Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not
defined herein but are defined in the state laws regulating the operation
of vehicles, any such definition there shall be deemed to apply to
such words and phrases used herein, except when the context otherwise
requires.
ALLEY
A street or highway intended to provide access to the rear
or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for
the purpose of through vehicular traffic.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for
the transportation of property.
CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY
Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners
or occupants of abutting lands and persons have no legal right of
access to or from the same, except at such points only and in such
manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction
over such highway, street or roadway.
DRIVER
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a vehicle.
FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
Any fireman, fire ward, engineerman, volunteer and those
appointed under special laws or emergencies.
LANED ROADWAY
A roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked
lanes for vehicular traffic.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean
standard time or daylight savings time, as may be in current use in
this municipality.
PARK
The leaving of a vehicle, whether occupied or unoccupied,
otherwise than temporarily, for the purpose of and while actually
engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
PATROL/TRAFFIC UNIT
The Patrol/Traffic Unit of the Police Department of this
municipality or, in the event that a Patrol/Traffic Unit is not established,
then said term whenever used herein shall be deemed to refer to the
Police Department of this Town.
POLICE OFFICER
Any officer of the Police Department, any constable, or any
person authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests
for violations of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful
manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching
under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give
rise to danger of collision, unless one grants precedence to the other.
ROADWAY
That portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the
event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway"
as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not
to all such roadways collectively.
SAFETY ZONE
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use
by pedestrians.
STAND
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or unoccupied,
temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving
or discharging passengers.
URBAN DISTRICTS
Beginning at the intersection of Elm Street
and a power transmission line 0.35 mile north of Fenway Avenue; thence
southeasterly via said power transmission line to Beaver Hill Road
0.16 mile from Elm Street; thence southeasterly to Railroad Avenue
at its intersection with Beaver Hill Road; thence southerly to the
junction of Pleasant Street (State Route 224) and River Street;
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Thence southeasterly to Shaw Road at a power
transmission line 0.26 mile from June Street; thence southeasterly
via said power transmission line to Cottage Street (U.S. Route 202)
0.19 mile east of the entrance to the Goodall Memorial Hospital; thence
southeasterly to Grammar Street at a point 0.22 mile northeast of
July Street, point of reference utility pole #21 south side of street;
thence southeasterly to the intersection of a power transmission line
and northeasterly extension to the alignment of Brompton Street; thence
southeasterly to the junction of High and Rushton Streets;
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Thence southerly to School Street, at a point
0.58 mile east of Mousam River; thence southerly to Main Street (State
Route 109) at a point 0.32 mile southerly of Old Mill Road;
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Thence southwesterly to the intersection of
Westview Drive and Eastview Drive; thence northwesterly to Old Mill
Road, point of reference utility pole J-12 1/2/17 north side
of road; thence northerly to Great Works River; thence northwesterly
via said river through Berwick Street and Oakdale Cemetery to the
north boundary of said cemetery;
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Thence northwesterly to Lebanon Street (U.S.
Route 202) at a culvert 0.03 mile west of Foch Street; thence northerly
through the junction of Hanson Ridge and Howe Road to the intersection
of a westerly extension of the alignment of Hanson Street; thence
northwesterly to Oak Street (State Route 11-A) at a culvert 0.25 mile
from Brookwood Avenue;
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Thence northwesterly to the junction of Main
Street (State Route 11) and Deering Neighborhood Road; thence northerly
via south right-of-way boundary of State Route 11 to the Shapleigh
town line; thence easterly to Stanley Road 0.19 mile east of Route
11; thence easterly crossing the Mousam River to the intersection
of Elm Street and a power transmission line 0.35 mile north of Fenway
Avenue, the point of beginning.
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Also on Route 4 beginning 0.67 mile south of
New Dam Road, Inventory Road #801, at utility pole #305/1115 east
side of road and extending north to New Dam Road.
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Also, beginning at the junction of State Route
4 and Inventory Road #801 (New Dam Road) extending southeasterly 0.73
mile to utility pole #102 south side of road, at the trailer park
entrance.
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Note: Bridges, if any, bisected by the compact
urban zone line are in the rural area.
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