[Amended 6-17-1991 by Ord. No. 130]
A.
No vehicle shall stop in such a way as to obstruct any street or
crossing except for the purpose of taking on or letting off a passenger,
or for loading or unloading freight, for a period of up to one minute,
or except in case of accident, or when directed to do so by a police
officer.
B.
No person shall fail to stop or place his vehicle as directed by
a police officer on duty.
C.
No vehicle, except for an emergency vehicle on an emergency call,
or any authorized construction vehicle involved in actual construction,
repair or repaving, shall stop, stand or park in such a way as to
obstruct any arterial street or way. For the purpose of this subsection,
the following streets shall be considered to be arterial streets or
ways:
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
State Street
|
From the Rotary to the Hallowell line
| |
Stone Street and Bangor Street
|
From the Rotary to North Belfast Avenue
| |
Western Avenue
|
From the Rotary to Brann Avenue
|
[Amended 5-7-2020 by Ord. No. 20-040]
No vehicle shall stop or stand within the intersection of any
streets or within 10 feet of a street corner, and 30 feet in the case
of side streets leading off of Winthrop Street west of State Street,
nor within 20 feet of any crosswalk and hydrant wherever located;
provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this section shall
not apply to the United States mail, emergency and public utility
vehicles.
The parking of a motor vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct
traffic or block a driveway or sidewalk is prohibited. Such cars may
be removed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Unless in accordance with City regulations, or in an emergency,
or to allow another vehicle or pedestrian to cross its way, no vehicle
shall stop in any public street except close to the curb; provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to United States mail,
emergency or public utility vehicles.
A person having charge of a vehicle shall not stop the same
abreast of another vehicle lengthwise of a street in any public street,
except in case of accident or emergency; provided, however, that this
section shall not apply to emergency or public utility vehicles.
[Amended 3-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-036]
It shall be unlawful to leave a motor vehicle parked on a public way or in a municipal parking lot for a period in excess of 24 hours unless such vehicle possesses a valid residential parking permit issued by the Augusta Parking District, is in a space designated by the Augusta Parking District for resident parking, and meets the standards of M.R.S.A. Title 29-A. If a vehicle is parked in violation of this section, a notice shall be placed on the windshield of such vehicle ordering its removal within 24 hours. If after the expiration of such notice the vehicle is still in violation of this section, such vehicle may be removed in accordance with the provisions of this article. Where this section conflicts with § 270-30A regarding winter parking on streets, § 270-30 shall apply.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 18-67 of the 1990 Code,
Nighttime parking; permit required, exceptions, which immediately
followed this section, as amended 1-6-1992 by Ord. No. 244, and 12-4-2014
by Ord. No. 14-201, was repealed 3-5-2015 by Ord. No. 15-036.
[Amended 10-17-1994 by Ord. No. 649; 12-4-2014 by Ord. No. 14-201; 3-5-2015 by Ord. No. 15-036]
A.
Unless
a permit has been issued by the Police Department for overnight parking,
no person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in any street
of the City, with the exception of the east side of Commercial Street
between Oak Street and Water Street, between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
from November 15 to April 15, since such parking or remaining parked
may interfere with snowplowing or the loading or removal of snow from
such street.
B.
No vehicle
with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 15,000 pounds shall be parked,
excluding the Augusta Business Park, for a longer period than one
hour in any street between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except
on permit granted by the Police Department.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle, with or without occupants, other
than a fire or police vehicle or an ambulance, on a public highway
within 100 yards of a fire in which fire personnel are engaged.
B.
If a vehicle parks more than 100 yards from the fire and within 1/4
mile thereof, it shall park on the right-hand side of the highway
and parallel to and within two feet of the curb or edge of the highway.
No vehicle shall be parked in front of entrances to theaters
and hotels.
[Amended 1-6-1992 by Ord. No. 244]
No commercial vehicle which is registered to carry a load in
excess of one ton shall be parked or left standing unattended on any
public street or way within the City, unless approved by the Police
Department, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for a period
of more than 15 minutes, unless the motor of such vehicle and any
motor or motors attached to or contained in such vehicle are stopped.
Motor vehicles shall be prohibited from parking facing the flow
of traffic on the wrong side of the public way, from the business
district of the City to and including the rural area to the next town
line, on the following streets as herein set forth:
Name of Street
|
Location
|
---|---|
Hospital Street
|
From Stone Street intersection to the Chelsea Line
|
Mount Vernon Avenue
|
From Bond Street to and including the Belgrade Road to the Sidney
Line
|
North Belfast Avenue
[Amended 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-201] |
From Route 202 to the East Vassalboro Line
|
Northern Avenue
|
From Water Street to and including West River Road (Rt. 104)
to the Sidney Line
|
Riverside Drive
|
From the East Side Rotary (Bangor Street) to the Vassalboro
Line
|
Sewall Street
|
From Western Avenue to the Hallowell Line
|
South Belfast Avenue (Rt. 105)
|
From Cony Street to the Togus Pond Windsor Line
|
State Street
|
From the Hallowell Line to the West Side Rotary, and from the
Rotary north to Bond Street
|
Togus Road
|
From the Stone Street intersection to the Windsor Line
|
Water Street
[Added 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-201] |
From the Intersection of Bridge Street to the Intersection of
Winthrop Street
|
Western Avenue
|
From the West Side Rotary to the Manchester Line
|
[Amended 3-19-1984 by Ord. No. 383; 6-18-1984 by Ord. No. 460; 6-18-1984 by Ord. No. 461; 6-18-1984 by Ord. No. 462; 6-18-1984 by Ord. No.
463; 10-15-1984 by Ord. No. 538; 11-19-1984 by Ord. No. 604; 7-15-1985 by Ord. No. 139(1); 8-19-1985 by Ord. No.
168; 10-21-1985 by Ord. No. 228; 10-21-1985 by Ord. No. 229; 12-16-1985 by Ord. No. 252; 5-19-1986 by Ord. No. 391; 9-15-1986 by Ord. No. 508; 9-15-1986 by Ord. No. 509; 10-20-1986 by Ord. No.
535; 11-17-1986 by Ord. No. 573; 11-17-1986 by Ord. No. 575; 8-17-1987 by Ord. No. 177; 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 242; 6-20-1988 by Ord. No.
394; 7-18-1988 by Ord. No. 423; 8-15-1988 by Ord. No. 467; 11-21-1988 by Ord. No. 501; 12-19-1988 by Ord. No. 534; 12-19-1988 by Ord. No.
564; 1-12-1989 by Ord. No. 574(2); 3-20-1989 by Ord. No.
31; 3-20-1989 by Ord. No. 32; 4-10-1989 by Ord. No.
54; 5-15-1989 by Ord. No. 109; 9-18-1989 by Ord. No. 192; 11-6-1989 by Ord. No. 247; 1-8-1990 by Ord. No. 300; 1-5-1990 by Ord. No. 326(2); 5-7-1990 by Ord. No.
396; 5-7-1990 by Ord. No. 397; 7-16-1990 by Ord. No. 471; 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. 580; 2-6-1991 by Ord. No. 18; 3-4-1991 by Ord. No. 54; 4-1-1991 by Ord. No. 55; 7-1-1991 by Ord. No. 190; 7-15-1991 by Ord. No. 191; 10-21-1991 by Ord. No.
