towing vehicle and to be placed in the custody of the towing
company. The Town shall not be liable for any damage to the vehicle
caused by such removal, and the removal shall be at the owner's or
operator's expense.
[Amended 6-12-2024 ATM
by Art. 12]
Persons violating any provision of this chapter relating to parking are subject to the general penalty provisions of Article
VI. They may, however, in lieu of such penalty, elect the payment of a parking fine of $20 (United States currency) for each violation. If payment is not made within 10 days of the date of violation, then the fine shall increase to $40 (United States currency). If the payment is not made within 30 days of the date of violation, then the general penalty shall be applied. Payments shall be made to the Bethel Town office. Such payments shall in no event be construed as an enforced imposition of a fine or penalty but on the other hand shall be construed to be an amount which an offender may voluntarily contribute toward the cost and expense of furnishing to the public a less expensive alternative method of regulating and administering traffic law violations.
No person shall stop, stand, park or leave his
vehicle on any street in such a manner or under such conditions so
as to obstruct the free passage of other vehicles in either direction
unless specifically permitted by a police officer, or so as to leave
available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement
of vehicular travel.
No person shall stop with any horse, cart, truck,
automobile, bicycle, moped, motor vehicle, or other vehicle on or
across any sidewalk in the Town in such a manner as to hinder or obstruct
pedestrian travel over such sidewalk.
A. No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle
registered in his name to stand or be parked on any street other than
parallel to the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful
traffic movement, within 18 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway,
and within spaces marked therefor, if any.
B. Motorcycles may be parked diagonal to the curb headed
in the direction of lawful traffic movement with the rear wheel to
the curb.
Vehicles operated by the Town or by public utility
companies, used for installation, repair and maintenance purposes,
may be exempted temporarily for the period while actually at work
at a definite location from any of the requirements of this chapter,
provided that during such exemption period, work will be conducted
with all reasonable dispatch and that such precautions as the Police
Chief may require in the interest of public safety shall be
taken. The Police Chief and Public Works Director are authorized to
place temporary signs prohibiting parking in such places at the scene
of work as in their discretion they deem necessary to facilitate traffic
and the work in progress. Subject to the necessary exceptions provided
by this section, this chapter shall nevertheless be observed insofar
as practicable.
No vehicle shall be parked or left unattended
at any time on any public street so as to prevent the removal of snow
from such street by the Town's plowing equipment or loading and hauling
of snow from such streets or the sanding or salting of such street
by the Town's sanding and salting equipment. Any police officer or
Department of Public Works employee may cause any vehicle so parked
on any street to be moved and placed in a suitable parking space off
the street, at the expense of the owner of such vehicle, and without
the Town being liable for any damage that may be caused by such removal.
For the purpose of facilitating the removal of such snow, the Public
Works Director and/or the Chief of Police may cause to be placed properly marked signs along any
street, as he shall from time to time deem necessary. It shall be
unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to enter, stop, or park within
the spaces indicated by such signs after the placing of said signs.
The Police Chief is authorized to place temporary traffic control signs
in front of the entrances to places of assemblage or any building
in which entertainment, plays, shows, exhibitions and the like are
given and for such a period as the Police Chief, in his discretion,
may deem appropriate under the circumstances.
The Select Board may, in its discretion, ban
parking on any public way for any reason and for such period of time
as the Select Board deem wise under the circumstances.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle,
except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the law or the direction of a police officer or traffic control
device, in any of the following places:
A. So as to obstruct any driveway, crosswalk, private
way, street, highway, right-of-way, public way, or other public property.
B. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, except where otherwise
designated.
D. Within 20 feet of an intersection, except where otherwise
designated.
E. Within 15 feet upon the approach to any stop sign
located at the side of the roadway.
F. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction
when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
G. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge of a curb or a street.
I. At any place where official signs or curb paintings
so prohibit.
When signs are erected giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any streets or parts
of streets contained in this section.
Bethel Fire Station
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On the northerly side of the right-of-way north
of the building, from the northeasterly boundary line of Map 25, Lot
10, a distance of 100 feet in a westerly direction.
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Broad Street
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On the westerly side from Mill Hill Road to
the entrance to the Bethel Inn. On the easterly side from Paradise
Road northerly a distance of 100 feet. On the westerly side (Bethel
Inn side) for the entire length of the street.
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Chapman Street
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On the southerly side from Main Street to Mason
Street.
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Church Street
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On the westerly side from Railroad Street to
Park Street by the Congregational Church. On the easterly side from
the area in front of Hanscom Hall northerly to the area in front of
Holden Hall.
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Cross Street
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On both sides from Mayville Road (U.S. Route
2) to the Walker's Mill Road (Route 26).
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Elm Street
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On the westerly side from Main Street to Railroad
Street.
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Grover Hill Road
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Commencing 2,300 feet from the intersection
of Grover Hill Road and the Songo Pond Road (Route 5), there shall
be no parking on the north side of Grover Hill Road for a distance
of 4,100 feet.
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High Street
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On the southerly side from Elm Street to Mechanic
Street.
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Main Street
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On the westerly side from the intersection of
Railroad Street southerly for a distance of 650 feet. On the easterly
side from the intersection of Vernon Street southerly a distance of
75 feet. On the westerly side of Main Street from Dr. Leonard Shaw's
driveway northerly a distance of 620 feet to the center line of Railroad
Street. On the easterly side starting at a point 155 feet northerly
of the center line of Clark Street a distance of 40 feet.
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Mason Street
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On the southerly side from the intersection
of Broad Street easterly the entire length. On the northerly side
from the intersection of Broad Street a distance of 50 feet to the
corner of the meeting house, a total of 112 feet from the hours of
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Mill Hill Road
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On both sides of the street from Broad Street
to the Songo Pond Road (Route 5).
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Mill Hill Extension
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On both sides from the intersection of Mill
Hill Road to Broad Street.
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Paradise Road
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On both sides from the intersection of Broad
Street easterly a distance of 150 feet. On both sides from Evergreen
Road to Eden Lane. On the southerly side from Evergreen Road to Route
35.
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Park Street
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On the southerly and easterly sides from the
Congregational Church from the intersection of Church Street to the
park.
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Philbrook Street
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On both sides from Main Street to the Ethel
Bisbee School lot from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Spring Street
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On the westerly side from Main Street a distance
of 110 feet. On the northerly side a distance of 30 feet from the
edge of Main Street.
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Vernon Street (Route 35)
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On the westerly side beginning 400 feet southerly
of Tyler Street a distance of 300 feet.
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Where signs are erected giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any streets or parts
of streets contained in this section. Violations of this section will
result in the vehicle being towed at the owner's expense.
Clark Street
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On both sides from Main Street to the dead end.
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Main Street
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On the easterly side from the center line of
Clark Street southerly a distance of 72 feet. On the easterly side
from the center line of Clark Street northerly a distance of 38 feet.
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Mayville Road (U.S. Route 2)
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On both sides from the Railroad Street overpass
northerly to the Androscoggin River Bridge. On both sides in a northerly
and southerly direction from the main advertisement sign of the Bethel
Mainway/Irving Station for a distance of 300 feet each way.
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Summer Street
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On both sides from Mechanic Street in a westerly
direction for 125 feet, Monday through Friday, between the hours of
7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
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Parking vehicles upon any street in the Town
for more than one hour between the hours on 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
each day during the period commencing November 1 of each year and
ending April 1 of the following year is hereby prohibited except in
the case of emergency.
No motor vehicle shall be parked with its left-hand
side to the curb, except on designated one-way streets unless specifically
prohibited by this chapter.