[Adopted 10-18-2011,
approved 2-2-2012 (Art. 83 of the 2011 General By-Laws)]
Any individual, body or entity that has lawful control of a
public or private off-street parking area within the Town is required
to reserve parking spaces within said off-street parking area for
vehicles that prominently display official handicapped identification
that has been issued pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter
90, Section 2, or that has been otherwise issued by any other state
of the United States or by any province of Canada. The number of such
reserved parking spaces that is required for any given off-street
parking area shall be determined as provided in the formula that is
found in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 21(23)(a);
provided, that nothing in this By-Law shall be construed to preclude
the Planning Board from exercising any authority it may have to require,
as part of its acceptance of an off-street parking plan, a greater
number of such reserved parking spaces than this formula otherwise
would require. Further, the size, location and manner of identification
through signage of all such reserved parking spaces shall be as provided
in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 21(23)(b).
No motor vehicle that does not have displayed upon it official
handicapped identification as described above shall be parked in any
such reserved parking space. Further, for the purposes of this By-Law,
any cross-hatch area that abuts any such reserved parking space shall
be considered to be a part of that parking space.
No motor vehicle shall be parked in such a manner as to obstruct
a curb ramp that is designed for use by handicapped individuals as
a means of egress to or from a public or private way.
Any motor vehicle that is parked in violation of any of the
provisions of this By-Law shall be fined $250, which shall be issued
and enforced in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General
Laws, Chapter 90, Section 20A1/2, and the Parking Regulations of the
Select Board; provided, that a failure to pay this fine within 21
days of its issuance shall increase it to $255, and a failure to pay
this fine prior to the time that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles is
notified by the Town Parking Clerk of the violation shall increase
it to $270. Further, any motor vehicle that is parked in violation
of any of the provisions of this By-Law shall be towed in accordance
with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section
22D, and the Parking Regulations of the Select Board.
[Amended 10-21-2013,
approved 12-30-2013]
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply. Any terms that have not been defined specifically herein
shall have their normal English meanings, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Any conveyance that is not moved by human power, as well
as any object, including refuse dumpsters, trailers and semi-trailers,
that is not self-propelled and that is designed to be towed or moved
by any such conveyance.
Any Class D or Class M licensed vehicle shall be considered
to be parked unless it simultaneously is being attended by a person
who has the means, ability and lawful authority to move it immediately
upon request or command, and is being actively loaded or unloaded
of persons or property. Any Class A, Class B or Class C licensed vehicle,
and any trailer of any kind, shall be considered to be parked if it
is not moving for any reason other than the flow of traffic. Whether
a vehicle is running shall not affect whether it is considered to
be parked.