262; 10-21-1991 by Ord. No. 263; 1-6-1992 by Ord. No. 334; 12-7-1992 by Ord. No. 679; 2-3-1993 by Ord. No. 11; 2-3-1993 by Ord. No. 31; 4-5-1993 by Ord. No. 63; 7-19-1993 by Ord. No. 185; 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 214; 12-6-1993 by Ord. No.
320; 3-7-1994 by Ord. No. 381; 8-15-1994 by Ord. No. 588; 11-9-1994 by Ord. No. 666; 12-19-1994 by Ord. No. 708; 8-7-1995 by Ord. No. 182; 4-1-1996 by Ord. No. 417; 9-23-1996 by Ord. No.
565; 9-23-1996 by Ord. No. 566; 10-21-1996 by Ord. No.
621; 11-6-1996 by Ord. No. 622; 5-5-1997 by Ord. No.
104; 10-6-1997 by Ord. No. 320; 12-15-1997 by Ord. No. 398; 3-16-1998 by Ord. No. 474; 3-16-1998 by Ord. No.
476; 12-21-1998 by Ord. No. 732; 5-17-1999 by Ord. No.
107; 8-23-1999 by Ord. No. 207; 8-30-1999 by Ord. No.
688; 7-17-2000 by Ord. No. 394; 10-16-2000 by Ord. No.
453; 12-14-2000 by Ord. No. 495; 9-4-2001 by Ord. No. 116; 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 317; 7-7-2003 by Ord. No. 88; 9-8-2003 by Ord. No. 107; 4-20-2004 by Ord. No. 56; 11-3-2004 by Ord. No. 161; 11-20-2006 by Ord. No. 183; 11-20-2006 by Ord. No. 184; 3-19-2007 by Ord. No. 050; 5-21-2007 by Ord. No.
090; 5-21-2007 by Ord. No. 091; 6-4-2007 by Ord. No.
106; 6-4-2007 by Ord. No. 107; 2-7-2008 by Ord. No.
222; 2-18-2010 by Ord. No. 018; 7-21-2011 by Ord. No. 11-93; 12-15-2011 by Ord. No. 11-182; 8-2-2012 by Ord. No. 12-110; 8-2-2012 by Ord. No.
12-118; 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 13-187]
The no-parking and restricted parking areas in the City are
as follows:
Alden Avenue
| ||
No parking on either side.
| ||
Amherst Street
| ||
No parking on the west side beginning at the intersection of
Western Avenue southerly for a distance of 160 feet.
| ||
Parking on the west side starting at a point 160 feet southerly
of Western Avenue be restricted to no parking between the hours of
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for holidays.
| ||
No parking on the east side beginning at the intersection of
Western Avenue southerly for a distance of 353 feet.
| ||
Parking on the east side starting at a point 353 feet southerly
of Western Avenue for a distance of 84 feet.
| ||
Parking on the east side starting at a point 437 feet southerly
of Western Avenue southerly for a distance of 22 feet restricted to
handicapped parking only.
| ||
No parking on the east side starting at a point 459 feet southerly
of Western Avenue southerly for a distance of 100 feet, to be designated
a loading zone.
| ||
Anthony Avenue
| ||
No parking on the west side the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Drain Drive southerly for a
distance of 603 feet.
| ||
Parking on the east side starting at a point 603 feet southerly
for a distance of 66 feet restricted to driver's license testing only.
| ||
No parking on the east side starting at a point 669 feet southerly
to Leighton Road.
| ||
Arsenal Street
[Amended 8-4-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-122] | ||
No parking on the west side the entire length from Williams
Street southerly.
| ||
Parking on the west side starting at a point 95 feet southerly
of Cony Street for a distance of 221 feet.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Cony Street to Spruce Street.
| ||
No parking on the east side from the intersection of East Chestnut
Street southerly for 20 feet.
| ||
Two-hour parking on the east side starting at a point 20 feet
southerly of East Chestnut Street for a distance of 114 feet, to include
one handicap parking space.
| ||
Two-hour parking on the east side starting at a point 171 feet
southerly of East Chestnut Street for a distance of 177 feet, to include
one handicap parking space.
| ||
Parking on the east side starting at a point 450 feet southerly
of East Chestnut Street for a distance of 88 feet.
| ||
No parking on the east side starting at a point 538 feet southerly
of East Chestnut Street southerly for the remaining distance.
| ||
Bangor Street
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Bennett Street
| ||
No parking on the south side, entire length.
| ||
Bond Street
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 15 minutes on the north side
from Water Street westerly for 75 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side from Water Street westerly for
72 feet.
| ||
Boothby Street
| ||
No parking on the east side.
| ||
No parking on the north side from State Street westerly to a
point 526 feet west of State Street.
| ||
No parking on the south side from State Street westerly to a
point 546 feet west of State Street.
| ||
Boothby Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the south side from a point 546 feet west of its
intersection with State Street westerly to the end of Boothby Street
between October 15 and April 15 annually.
| ||
Bridge Street
| ||
No parking on the north side from the intersection of North
Street for a distance of 148 feet easterly.
| ||
No parking on the south side of the street.
| ||
No parking on the north side from the westerly side of Crosby
Street running westerly to 60 feet westerly of the west side of State
Street.
| ||
Brooklawn Avenue
| ||
No parking on either side for a distance of 78 feet from the
easterly side of Sewall Street at Brooklawn Avenue.
| ||
Brooks Street
| ||
No parking on the north side starting at the easterly point
of the rear delivery entrance to KVMC and continuing easterly for
a distance of 100 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side for the entire length of the street.
| ||
Caldwell Road
| ||
No parking on the south side.
| ||
Canal Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
No parking from the southwest corner of the Bates Manufacturing
Building to the junction of Northern Avenue, a distance of 16 feet,
and from the junction of Canal Street along the wall on Northern Avenue
for a distance of 41 feet.
| ||
Capitol Street
| ||
No parking on the north side between Sewall Street and Florence
Street.
| ||
No parking on the north side from State Street easterly for
210 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side between Sewall Street and Federal
Street.
| ||
No parking on the south side between State Street and Gage Street.
| ||
Parking shall be limited to 15 minutes between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon daily on the north side of the legal frontage
of 25 Capitol Street, a distance of 60 feet.
| ||
No parking from the corner of Gage Street easterly for a distance
of 150 feet on both the north and south sides of the street.
| ||
Cedar Court
| ||
No parking either side.
| ||
Cedar Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
No parking on the south side from Stone Street for a distance
of 200 feet westerly.
| ||
Center Street
| ||
No parking on the west side starting at a point 80 feet northerly
of the intersection of Child Street and continuing northerly for the
length of the street.
| ||
No parking on the east side from the intersection of Child Street
northerly for 80 feet.
| ||
Chamberlain Street
[Added 7-16-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-109] | ||
No parking on the west side from Capitol Street to Chapel Street.
| ||
Chamberlain Street (Seasonal)
[Added 7-16-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-109] | ||
No parking on the east side from a point 173 feet north of Capitol
Street northerly to the intersection of Higgins Street from October
15 to April 15.
| ||
Chapel Street
| ||
Parking on the east side restricted to 15 minutes, starting
at the north side of Court Street northerly for 55 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side between Weston Street and Court
Street.
