City of North Adams, MA
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2023-10-31
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Part II: Revised Ordinances
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Chapter 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Part I: Charter and Special Acts
- Ch C The Charter
- Ch ACTS Special Acts and Acceptances of General Laws
- Part II: Revised Ordinances
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Building Code
- Ch 3A Preservation of Historically Significant Buildings
- Ch 4 Canvassers, Solicitors and Itinerant Photographers
- Ch 5 Reserved
- Ch 6 Reserved
- Ch 7 Department of Public Services
- Ch 8 Department of Public Safety
- Ch 9 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendor
- Ch 10 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 11 Library
- Ch 12 Licenses and Permits Generally
- Ch 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 13 Art I In General
- § 13-1 Definitions.
- § 13-2 Exemptions of certain vehicles from provisions of chapter.
- § 13-3 Authority generally of police.
- § 13-4 Noisy vehicles.
- § 13-5 Clinging to moving vehicles.
- § 13-6 Pedestrians soliciting rides.
- § 13-7 Driver to report accident.
- § 13-8 Removal of vehicles for the purpose of snow removal.
- § 13-9 Street parades, processions, etc.
- § 13-9.1 Parade regulations.
- § 13-9.2 Obstruction of or interference with parades.
- § 13-9.3 Throwing objects or substances at parades.
- § 13-9.4 Enforcement of parade regulations.
- § 13-9.5 Violation of parade regulations.
- § 13-10 Unlawful riding.
- § 13-11 Zones of quiet.
- § 13-12 Dropping or leaking loads.
- Ch 13 Art II Traffic Commission
- § 13-13 Established; composition; qualifications; chairman.
- § 13-14 Appointment; terms of office.
- § 13-15 Organization; records.
- § 13-16 Meetings.
- § 13-17 Powers and duties.
- § 13-18 Reference of traffic ordinances to Commission.
- Ch 13 Art III Signs, Signals and Markings
- § 13-19 Installation, operation and maintenance.
- § 13-20 Obedience to traffic signals, signs and markings.
- § 13-21 Designation, etc., by Council.
- § 13-22 Duty of Commissioner of Public Works.
- § 13-23 Display of signs.
- § 13-24 Display of unauthorized signals, signs and markings; removal.
- § 13-25 Interference with.
- Ch 13 Art IV Operation of Vehicles
- § 13-26 Special speed regulations.
- § 13-26.1 School zones.
- § 13-27 Operation of emergency vehicles.
- § 13-28 Approaching intersections.
- § 13-28.1 Traffic lanes for specific turning movements only.
- § 13-29 Overtaking vehicles.
- § 13-30 Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle.
- § 13-31 Left turns on Veterans, Memorial Drive.
- § 13-32 Obstructing traffic.
- § 13-33 Following too closely.
- § 13-34 Throughways.
- § 13-35 Slow vehicles to stay 200 feet apart.
- § 13-36 Starting, stopping, turning or backing.
- § 13-37 U-turns prohibited.
- § 13-38 Emerging from alley or private driveway generally.
- § 13-39 Entering and emerging from driveways on certain streets.
- § 13-40 Regulation of bicycles.
- § 13-41 Obedience to traffic-control signals.
- § 13-41.1 Vehicle operation at crosswalks.
- § 13-42 Obedience to isolated stop signs or signals.
- § 13-42.1 Obedience to yield signs.
- § 13-43 One-way streets.
- § 13-44 Keep to right of roadway division.
- § 13-45 Driving on road surfaces under construction or repair.
- § 13-46 Driving on sidewalks.
- § 13-47 Funeral procession.
- § 13-47.1 Operation of heavy commercial vehicles.
- Ch 13 Art V Stopping, Standing or Parking Generally
- § 13-48 General prohibitions.
- § 13-49 Parking prohibited on certain streets.
- § 13-50 Parking time limited on designated streets.
- § 13-50.1 Other restricted parking times.
- § 13-51 Parking vehicles for sale prohibited.
- § 13-52 All night parking.
- § 13-53 Bus stops.
- § 13-54 Taxicab stands.
- § 13-55 Loading zones.
- § 13-55.1 Tow away regulations.
- Ch 13 Art VI Parking Meters
- § 13-56 Authority to install.
- § 13-57 Manner of installation; construction.
- § 13-58 Parking meter zones.
- § 13-59 Proper method of using meter and space generally.
- § 13-60 Commercial vehicles.
- § 13-61 Fees for different parking zones.
- § 13-62 Collection and disposition of fees.
- § 13-63 Assumption of risk in municipal parking areas.
- § 13-64 Tampering with, etc., meters; deposit of slugs, etc.
- § 13-65 Penalty.
- Ch 13 Art VII Pedestrian Control Regulations
- § 13-66 Pedestrians crossing ways or roadways.
- § 13-67 Pedestrian actuation.
- § 13-68 Pedestrian obedience to traffic-control signals.
- § 13-69 Pedestrian crossings and use of roadways.
- § 13-70 Operators to exercise due care.
- § 13-71 Officers to enforce pedestrian regulations.
- § 13-72 Exemptions.
- § 13-73 Penalties.
- § 13-74 Effect of regulations.
- Ch 14 Offenses - Miscellaneous
- Ch 15 Litter
- Ch 15A Reserved
- Ch 15B Dumping
- Ch 16 Reserved
- Ch 17 Professional Services
- Ch 18 Purchases and Contracts
- Ch 19 Smoke Abatement and Air Pollution
- Ch 20 Sound Trucks
- Ch 21 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 22 Subdivisions
- Ch 23 Taxicabs and Buses
- Ch 24 Water, Sewers and Drains
- Ch 25 Forest Cutting
- Ch 26 Mobile Home Park Rent Control, Board
- Ch 27 Dog Regulations
- Ch 27A Cat Regulations
- Ch 28 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Cultural Development Commission
- Ch 29 Penalties
- Appendix
- Ch Z Zoning
- Code Comparitive Table
- Ch CCT Code Comparative Table
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Editor's Note: For provisions on traffic regulations in public parks and recreation areas, see § 15-20. For statutory provisions on motor vehicles, see MGL c. 90, §§ 1 through 34K; law of the road, see MGL c. 89, §§ 1 through 11; other provisions regulating traffic, see MGL c. 85, §§ 1 through 36; authority of City to pass ordinances regulating vehicles, see MGL, c. 40, § 22.
Cross reference: Traffic regulations in public parks, recreation areas, § 15-20; State Law reference: Motor vehicles, G.L., C. 90, §§ 1 — 34K; law of the road, G.L., C. 89, §§ 1 — 11; other provisions regulating traffic, G.L., C. 85, §§ 1 — 36, authority of city to pass ordinances regulating vehicles, G.L., C. 40, § 22.
