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State law reference: Authority of city in relation to parking
meters, MGL. C. 40, § 22A.
The Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed
to install or cause to be installed parking meters within the areas
established by ordinance.
The meters shall be placed at intervals of not less than 10
feet apart where angle parking is permitted, nor less than 20 feet
apart where parallel parking is permitted and not less than 12 inches
nor more than 24 inches from the face of the curb adjacent to individual
meter spaces. The meters shall be so constructed as to display a signal
showing legal parking upon deposit therein of a proper coin of the
United States, as indicated by ordinance.
[3-26-1968; 12-13-1968; 6-9-1970; 2-22-1972, § 3;
Ord. of 12-10-1985; Ord. of 4-8-1986; Ord. of 7-9-1991; Ord. of 5-25-1993; Ord. of 12-27-1994; Ord. of 4-25-1995; Ord. of 6-27-1995; Ord. of 11-12-2003; Ord. of 2-12-2008; Ord. of 7-9-2013;
Ord. Of 9-12-2017; Ord. of 9-10-2019]
In accordance with the provisions of Section 13-56, parking meter zones are hereby established (to be in effect from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, unless otherwise noted) in the following streets or parts thereof.
(a)
(Reserved)
(b)
Two-hour zone:
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American Legion Drive, westerly side from the south curbline
of Main Street southerly 228 feet; easterly side from the line of
the south curbline of Main Street southerly 311 feet
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Ashland Street, easterly side from Main Street to Quincy Street.
Westerly side from Main Street to St. John Municipal. Parking Lot
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Church Street, both sides from Main Street to the extended southerly
boundary of Summer Street
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Eagle Street, westerly side from Main Street to Center Street
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East Main Street, southerly side from a point commencing 24.5
feet from the easterly line of Church. Street for a distance of 128
feet easterly
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Main Street, both sides in its entirety
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Marshall Street, both sides from Main Street northerly for a
distance of 520 feet
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Union Street, southerly side from a point commencing 18 feet
westerly from the westerly line of Willow Dell for a distance of 115
feet westerly therefrom
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(c)
(Reserved)
(d)
Municipal parking lots:
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North Church Street, easterly side from Main Street northerly
219 feet. Westerly side from Main Street northerly 153 feet. Summer
Street, southerly side from Ashland Street to Church Street
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Summer Street, southerly side from Ashland Street to Church
Street
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St. Anthony Drive, meters shall be unlimited as to time from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Depot Square, no person shall park a vehicle for a period of
time longer than four hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. of any day except Sundays and legal holidays
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(e)
Long-term parking:
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East Main Street, southerly side, beginning at a point 152.2
feet from the easterly line of Church Street and extending easterly
a distance of 148 feet
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North Church Street, easterly side from Main Street northerly
219 feet. Westerly side from Main Street northerly 153 feet. Meters
shall be unlimited as to time from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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St. John Municipal Parking Lot, beginning at a point 94 feet
west of the westerly curbline of Ashland Street, thence continuing
in a westerly direction a distance of 46 feet to establish 10 long-term
parking spaces
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Summer Street, southerly side from Ashland Street to Church
Street
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[4-26-1966; Ord. of 3-25-1997]
(a)
Whenever any vehicle shall be parked in a parking meter space adjacent
to a parking meter, the operator of such vehicle shall park within
the space designated by the marking lines for the space, and upon
entering such parking meter space shall immediately deposit in the
meter the required coin for the maximum legal parking period or portion
thereof, as designated on the meter.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for a person to park a vehicle within a parking
meter space, unless such vehicle is wholly within the painted lines
adjacent to the meter.
(c)
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail or neglect to deposit
the required coin as indicated on the meter.
(d)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited
in a parking meter any coin for the purpose of permitting the vehicle
of which he is in charge to remain in a parking space beyond the minimum
period of time allowed in that particular zone. Said vehicle must
move at least five parking spaces on street meter parking only.
(e)
During those periods of time in which meters are not in operation
where parallel parking is permitted, motorcycles may be parked no
more than three to a metered space, backed to the street curbing at
an angle of 45° and faced in the direction to which they are headed.
Operators of commercial vehicles may park in a metered space
without depositing a coin or coins for a period not to exceed 15 minutes
for the purpose of loading or unloading.