| ||
Chapel Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the west side from Winthrop Street to Green Street
from November 1 to April 1.
| ||
Charest Lane
[Added 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-201] | ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Child Street
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Civic Center parking
| ||
Community Drive, University Drive and the parking areas owned
or leased by the City, which are bounded on the east by University
Drive, on the west by Route 95, on the north by a line 500 feet north
of the north wall of the Civic Center building, and on the south by
a line 500 feet south of the south wall of the building, shall be
subject to the following parking restrictions:
| ||
(1)
|
No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked for
more than 12 hours at any one time within such streets or parking
areas.
| |
(2)
|
No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked within
such streets or parking areas except within the lines painted to designate
parking spaces.
| |
(3)
|
No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked between
12:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. in any Civic Center parking lot without permission
of the Civic Center Director or his designee.
| |
(4)
| ||
Civic Center Drive
| ||
No parking on both sides of Civic Center Drive on the east side
beginning at a point 110 feet southerly of CMP Pole No. 592/116 and
extending northerly 275 feet to a point 30 feet northerly of CMP Pole
No. 593/117; and on the west side beginning at a point 10 feet southerly
of CMP Pole No. 592/116 and extending northerly 50 feet.
| ||
Clark Street
| ||
No parking on the north side from Bangor Street for a distance
of 100 feet westerly.
| ||
Columbia Street
| ||
Parking on the east and west sides restricted to no parking
the entire length between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday, except for holidays.
| ||
Community Drive
| ||
No parking on the northerly side of Community Drive for a distance
of 20 feet easterly and westerly of the exit to the upper parking
lot of the Maine School Management Association.
| ||
Cony Street
| ||
No parking on the south side from the Kennebec River to Cony
Circle.
| ||
No parking on the north side from Cony Circle to Pearl Street
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
| ||
No parking from the east side of Morse Street for a distance
of 30 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side of the legal frontage, main entrance
of 104 Cony Street, Cony High School, which shall be designated a
bus handicap loading zone. This area shall be restricted for the use
of buses picking up and discharging wheelchair-bound students.
| ||
No parking on the north side beginning at the intersection of
Noyes Street in a westerly direction for a distance of 20 feet to
the area of a loading zone that begins at 20 feet and continues westerly
for a distance of 50 feet and continuing no parking from the loading
zone westerly for an additional 42 feet.
| ||
No parking on the north side starting at a point 252 feet westerly
of the intersection of Noyes Street to the northwest corner of the
intersection of Cony Street and Willow Street.
| ||
Coughlin Street
| ||
No parking on the south side for the full length of the street.
| ||
Court Street
| ||
No parking on the south side between Chapel Street and Sewall
Street.
| ||
No parking on the south side between Chapel Street and State
Street.
| ||
Parking shall be limited to 2 hours on the north side of the
legal frontage of 43 1/2 Court Street, a distance of 36 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side of Court Street from Perham Street
easterly to the end of Court Street.
| ||
No parking on the north side of Court Street within 20 feet
from either side of the driveway of the Augusta Elks Lodge.
| ||
No parking on the south side between Perham Street and State
Street.
| ||
Crosby Lane
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Crosby Street
| ||
No parking on the west side for a distance of 200 feet northerly
from the intersection of Bridge Street and Crosby Street.
| ||
Crosby Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the west side from a point 200 feet north of the
Bridge Street intersection for the entire length from October 15 to
April 15.
| ||
Cross Street
| ||
No parking either side for the entire length.
| ||
Darin Drive
| ||
No parking on the south side between New Belgrade Road and Darin
Drive Circle.
| ||
No parking on the north side between New Belgrade Road and a
point perpendicular to the west side of Anthony Avenue.
| ||
Dayton Street
| ||
No parking on the east side north from Lincoln Street for a
distance of 185 feet.
| ||
Drew Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from Western Avenue to Lincoln Street.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Lincoln Street to Green Street
from November 15 to April 1.
| ||
Two-hour parking on the west side of Drew Street from Western
Avenue to Lincoln Street between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
| ||
East Chestnut Street
| ||
No parking either side for the entire length.
| ||
East Crescent Street
| ||
No parking on the south side.
| ||
Eastern Avenue
| ||
No parking on the south side from a point 58 feet easterly of
CMP Pole No. 8 easterly to the driveway on the east side of the Eastern
Avenue Apartments, a distance of 55 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side for a distance of 195 feet east
of Hospital Street.
| ||
No parking on the southerly side from a point 455 feet easterly
of the intersection of Hospital Street for a distance of 177 feet
easterly.
| ||
No parking on the north side of Eastern Avenue from a point
50 feet west of the westernmost driveway of the Prince of Peace Lutheran
Church, located at 213 Eastern Avenue, extending easterly to a point
50 feet east of the easternmost driveway of the church for a total
linear distance of 245 feet.
| ||
Edison Drive
| ||
No parking on the west side of Edison Drive from a point at
the southern end of the legal frontage of No. 84 Edison Drive extending
northerly for a distance of 900 feet, between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 6:00 p.m.
| ||
Elm Street
| ||
No parking on the east side for the entire length.
| ||
Federal Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from Capitol Street south for 100
feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side for the entire length.
| ||
First Avenue (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the south side of First Avenue starting at a point
215 feet from the intersection of First Avenue and Hospital Street
easterly to the intersection of First Avenue and Congress Street from
May 15 to September 15.
| ||
Flagg Street
| ||
No parking on the east side.
| ||
Florence Street
| ||
No parking on the west side.
| ||
Forest Avenue
| ||
No parking on the southern side from Northern Avenue to Davis
Street.
| ||
Fowler Street
| ||
No parking on the north side from Bangor Street to Howe Street.
| ||
Franklin Street
| ||
No parking on the south side within 20 feet east and 20 feet
west from the center of the gate in front of Webster School.
| ||
Franklin Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the north side from Oxford Street to Northern
Avenue between November 15 and April 1.
| ||
Gage Street
| ||
No parking on the east side, entire length.
| ||
No parking on the west side from Memorial Drive southerly to
Capitol Street.
| ||
Gannett Street
| ||
No parking on the west side from Cony Street to Patterson Street.
| ||
No parking on the east side between Cony Street and Patterson
Street from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on school days.
| ||
Gannett Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the east side from Cony Street to Patterson Street
from October 15 through April 15.
| ||
Gedney Street
| ||
No parking on the north side of Gedney Street starting at the
northeastern point of the Hussey School fence west for a total distance
of 100 feet between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., school season
only.
| ||
Glendon Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
Glenridge Drive
| ||
No parking on the northwesterly side for the entire length.
| ||
Glenwood Street
| ||
No parking on the north side from Glenwood Avenue easterly for
a distance of 150 feet.
| ||
Green Street
| ||
No parking on the south side from Water Street to State Street.
| ||
No parking on the south side from State Street for 300 feet
westerly.
| ||
Parking on the north side of Green Street in front of 39 Green
Street at the office location of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.,
shall include one space specifically reserved for handicapped persons
as defined in 29 M.R.S.A. § 252.[1]
| ||
Greenlief Street
| ||
No parking on the south side.
