Town of Easton, MA
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2022-11-28
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Division 5 Rules and Regulations
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Chapter 502 Vehicles and Traffic
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Article II Duties of Police; Exemptions
- Division 1 Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2 Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Audit Committee
- Ch 4 Budget Subcommittee
- Ch 6 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 8 Collector of Taxes
- Ch 11 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Council on Aging
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 20 Easton Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 22 Finance Committee
- Ch 26 Financial Affairs
- Ch 39 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Meetings
- Ch 50 Noncriminal Disposition of Violations
- Ch 56 Personal Property, Sale of
- Ch 59 Personnel
- Ch 65 Records and Reports
- Ch 73 Tree Warden
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 89 Advertising, Outdoor
- Ch 93 Alarms
- Ch 96 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 100 Amusement Devices
- Ch 104 Animals
- Ch 112 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 114 Building Demolition Permit Review
- Ch 117 Cable Television
- Ch 121 Cigarette Rolling Paper
- Ch 128 Earth Removal
- Ch 132 Entertainment
- Ch 136 Excavations
- Ch 141 Fire Lanes
- Ch 147 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 150 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 152 Local Historic District
- Ch 156 Junk, Old and Precious Metals and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 162 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 175 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Public Gatherings
- Ch 186 Public Property, Destruction of
- Ch 188 Marijuana
- Ch 189 Right to Farm
- Ch 193 Sales, Yard
- Ch 195 Smoking Ban
- Ch 198 Solid Waste
- Ch 200 Stormwater Management
- Ch 202 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 203 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 206 Swimming Pools
- Ch 215 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 218 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 224 Sewer District; Board of Sewer Commissioners
- Ch 227 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Division 3 Board of Health
- Ch 304 Backyard Composting
- Ch 308 Body Art
- Ch 316 Floor Drains
- Ch 320 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 329 Manure and Animal Waste Management
- Ch 332 Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
- Ch 337 Pasteurization
- Ch 343 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 346 Sanitation Facilities
- Ch 350 Sewage Disposal Systems, On-Site
- Ch 355 Solid Waste
- Ch 360 Swine
- Ch 364 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 369 Wells, Private
- Division 4 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 400 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 401 (Reserved)
- Ch 402 (Reserved)
- Division 5 Rules and Regulations
- Ch 500 Plan Approval Authority Rules and Regulations
- Ch 501 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Ch 502 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 502 Art II Duties of Police; Exemptions
- § 502-3 Enforcement; directing traffic.
- § 502-4 Temporary street closings.
- § 502-5 Temporary parking bans.
- § 502-6 Safety Officer.
- § 502-7 Exemptions.
- Ch 503 Wetlands Regulations
- Ch 504 Regulations for Use of Conservation Land
- Ch 505 Sewer Use Regulations
- Ch 506 Mobile Home Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch 507 Building Demolition Review Regulations
- Ch 508 Local Historic District Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch 800 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch 801 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
It shall be the duty of officers designated by the Chief of
Police to enforce the provisions of these rules and regulations. Such
officers are hereby authorized to direct all traffic, either in person
or by means of visible or audible signal, in conformance with the
provisions of these rules and regulations, provided that, in the event
of a fire or other emergency and in order to expedite traffic or safeguard
pedestrians, officers of the Police or Fire Department may direct
traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions
of these rules and regulations.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to temporarily close
any street or highway in an impending or existing emergency, or for
any lawful assemblage, demonstration or procession.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to temporarily prohibit
parking on any street or highway or part thereof in an impending or
existing emergency or for a lawful assemblage, demonstration or procession.
Vehicles parked in places where parking is temporarily prohibited
may be moved by or under the direction of an officer.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to appoint an officer
of the Police Department to be the Safety Officer. The duties of the
Safety Officer are as follows. The Safety Officer shall:
A.
Investigate vehicle accidents.
B.
Recommend improvements to the streets and highways in order to reduce
the frequency of accidents.
C.
Investigate the requests of residents for the posting of warning
and regulatory signs.
D.
Prepare requests to the Board, where applicable, for the installation
of warning and regulatory signs where the Board of Selectmen has jurisdiction.
E.
Prepare requests to the Board, where applicable, where the Board
must request a permit from the Massachusetts Department of Public
Works to install a warning or regulatory sign.
F.
Act in an advisory capacity to the Traffic Advisory Committee.
The provisions of these rules and regulations shall not apply
to drivers actually engaged in work upon a street or highway closed
to travel or under construction or repair, to officers when engaged
in the performance of public duties or to drivers of emergency vehicles
while operating in an emergency and in performance of public duties
when the nature of the work of any of these necessitate a departure
from any part of these rules and regulations. These exemptions shall
not, however, protect the driver of any vehicle from the consequences
of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.