[6-26-1973; Ord. of 5-8-1984; Ord. of 9-11-1984; Ord. of 12-10-1985; Ord. of 8-13-1991; Ord. of 7-13-1993; Ord. of 4-25-1995; Ord. of 7-11-2000; Ord. No. 11-12-2003; Ord. of 7-9-2013]
(a)
The fee for parking time in two-hour zones shall be $0.25 for each
hour.
(b)
(Reserved)
(c)
The fee for parking time in the St. Anthony Drive parking lot shall
be $1 for a period of 10 hours, $0.25 for each 21/2 hours, with a
maximum limit of 10 hours, commencing at 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
A monthly parking permit may be purchased for use of the St. Anthony
Drive parking lot. The cost of a permit shall be $20 from May through
November and $15 from December through April.
(d)
A certain number of long-term daytime parking spots shall be allotted
in the Center Street Parking Lot annually at a rate of $30 per month.
Long-term and overnight parking spots shall also be designated at
a rate of $35 per month. If the demand for daytime or overnight long-term
parking in the Center Street Lot exceeds the number of spots allotted,
a lottery shall be held to determine the distribution of the spots.
This lottery shall be held in December of each year. Businesses, or
organizations purchasing in excess of two long-term daytime or overnight
parking spaces shall pay a minimum of six months in advance. All others
shall pay three months in advance.
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The balance of spaces in the Center Street Parking Lot which
have not been designated as long-term daytime or overnight parking
spaces shall be available free of charge for a maximum time limit
of two hours. Parking tine in excess of the free two-hour maximum
in the Center Street Parking Lot shall be $1 for a total of four hours
and an additional $0.50 per hour thereafter.
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For the purpose of this section, long-term parking shall be
defined as 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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(e)
The fee for meters on both the easterly and westerly side of North
Church Street shall be $0.25 for each 21/2 hours, with a maximum limit
of 10 hours, commencing at 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. These meters
will take straight quarters only, no small change. East Main Street,
southerly side at a point 152.5 feet from the easterly line of Church
Street and extending easterly a distance of 148 feet.
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As a matter of convenience to the users, the meters in all parking
zones will accept quarters, but they will only purchase the maximum
time allowed on that meter.
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The Chief of Police is hereby designated as the person authorized
to collect or cause to be collected moneys deposited in parking meters.
Such moneys shall be deposited forthwith with the City Treasurer,
who shall make a record of the amount collected and there shall be
set up in the office of the City treasurer a separate account to be
known as "City of North Adams Parking Meter Account."
All fees received by the City Treasurer from the operation of
parking meters shall be used by the City as authorized by General
Laws, Chapter 40, Section 22A et seq.
(a)
Property damage. By parking a vehicle on a municipal parking area
the owner and operator thereof shall assume all risk, responsibility
and liability for any theft thereof or of property therein, and for
any loss or damage thereto or to any property therein, caused by or
resulting from any cause whatever; and the exercise of the license,
permit or privilege of parking a vehicle on a municipal parking area
under the terms and provisions of this article shall constitute and
operate as a release and discharge of the city from any responsibility,
obligation or liability for the theft thereof or of any property therein,
and for any loss or damage thereto or to any property therein, caused
by, or resulting from any cause whatever.
(b)
Personal injury. Any person, including, but not limited to the owner
operator or occupant of any vehicle going in, on, upon, over or across
any municipal parking area, whether on foot or in a vehicle, for or
in connection with any purpose authorized or permitted under this
article shall, by virtue of such act, assume all risk, responsibility
and liability for injuries to his person, or for death, resulting
from any cause whatsoever; and the exercise of the license, permit
or privilege of being on such municipal parking area under the terms
and provisions of this article shall constitute and operate as a release
and discharge of the city from any responsibility, obligation or liability
for all personal injuries for death, or for any and all losses, claims
or damages arising or resulting from or in consequence of such injuries
or death.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to tamper with,
break, injure or destroy any parking meter or to deposit or cause
to be deposited in the meter any slugs, device or metallic substance
or any other substitute for the coins required.
Any person who violates any parking provisions of this article
shall be subject to the penalties provided by General Laws, chapter
90, section 20A, and any other violation shall be punishable as may
be provided by law.