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
A single two-hour parking space shall be created at the legal
frontage of 20 Greenlief Street.
| ||
Grove Street
[Repealed 7-16-2015 by Ord. No. 15-109] | ||
Haskell Street
| ||
No parking on the westerly side from a point 325 feet northerly
of its intersection with Cony Street Extension to a point 360 feet
northerly of the intersection of Cony Street Extension.
| ||
Hichborn Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
Higgins Street
| ||
No parking on the west and north sides.
| ||
Highland Avenue
| ||
No parking on either side, beginning at Bangor Street easterly
for 100 feet.
| ||
Hillcrest Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from Western Avenue to Hillcrest
Court.
| ||
No parking on the west side from Western Avenue to Victory Street.
| ||
Hospital Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from a point 100 feet north of the
northernmost entrance to the Augusta Mental Health Institute southerly
to the southernmost entrance to the Augusta Mental Health Institute.
| ||
No parking on the west side from a point 1,600 feet south of
the intersection of Eastern Avenue and Stone Street southerly to the
Augusta-Chelsea line.
| ||
No parking on the east side from the intersection of Eastern
Avenue and Hospital Street southerly for a distance of 200 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side from the intersection of Eastern
Avenue and Hospital Street southerly for a distance of 200 feet.
| ||
Howard Street
| ||
No parking on the west side between Cony Street and Williams
Street.
| ||
Jefferson Street
[Amended 11-15-2018 by Ord. No. 18-178] | ||
No parking on the south side from Northern Avenue to Washington
Street.
| ||
Johnson Street
| ||
No parking on the east side.
| ||
No parking on the east side within 20 feet north or south of
the Lincoln School Driveway.
| ||
Kendall Street
| ||
No parking on Sunday on the east side of Kendall Street between
the corner of Northern Avenue to the northwest corner of St. Augustine's
School Playground.
| ||
Kling Street
| ||
No parking on the east side, entire length.
| ||
Lafayette Street
| ||
No parking on either side from the southerly side of the intersection
of Fuller Street southerly to the southern terminus.
| ||
Laurel Street
| ||
Loading zone on the north side from State Street easterly for
36 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side of Laurel Street for the entire
length.
| ||
Laurel Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the north side of Laurel Street from a point 36
feet east of the intersection of State Street easterly to Water Street
between October 15 and April 15 annually.
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Lincoln Street
| ||
No parking on the north side between Johnson Street and Cushman
Street.
| ||
No parking on the south side from Pike Street to Drew Street.
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Linden Street
| ||
No parking on the north side for its entire length.
| ||
No parking on the south side for a distance of 25 feet westerly
from the intersection of Linden Street with Bangor Street.
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Lithgow Library Area Parking
| ||
The parking areas owned and maintained by the City which are
bounded on the north by City-owned property, on the east by State
Street, on the south by Lithgow Library and on the west by Pleasant
Street shall be subject to the following restrictions:
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(1)
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Five spaces shall be designated as reserved spaces for employees
of Lithgow Library.
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(2)
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No person except employees of Lithgow Library parked in such
designated spaces shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked
for more than 1 hour at any one time within the parking area.
| |
(3)
|
No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked between
10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. if such parking or remaining parked interferes
with snowplowing or the loading and removal of snow from the parking
area.
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(4)
| ||
Locke Street
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Parking shall be limited to 2 hours on the north side from Pike
Street to Drew Street.
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Lombard Court
| ||
No parking on either side from Chapel Street 113 feet westerly.
| ||
Malta Lane
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Maple Street
| ||
No parking on either side from the railroad crossing for a distance
of 200 feet north.
| ||
No parking on the east northeasterly side for the entire length.
[Added 2-15-2018 by Ord. No. 18-031] | ||
Melville Street
| ||
No parking on the west side of Melville Street from Western
Avenue northerly to Green Street.
| ||
Middle Street
[Amended 8-16-2018 by Ord. No. 18-124] | ||
No parking on the westerly side beginning at the intersection
of Spruce Street southerly to Caldwell Road.
| ||
No parking on either side from Stone Street to Spruce Street
and from Caldwell Road south to Eastern Avenue.
| ||
Mill Street
| ||
No parking on the north side, entire length.
| ||
Morse Street
| ||
No parking on either side.
| ||
Morton Place
| ||
No parking on either side, entire length.
| ||
Mt. Vernon Avenue
| ||
No parking on the easterly side for the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the westerly side for the entire length.
| ||
Mt. Vernon Place
| ||
No parking on the south side for the entire length.
| ||
North Belfast Avenue
| ||
No parking on the south side for a distance of 300 feet west
of the intersection of North Belfast Avenue and Church Hill Road.
| ||
North Chestnut Street
| ||
No parking on the east side of North Chestnut Street from the
intersection of Winthrop Street to the intersection of Tobey Street.
| ||
Northern Avenue
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 15 minutes on the west side of
Northern Avenue from a point 110 feet south of the south side of Ryan
Court southerly for a distance of 146 feet.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Forest Avenue southerly for
134 feet.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Jefferson Street to Monroe
Street.
| ||
No parking on the south side from Fontaine Street easterly for
400 feet.
| ||
No parking on the east side from a point 486 feet southerly
of the south side of Quirion Street Place southerly for 500 feet.
| ||
No parking from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the east side from
Monroe Street, north, a distance of 326 feet.
| ||
No parking from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the east side, north
of the 30-minute parking sign in front of 185 Northern Avenue, a distance
of 270 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side of Northern Avenue from a point
199 feet northerly of the southeast corner of the North End Playground
for a distance of 100 feet and for 236 feet northerly from the northeast
corner of the North End Playground.
| ||
No parking on the west side of Northern Avenue between 6:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for a distance of 199 feet northerly from the southeast
corner of the North End Playground and from a point 299 feet northerly
from the southeast corner of the North End Playground for a distance
of 121 feet northerly.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 30 minutes on the east side for
the legal frontage of 185 Northern Avenue, a distance of 26 feet.
| ||
No parking on the easterly side from Washington Street northerly
for 46 feet.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 15 minutes on the west side for
the legal frontage of 56 Northern Avenue (Patenaude's Superette),
a distance of 42 feet.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 15 minutes on the east side for
the legal frontage of 133 Northern Avenue (Dube's Market), a distance
of 56 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side from a point at the northern boundary
of the intersection with the Old Belgrade Road and extending northerly
for a distance of 300 feet.
| ||
Northern Avenue (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the east side from Water Street to Canal Street
between November 15 and April 1.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Canal Street southerly for
60 feet between April 1 and November 15.
| ||
No parking on the west side from the beginning of Northern Avenue
to Mill Street between November 15 and April 1.
| ||
North Pearl Street
| ||
No parking on the east side of North Pearl Street between Albee
Street and North Belfast Avenue.
| ||
North Street
| ||
No parking on the westerly side for the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the easterly side between North Street Place and
the Public Works Garage driveway.
| ||
No parking on the east side from the corner of Bridge Street
for a distance of 106 feet northerly.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 15 minutes on the east side for
the legal frontage of 13 North Street, a distance of 25 feet.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 15 minutes on the east side for
the legal frontage of 31 North Street, a distance of 64 feet.
| ||
North Street Place
| ||
No parking on the northerly side for the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the southerly side for a distance of 160 feet
beginning at the corner of North Street and continuing easterly for
160 feet.
