No person shall operate or park a vehicle on any street or highway for the sole purpose of displaying advertising signs.
No person shall erect or cause to be erected upon or above any Town sidewalk, street or highway right-of-way any advertising sign or other device which projects into or over the sidewalk, street or highway right-of-way more than six inches unless a permit authorizing the erection of such sign or device has been issued by the Select Board and is in effect. After five days' notice, illegal advertising signs or devices may be removed by, or under, the direction of a police officer and at the expense of the owner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $5 for each day such sign or device has remained after the expiration of the five days' notice. See the Signs bylaw.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 196, Signs.
A. 
No person shall place, erect or cause to be placed or erected within any sidewalk, street or highway any fixture or structure unless a permit, issued by the Select Board in the case of Town ways, or by the Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the case of state highways, authorizing such placing or erection has been granted and is in effect.
B. 
No person, other than one employed directly or indirectly by this Town or by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and while in the performance of necessary public duties, shall at any time place or leave in any sidewalk, street or highway any article, material or merchandise, or park any vehicle or cart in any sidewalk, street or highway for the purpose of displaying merchandise, unless a permit, issued by the Select Board in the case of Town ways or by the Department of Public Works in the case of state highways, authorizing the use of such sidewalk, street or highway has been granted and is in effect; except as may be necessary for the reasonable and expeditious loading or unloading of any such article, material, merchandise, cart or vehicle; provided, however, that such property shall never be left so as to obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicle travel.
C. 
Any such fixture, structure or property referred to in this section which has been erected, placed or left illegally in any street, highway or sidewalk may be moved by, or under, the direction of an officer at the owner's expense.
The Board or officer issuing permits for such use of sidewalks, streets or highways as are described in the two previous sections may in its, his, or her discretion, when occasion justifies, demand a suitable cash deposit, security bond, or insurance indemnity policy to save the Town or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from all liability caused directly or indirectly by such use. The bond is to be held by the Treasurer.