ARTICLE 21
Vehicles and Parking
21.1 The word "vehicle" as used in this Article shall include every device used for motorized transportation or other mechanical means of transportation or travel on land, as allowed or permitted by the laws of The Commonwealth. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any mechanical or motorized device on a public way or street which is not a vehicle within the meaning of this section.
21.2 No person shall allow any vehicle within his control to be parked or left unattended within the limits of the traveled part of a public or private way furnishing means of access for fire apparatus to any building except as permitted by the following rules and regulations:
(a) Vehicles will be parked on the right-hand side of the traveled part of the roadway in the direction in which the vehicle is headed with wheels on the right side of the vehicle within twelve (12) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway;
(b) Double parking is prohibited;
(c) Parking within ten (10) feet of a hydrant or twenty (20) feet of an intersection with another way is prohibited;
(d) No vehicle will be parked so that it obstructs any driveway;
(e) No vehicle will be parked so that it fails to leave a clear and unobstructed lane at least ten (10) feet wide on the remaining traveled portion of the roadway for passing vehicles;
(f) No vehicle will be parked so that it interferes with the removal or plowing of snow or the removal of ice;
(g) Parking for over one (1) hour between the hours of 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. is prohibited.
21.3 No person shall allow any motor vehicle within his control to be parked or left unattended between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any day exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays in the Town Hall-Town Hall Annex Parking Area between Concord Avenue and Moore Street except the following:
(a) Town employees; and
(b) Persons visiting the Town Hall, Town Hall Annex, Police Department or School Administration Building on official business up to a maximum time limit of one hour.
21.4 No person shall permit a motor vehicle which is unregistered, disabled, dismantled or inoperative to remain ungaraged on his or her premises for more than thirty days unless such person is duly licensed under Chapter 140, Section 59, of the General Laws for the sale of motor vehicles, or unless the Board of Selectmen has granted a permit therefor. A permit granted hereunder shall be on such terms and conditions, as the Selectmen determine; provided that the Selectmen shall hold a public hearing before granting a permit hereunder which (a) allows a motor vehicle to remain ungaraged for more than ninety days or (b) allows more than one motor vehicle to remain ungaraged on the same premises. Notice of a public hearing under this Section 21.4 shall be given in the manner provided in the first two paragraphs of Chapter 40A,
Section 11, of the General Laws.
Section 21.4 inserted at April 24, 1989, Annual Town Meeting. Approved by Attorney General James M. Shannon on July 24, 1989.
21.5.1 Any person or body that has lawful control of a public or private way or of improved or enclosed property used as offstreet parking areas for business, shopping malls, theaters, auditoriums, sporting or recreational facilities, cultural centers, residential dwellings, or for any other place where the public has a right of access as invitees or licensees shall reserve parking spaces in said offstreet parking areas for any vehicle owned and operated by a disabled veteran or handicapped person whose vehicle bears the distinguishing license plate authorized by Chapter 90, Section 2 of the General Laws or for any vehicle transporting a handicapped person and displaying the special identification plate authorized by said Section 2 or for any vehicle bearing the official identification of a handicapped person issued by any
other state or any Canadian Province, according to the following formula:
If the number of parking spaces in any such area is more than fifteen but not more than twenty-five, one parking space; more than twenty-five but not more than forty, five percent of such spaces but not less than two; more than forty but not more than one hundred, four percent of such spaces but not less than three; more than one hundred but not more than two hundred, three percent of such spaces but not less than four; more than two hundred but not more than five hundred, two percent of such spaces but not less than six.
21.5.2 Parking spaces designated as reserved under the provisions of Section 21.5.1 shall be identified by the use of above grade signs with white lettering against a blue background and shall bear the words "Handicapped Parking: Special Plate Required. Unauthorized Vehicles May be Removed at Owner's Expense"; shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway; shall be adjacent to curb ramps or other unobstructed methods permitting sidewalk access to a handicapped person; and shall be twelve feet wide or two eight-foot wide areas with four feet of cross hatch between them.
21.5.3 No unauthorized vehicle may be left within parking spaces designated for use by disabled veterans or handicapped persons or in such a manner as to obstruct a curb ramp designated for use by handicapped persons as a means of egress to a street or public way.
21.5.4 Violations of Section 21.5.3 of this Article shall be punished by a fine of $50, in addition thereto, any vehicle which is in violation may be removed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 266, Section 120D, of the General Laws.
21.6.1 No person shall allow any vehicle to remain in or within a street or way when a snow emergency parking ban has been declared by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, or in the absence of the Chairman, by a Selectman.
21.6.2 A Snow Emergency Parking Ban may be declared by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, or in the absence of the Chairman, by a Selectman, whenever there are indications that the threat of substantial snow is imminent, whenever there has been a substantial snow and snow removal operations are underway or are about to commence, or whenever a substantial snow creates conditions that require a vehicular driving or parking ban throughout the Town. Upon the declaration of a Snow Emergency Parking Ban, notice thereof shall be given to the Town Clerk's office, the Police Department, the Fire Department and the Highway Department. Reasonable action shall also be taken to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of the ban.
21.7 In addition to the provisions for enforcement described above, the provisions of this Article 21 may also be enforced by non-criminal disposition as provided in Chapter 40, Section 21D, of the General Laws ("Section 21D"). The penalty for such violation shall be $50 for each offense. Each day or part thereof shall constitute a separate offense.
'"Enforcing person'" as used in this Section 21.7 shall mean any police officer of the Town and any other town employee designated by the Board of Selectmen as an enforcing person.
An enforcing person taking cognizance of a violation of this Article or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder shall give the offender a written notice to appear before the clerk of the district court having jurisdiction thereof for the non-criminal disposition thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 21D. The provisions of Section 21D are incorporated herein by this reference.
Articles 21.5.1 to 21.7 inserted at April 24, 1995, Annual Town Meeting. Approved by Attorney General Scott Harshbarger on July 8, 1995.
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