| ||
Noyes Place
| ||
No parking on the east and south sides of Noyes Place for the
entire length.
| ||
No parking on the north side of Noyes Place for the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the west side of Noyes Place for a distance 30
feet northerly from the intersection of Cony Street.
| ||
No parking on the west side of Noyes Place for a distance of
30 feet southerly from the northernmost end of Noyes Place.
| ||
Oak Street
[Added 12-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-201] | ||
No parking on the south side of Oak Street between Water Street
and Commercial Street, which shall be designated a loading zone. This
loading zone shall be restricted for use of vehicles loading and unloading
freight or merchandise.
| ||
Oxford Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the east side from Franklin Street to Monroe Street
between November 15 and April 1.
| ||
Page Street
| ||
No parking on the east side for the entire length.
| ||
Pearl Street
| ||
No parking on the east side between Cony Street and Patterson
Street.
| ||
No parking on the west side between Cony Street and Greenlief
Street.
| ||
Perham Street
| ||
No parking on the east side between Winthrop Street and Court
Street.
| ||
No parking on the east and west side, southerly from the intersection
of Court Street, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
| ||
Pet Haven Lane
| ||
No parking on the west side, starting from Western Avenue southerly
for a distance of 147 feet.
| ||
Parking on the east side restricted to 15 minutes starting at
CMP Pole No. 44 and continuing northerly for a distance of 112 feet.
| ||
Pike Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from Western Avenue to a point 121
feet north of Lincoln Street.
| ||
Parking of vehicles shall be limited to 2 hours on the west
side from Western Avenue to a point 136 feet north of Lincoln Street.
| ||
Parking shall be limited to 2 hours on the east side from a
point 121 feet north of Lincoln Street to Green Street.
| ||
Pleasant Street
[Amended 10-20-2016 by Ord. No. 16-158] | ||
No parking on the east side of Pleasant Street for the entire
length.
| ||
Powhatten Street
| ||
No parking on either side.
| ||
Prince Street
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Prospect Street
| ||
No parking on the east side for the entire length.
| ||
Quimby Street
| ||
No parking on the south side of Quimby Street between CMP Pole
Nos. 9 and 10 for a total distance of 100 feet between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., school season only.
| ||
Riverside Drive
| ||
Parking on the east side of Riverside Drive adjacent to the
Kirschner Property from the northwest corner of Kirschner's driveway
north to the northwest corner of the property shall be prohibited,
a distance of 344 feet.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted on the east side at a point 780
feet northerly of Lajoie Street northerly for a distance of 105 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side for the legal frontage of 184 Riverside
Drive, a distance of roughly 525 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side, beginning on the north side of
Drum Barker Road northerly for 200 feet.
| ||
Riverton Street
| ||
No parking on the north side for the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the south side for a distance of 25 feet easterly
from the intersection of Riverton Street with State Street.
| ||
Ryan Court
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
St. Catherine Street
| ||
No parking on the west side.
| ||
No parking on the east side for a distance of 200 feet south
of East Chestnut Street.
| ||
Parking in front of #3 St. Catherine Street restricted to 15-minute
parking for a distance of 36 feet; parking in front of #5 St. Catherine
Street restricted to 1-hour parking for a distance of 40 feet on the
east side of the street.
| ||
Savoie Street
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
School Street
| ||
No parking on either side from Bangor Street for a distance
of 165 feet or on either side starting at the intersection of South
Belfast Avenue for a distance of 100 feet westerly.
| ||
Sewall Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from Capitol Street northerly to
the intersection of Western Avenue.
| ||
No parking on the west side from a point 200 feet southerly
of Capitol Street to a point perpendicular to the intersection of
Southern Avenue between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., with
the exception of a distance of 50 feet from a point 30 feet south
of New England Tel and Tel Pole No. 30/30S.
| ||
No parking at any time on the west side between Capitol Street
and a point 200 feet southerly.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Capitol Street southerly to
the intersection of Brooklawn Avenue.
| ||
No parking on the west side for a distance of 77 feet northerly
from the intersection of Sewall Street and Western Avenue.
| ||
No parking on the west side from Western Avenue south to a point
310 feet south of Western Avenue.
| ||
No parking on the west side from Capitol Street northerly for
400 feet.
| ||
Parking shall be limited to 2 hours on the west side from a
point 310 feet south of Western Avenue to a point 400 feet north of
Capitol Street.
| ||
No parking on either side for a distance of 126 feet northerly
from the intersection of Sewall Street and Western Avenue.
| ||
South Belfast Avenue
| ||
No parking on the north side along the entire length of road
frontage of Worromontogus Lake, a.k.a. Togus Pond, from the intersection
of Tasker Road easterly for a distance of 1/2 mile.
| ||
South Chestnut Street
| ||
No parking between signs placed in front of premises at 26 South
Chestnut Street between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and between 2:00 p.m.
and 4:00 p.m. from Monday through and including Friday.
| ||
South Street
| ||
No parking on the north side of South Street between State Street
and South Grove Street.
| ||
Spruce Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
Parking shall be limited to 1 hour on the south side from a
point 164 feet west of Middle Street westerly for 77 feet.
| ||
No parking on the south side from the intersection of Arsenal
Street easterly for a distance of 388 feet.
| ||
Spruce Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the south side from Arsenal Street easterly for
245 feet between November 15 and April 1.
| ||
State Street
[Amended 8-4-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-158] | ||
No parking on either side from Chandler Street south to the
Hallowell line.
| ||
No parking on either side from Bridge Street north to Bond Street.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Chandler Street north to Winthrop
Street.
| ||
No parking on the west side from Winthrop Street north to Oak
Street.
| ||
Stewart Lane
| ||
No parking on either side for the entire length.
| ||
Stone Street
| ||
No parking on either side.
| ||
Storey Street
| ||
No parking on the east side from Western Avenue for 486 feet
south.
| ||
No parking on the east side from the intersection of Western
Avenue for a distance of 336 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side from a point 375 feet south of the
intersection with Western Avenue and continuing southerly for a distance
of 345 feet.
| ||
Sturgis Lane
| ||
No parking either side.
| ||
Summer Street
| ||
Restricted to handicap parking from a point beginning 73 feet
from the intersection of Summer Street and Winthrop Street northerly
on the west side of Summer Street for 20 feet.
| ||
No parking on the east side from a point 275 feet north of Winthrop
Street and extending northerly for a distance of 53 feet, which shall
be designated a loading zone. This area shall be restricted for the
use of vehicles loading and unloading for the St. Mark's Church clothing
and food banks.
| ||
No parking on the east side with the exception of the designated
loading zone for the St. Mark's clothing and food banks as described
in this section.
| ||
Swan Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
Taylor Street
| ||
No parking on the north side from the intersection of State
Street westerly for a distance of 40 feet.
| ||
Union Street
| ||
No parking on the south side, entire length.
| ||
No parking on the north side from State Street to a point approximately
200 feet easterly along the northerly line of Union Street.
| ||
No parking easterly of the Capitol Park track access road.
| ||
Valley Street
| ||
No parking on the east side for the entire length between the
hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
| ||
Vickery Street
| ||
No parking on the north side from Hillcrest Street to Western
Avenue Place.
| ||
No parking on the south side from Hillcrest Street to a point
120 feet westerly.
| ||
Viles Street
| ||
No parking on the east side for the entire length.
| ||
Parking on the west side shall be limited to 10 designated compact
vehicle spaces within the posted parking area.
| ||
Wade Street
| ||
No parking on the north side of Wade Street between Sewall Street
and Chamberlain Street.
| ||
Waldo Street
| ||
No parking on the south side.
| ||
Washington Street
| ||
Parking of vehicles shall be restricted to 10 minutes on the
east side of Washington Street from the north side of York Street
northerly for a distance of 35 feet.
| ||
No parking on the westerly side from Northern Avenue easterly
for 49 feet.
| ||
Water Street
| ||
No parking on the west side of Water Street beginning at the
intersection of Bridge Street and Water Street northerly for a distance
of 630 feet.
| ||
No parking on the west side of Water Street from a point 140
feet north of the intersection of Laurel Street northerly to the beginning
of Northern Avenue.[2]
| ||
No parking on the east side of Water Street from a point 202
feet north of the Bridge Street intersection northerly for a distance
of 44 feet, which shall be designated a loading zone. This loading
zone shall be restricted for use of vehicles loading and unloading
freight or merchandise only.[3]
| ||
No parking on the east side of Water Street from a point of
540 feet north of the Bridge Street intersection northerly to the
beginning of Northern Avenue.
| ||
No parking on the east side beginning at a point 31 feet south
of the Edwards Manufacturing Company main gate southerly for a distance
of 124 feet.
| ||
No parking on the westerly side beginning at Green Street southerly
for a distance of 140 feet.
[Added 7-16-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-109] | ||
No parking on the east side from West Side Circle to Gage Street.
[Added 7-16-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-109] | ||
No parking on the east side of Water Street beginning at Bridge
Street and extending southerly for a distance of 300 feet.
[Added 7-19-2018 by Ord. No. 18-111] | ||
No parking on the west side of Water Street beginning at Bridge
Street and extending southerly for a distance of 165 feet.
[Added 7-19-2018 by Ord. No. 18-111] | ||
West Crescent Street
| ||
No parking on the north side.
| ||
No parking on the south side beginning at a point 70 feet west
of the Memorial Drive intersection to the Memorial Drive intersection.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 2 hours on the south side beginning
at a point 70 feet west of the intersection of Memorial Drive westerly
for a distance of 139 feet.
| ||
Western Avenue
| ||
No parking at any place, entire length.
| ||
Western Avenue Place
| ||
No parking on either side from Western Avenue to Vickery Street.
| ||
No parking on the east side from Vickery Street to Walker Street.
| ||
Weston Street
| ||
No parking on the south side between State Street and Sewall
Street.
| ||
Parking shall be restricted on the north side from Chapel Street
westerly for 30 feet, and from Sewall Street easterly for 30 feet.
| ||
Weston Street (Seasonal)
| ||
No parking on the north side from State Street to Sewall Street
from December 1 to March 31.
| ||
No parking on the south side from a point 70 feet east of the
east side of Chapel Street easterly to State Street. Parking shall
be restricted to 1-hour parking on the south side from Chapel Street
easterly for 70 feet, except from March 31 to December 1. There shall
be no parking on the north side of Weston Street between Chapel Street
and State Street.
| ||
It is the intent of this subsection to allow parking for 70
feet on the south side during winter months.
| ||
Whitten Road
| ||
No parking on either side from the intersection of Alderwood
Road southerly for a distance of 1,850 feet or the point where the
boundary line of the City of Hallowell first intersects Whitten Road.
| ||
Willow Street
| ||
No parking on the south side from Bangor Street westerly for
50 feet.
| ||
Wilson Street
| ||
No parking on Wilson Street on the north side for the entire
length of the street.
| ||
Winter Street
| ||
No parking on the east side between Winthrop Street and Bridge
Street.
| ||
Winthrop Court
| ||
Parking shall be restricted to 1/2 hour on the west side for
the entire length.
| ||
No parking on the east side.
| ||
Two parking stalls reserved exclusively for the use of physically
handicapped persons as defined in 29 M.R.S.A. § 252[4] shall be established.
| ||
(1)
|
The first stall shall be located on the west side of Winthrop
Court beginning 40 feet from the corner of Winthrop Street and Winthrop
Court, northerly for a distance of 22 feet.
| |
(2)
|
The second stall shall be located on the west side of Winthrop
Court beginning 72 feet from the corner of Winthrop Street and Winthrop
Court, northerly for a distance of 22 feet.
| |
No parking on the north or south side for the entire length.
| ||
Winthrop Street
[Repealed 8-4-2016 by Ord. No. 16-158] | ||
York Street
| ||
No parking on the south side.
|
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 29 of the Maine Revised Statutes was
repealed by L. 1983, C. 683, § a-1, effective 1-1-1995.
See now 29-A M.R.S.A. § 521.
[2]
Editor's Note: An entry limiting parking to one hour on the
east side of Water Street beginning at the intersection of Bridge
Street northerly for a distance of 202 feet, and which immediately
followed this entry, was repealed 2-4-2016 by Ord. No. 16-016.
[3]
Editor's Note: An entry limiting parking to one hour on the
east side of Water Street from a point 246 feet north of the Bridge
Street intersection northerly for a distance of 294 feet, and which
immediately followed this entry, was repealed 2-4-2016 by Ord. No.
16-016.
[4]
Editor's Note: Title 29 of the Maine Revised Statutes was
repealed by L. 1983, C. 683, § a-1, effective 1-1-1995.
See now 29-A M.R.S.A. § 521.
[Amended 2-3-1992 by Ord. No. 359]
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Code of Ordinances
regarding parking bans, parking shall be allowed in the immediate
area of places of worship 1/2 hour before services until 1/2 hour
after services on Saturday or Sunday on all City streets except for
state-numbered routes where parking is prohibited, on crosswalks,
in the immediate area of fire hydrants, and on streets where parking
is prohibited because the width of the street will not allow fire-fighting
equipment to travel over the street if vehicles were parked on same.
"No parking" signs in the areas affected by this section shall be
changed to reflect the above section.
[Amended 2-17-1993 by Ord. No. 27]
It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle or motorcycle without
a special handicapped registration plate or placard in the following
listed locations, which are designated as parking areas for handicapped
persons. These locations shall be identified by a sign posted adjacent
to and visible from each handicapped parking space identified and
listed below. Said sign shall display the international symbol for
accessibility. Any vehicle or motorcycle parking in a parking space
clearly marked as a handicapped parking space and which does not bear
a special handicapped registration plate or placard issued under 29
M.R.S.A. §§ 252, 252-A or 252-C, as amended,[1] or a similar plate issued by another state, shall be cited
for a forfeiture of not less than $50. "Clearly marked" includes painted
signs on pavement and vertical standing signs which are visible in
existing weather conditions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Title 29 of the Maine Revised Statutes was
repealed by L. 1983, C. 683, § a-1, effective 1-1-1995.
See now 29-A M.R.S.A. §§ 521 and 523.
[Amended 1-6-1992 by Ord. No. 244]
A.
It shall be unlawful to allow any vehicle to stop or remain parked
at any time upon the East Side Circle or West Side Circle or within
100 feet from the outside curb on any exit from or any entrance to
the circle for the purpose of taking on or letting off passengers
or any other reason unless such stopping or parking is done in an
area so designated by the placement of signs by the Police Department
for such purpose.
The Augusta Parking District shall have the authority to regulate
parking on the following streets:
A.
On-street parking.
Name of Street
|
Location
| |
---|---|---|
Bangor Street
|
From Cony Street to Patterson Street
| |
Bridge Street
|
From Water Street to State Street
| |
Capitol Street
|
From Gage Street to Florence Street
| |
Chamberlain Street
|
From Western Avenue to Capitol Street
| |
Chapel Street
|
From Green Street to Western Avenue
| |
Chapel Street
|
From Western Avenue to Chamberlain Street
| |
Church Street
|
From State Street to Flagg Street
| |
Commercial Street
|
From Haymarket Square to Bridge Street
| |
Dickman Street
| ||
Flagg Street
|
From Oak Street to Church Street
| |
Front Street Bridge
|
To Winthrop Street and its extension southerly
| |
Green Street
|
From Hartford Fire Station to State Street
| |
Grove Street Extension
|
Same as South Grove Street
| |
Haymarket Square
| ||
Melville Street
|
From Green Street to its termination on the south side of Western
Avenue
| |
Oak Street
|
From Dickman Street to State Street
| |
Sewall Street
|
From Green Street to Western Avenue
| |
State Street
|
From Bridge Street to Western Avenue
| |
State Street
|
From Western Avenue to Glenwood Street
| |
Water Street
|
From Hartford Fire Station to Bond Brook
| |
Water Street
|
From Hartford Fire Station to Chandler Street to State Street
| |
Willow Street
|
From Cony Street to Myrtle Street
| |
Winthrop Street
|
From Front Street to State Street
| |
Winthrop Street
|
South side, for a distance of 180 feet from the southeast corner
of State Street and Winthrop Street westerly
|
B.
Off-street parking.
Parking area, Commercial Street Extension 11 Bridge Street to
128 Water Street
| |
Parking lot at 11 Bridge Street
| |
Parking lot at 12-16 Dickman Street
| |
Parking lot at 348 Water Street
| |
Parking lot at south side of Hotel Arnold 73 to 137 Water Street
| |
Parking lot between Front Street and its southerly extension
and the Kennebec River
| |
Parking lots leased from Maine Central R.R.
|
A.
The franchise, right, power and easement in the areas and streets enumerated in § 270-37 shall be for the following purposes: to install, operate and maintain parking meters; to collect the revenue therefrom; to issue parking revenue bonds payable solely from parking fees to pay the cost of construction, installation, operation and maintenance of the parking meters and off-the-street parking lots to be used in furtherance and in connection therewith; to designate space for the parking of vehicles by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the street adjacent to or adjoining the parking meters; to adopt from time to time and amend rules and regulations governing the use of parking in such areas and streets, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the use and nonuse of such areas and streets, for parking by commercial and noncommercial vehicles, buses, taxis, vehicles of doctors, and others, and the setting of fees therefor; and to do all other lawful things necessary, convenient or incidental to the foregoing rights and powers.
B.
Meters shall be placed not more than two feet from the curb nor more
than five feet from the front line or side line of the adjacent parking
space.
C.
It is the intention hereof that the City shall continue to be responsible
for and to keep in a state of repair the streets and sidewalks along
such streets, and the District shall repair and maintain the meters
and their foundations and paint or mark the designated areas on the
surface of such roadways and sidewalks.
[Amended 2-20-1990 by Ord. No. 327; 1-6-1992 by Ord. No. 244]
A.
In the interest of providing proper safety services to school buildings
within the City, the Fire Chief or designee, in conjunction with the
Superintendent of Schools or designee, is hereby authorized to establish
fire lanes at and around school buildings within the City; such fire
lanes shall be clearly marked with signs indicating the existence
of the fire lane and the prohibition against parking in same.
B.
Any vehicle found to be parked, standing or in any other way blocking
any designated fire lane shall be in violation of this article and
as such shall be subject to a fine of $15 for each offense and, in
addition, any vehicle in violation may be removed and impounded as
provided for in Part 2 of this article.
[Amended 4-14-1986 by Ord. No. 360; 11-20-1989 by Ord. No. 246; 1-6-1992 by Ord. No. 244; 8-2-1999 by Ord. No. 169]
It shall be the policy of the City of Augusta to ensure that
at any time the Augusta Police Department is required to contract
directly for vehicle towing services, or refer a needy citizen to
such towing services, the Police Department shall do so in an economical
and equitable manner. Though sensitive to the business concerns of
area towing enterprises, the City policy regarding this matter shall
be influenced primarily by the need to promote public safety through
a quick and efficient removal of obstructions to the public way and
by a vigilant effort to prevent the general public from being victimized
by unfair business practices, particularly where the City is involved
as a referral agent for private tow operators. This order shall pertain
to public ways, City property and property owned or authorized for
policing by the Augusta Parking District and shall not be utilized
for the removal of vehicles from private property of individuals.
A.
The Police Department shall establish a rotation order by which tow
operators will be contacted whenever a vehicle must be removed from
a public way, City property, or private property as a result of a
motor vehicle accident or other police action. The Police Department
shall maintain a log in the communication center and upon request
for a tow service, record the name of the tow operator, whether the
request for tow was in rotation, vehicle owner's request, or City
bid, and also record the unavailability or refusal of a tow operator
to respond. The Police Department shall maintain a list of qualified
tow operators, and this list shall not exceed 10 operators so that
no undue administrative burden shall be placed upon the Police Department.
This list shall be reviewed in January of each year to enable the
Police Department to add or remove tow operators. In the event that
more than 10 qualified operators apply for inclusion on the towing
list, the Chief of Police shall determine, by lot, which companies
shall be included for the year. Should a vehicle operator request
a tow operator that is not on the police tow list, the police officer
on scene will determine whether the request will be honored, taking
into account the time it will take for the requested tow operator
to arrive and remove the vehicle. In all circumstances, the removal
of a vehicle from traffic by the quickest and most efficient means
is essential.
B.
The Police Department shall in times of extreme emergency or disaster
deviate from this towing policy rotation order when it is in the best
interest of public safety to do so.
[Amended 10-17-2005 by Ord. No. 165]
A.
The schedule of charges for service calls, towing or removing vehicles
and notices of such action as required by this Part 2 shall not exceed
the schedule of charges which shall be set from time to time and a
schedule of such charges shall include service calls day or night,
tow fee day or night, motor vehicle accident tow day or night, use
of which and mileage from accident scene to vehicle destination.
B.
Tow operators accepting City referrals under this Part 2 shall agree
to charge reasonable fees that will not exceed the following per vehicle:
(4)
Use of winch: described as having to winch a vehicle out of a ditch
and back onto the roadway or other location, or turning over an overturned
vehicle. Use of winch is not to be charged when a vehicle is winched
onto a flatbed of a tow truck: $75 per hour, to be computed in half-hour
increments beyond the first hour, with the full first-hour charge
due for any portion thereof.
(6)
Storage: location of where towed vehicle was brought awaiting retrieval
by owner or other responsible party: $35 per day, or any portion thereof,
after the first 24 hours of vehicle being towed to storage lot.
[Amended 9-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19-139]
A.
The City Manager shall annually request sealed bids for towing and
storage charges. Such bids shall be for the towing of municipal vehicles,
vehicles in violation of snow removal operations, and any other vehicle
so ordered by the Police Department caused by a police action, vehicles
removed from City property or the property of the Augusta Parking
District.
B.
The tow company that is awarded the annual towing bid shall establish
a storage facility within the confines of the City of Augusta that
will enable owners of vehicles towed to retrieve their motor vehicles
during regular business hours. The storage facility location shall
be recorded on the City bid form indicating that the tow company is
in compliance prior to any award of bid by the City.
C.
In the event that the tow company that has been awarded the annual towing bid is removed from the Police Department towing list for violating Article III, Part 2, Towing, Violations and Impoundment, of the Revised Code of Ordinances, the City shall award the remainder of the municipal bid time period to the tow company having submitted a reasonable bid at the time of the last bid opening.
[Amended 10-17-2005 by Ord. No. 166]
A.
Parties towing vehicles and storing same in accordance with the provisions
of this Part 2 shall assume full responsibility for damages to vehicles
while in transit or storage. Tow operators accepting City referrals
shall remove vehicle debris and fluids within reason from the public
way or in any other place at traffic accident scenes as part of the
removal process of the vehicle being towed. Tow operators requesting
to be included on the Police Department towing rotation order shall
obtain all required insurance and show proof of same on demand of
the Chief of Police. Such insurance shall include but not be limited
to vehicle, liability, and property insurance.
B.
Tow operators shall conduct themselves in a professional manner when
engaged in contact with the public at accident scenes and other places
after having been requested by the Police Department to provide a
service to the public.
C.
Tow operators shall conduct themselves in such a manner as to respect
all other tow operators and the right of their competitors to do business.
"Jumping the call" of a competing tow operator shall be grounds for
immediate removal from the towing list of the Police Department.
D.
Tow operators shall provide towing/wrecker service commercial liability
insurance covering the operation of the business, equipment or other
vehicles for any bodily injury or property damage. This policy shall
be in the minimum amount of $300,000 combined single limit for personal
injury and property damage, or such amount as may be required by the
State of Maine from time to time, whichever amount shall be greater.
E.
Road service liability coverage for the lifting, hoisting and towing
of vehicles must be included in the tow operator's legal liability
policy.
F.
The lapsing or cancellation of any insurance policy as required herein
above shall result in immediate removal from the towing list of the
Police Department.
Whenever in the City ordinances it is provided that it shall
be unlawful for a person to park a vehicle, the fact that a vehicle
is unlawfully parked shall be prima facie evidence of the unlawful
parking of such vehicle by the person in whose name such vehicle is
registered.
A.
Any person charged with a violation of any parking ordinance may
waive all court action by payment of the appropriate current fine
for the particular parking violations to the Police Department within
five days of the offense.
B.
The schedule of fines for parking violations shall be set from time
to time and a copy of such schedule is on file in the City Clerk's
office.
A.
Any vehicle of any kind or description parked upon a public street
of the City at a place, in a manner, or for a length of time prohibited
by an ordinance of the City, or so as to impede the City's snow removal
operations or traffic in the public street, is hereby declared to
be an obstruction in such street and a menace to the safe and proper
operation of traffic.
B.
Any vehicle parked in such a manner as described in this section
may be removed by and under the direction of or at the request of
the Police Department, the police supervisor in charge of any shift,
the Director of Public Works or the on-duty foreman to a garage or
storage place within the limits of the City and impounded therein.
C.
Any person named in Subsection B may use force as may be necessary to enter such vehicle and cause the same to be placed in a condition to be moved and shall employ the City bid tow operator or a tow operator from the police towing rotation list, whichever circumstance may be deemed appropriate for towing and storing vehicles.
D.
Notwithstanding any language contained herein, the removal and storage
of a vehicle pursuant to this section, and the payment of the charges
specified in this Part 2, shall in no way relieve or prevent prosecution
for the violation of any provisions of the ordinances of the City.
E.
Any person named in Subsection B hereof is hereby authorized to perform the same duties and functions with respect to any land owned or authorized for policing by the Augusta Parking District as specified in Section 17 of the rules and regulations of the Augusta Parking District. In the event of any removal under this section or under Section 17 of the Augusta Parking District rules and regulations, the Police Department shall be immediately notified in order that the duties outlined in § 270-48 may be carried out.
A.
The Police Department shall make every effort to notify as promptly
as possible the owner of any vehicle of its removal from the streets
of the City, and as soon as possible a written notice that such vehicle
has been impounded shall be sent to the owner at his/her last known
address as shown by the records of the Secretary of State. If the
owner is unknown, the Police Chief shall cause to be published in
the local newspaper printed in the City notice of such impoundment,
giving the registration number, the vehicle identification number,
the name, type, and year of such vehicle. The requirements and duties
outlined in this section shall apply equally to vehicles removed from
land owned or authorized for policing by the Augusta Parking District,
pursuant to Section 17 of the rules and regulations of the Augusta
Parking District.
B.
Before the owner of an impounded vehicle may remove it from the possession
of the person towing or storing it, the owner shall:
(1)
Furnish satisfactory evidence of his/her identity and of his/her
ownership of such vehicle to an employee at the Police Department
and pay the established charges to the Police Department for advertising,
towing, storage and the fine.
(2)
Be furnished a two-part receipt upon payment of such charges, part
one a receipt for such payment and part two a release to be presented
to the person having towed and stored the vehicle. The owner shall
sign part two upon receipt of the vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for a person to reclaim or remove an impounded vehicle unless the procedure established in § 270-48 has been followed.
Any vehicle which has accumulated four or more notices of violation of any parking regulation or regulations issued, for which there has been neither payment of waiver fees nor issuance of court process, and which is then parked in violation of any such provision may, at the option of any officer authorized to enforce the parking regulations of the City, be immobilized in place until all waiver fees established for all such outstanding notices of violation have been paid or until the requirements of § 270-51B or C have been met.
Any person having the means to release such immobilized vehicle
shall not release it until the individual requesting its release presents
satisfactory evidence of his/her right to possession and signs a receipt
therefor, and:
A.
The Police Chief or his duly authorized representative certifies
that all waiver fees have been paid; or
B.
The Police Chief or his duly authorized representative shall certify
the posting of a bond to the total of all previously accumulated waiver
fees which should have been remitted for said overdue notices of violation;
or
C.
Upon certification of the Police Chief or duly authorized representative
that such person has both:
Whenever any person requests the right to post bond pursuant to § 270-51, such bond shall be given in cash and a receipt given therefor. Such bond money shall be refunded in the amount of the waiver fee for each alleged violation upon acceptance by such person of service of process initiating a court proceeding to determine his/her liability for the prescribed penalty for such violation. Any bond shall be forfeited unless the person posting it requests and accepts service for such process from the Chief of Police or his designated representative within 30 days of posting unless prevented from doing so by the action or inaction of the City.
It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with or attempt to remove any immobilizing device attached to a vehicle, notwithstanding other penalty provisions contained in this Part 2. The penalty for any such violation shall be in accordance with Chapter 1, Article III, General Penalty, of the City Code.