[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Cumberland 12-12-2017[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Mass gatherings — See Ch. 162.
Roads and public property — See Ch. 200.
All-terrain vehicles — See Ch. 278.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 282,
Vehicles and Traffic, adopted 5-20-1985, as amended.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall for the purpose of this chapter have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section, except when the context otherwise
requires. Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not defined
herein but are defined in the state laws regulating the operation
of vehicles, any such definition therein shall be deemed to apply
to such words and phrases used herein, except when the context otherwise
requires.
Vehicles of the fire department, police department, and such
ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public
service corporations as are designated or authorized by the Town Manager
and Chief of Police, or their designees.
Every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for
transportation of property.
Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners
or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right
of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such
manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction
over such highway, street or roadway.
The portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation
of curb and property lines at intersections, or any other portions
of a roadway clearly indicated for pedestrians crossing by lines,
signs or other markings.
A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers, materials
or freight.
Every road or driveway not open to the use of the public
for the purposes of vehicular travel.
Any municipal firefighter or fire warden, including those
appointed under special laws.
A device which will render a vehicle inoperable, more commonly
referred to as a "boot."
The towing of a motor vehicle and having it stored at the
place of business of the towing company or any other secure facility.
The area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral
curblines or, if no curblines are established, then the lateral boundary
lines of two or more streets or highways which join one another at
an angle, whether or not one such street or highway crosses the other.
A roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked
lanes for vehicular traffic.
Whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard
time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in this municipality.
All signs, markings or devices not inconsistent with this
chapter placed or erected by authority of a public body or official
having jurisdiction, for the purpose of guiding, directing, warning,
or regulating traffic.
Any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading property or passengers.
Any person afoot.
Any natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation
or other legal entity.
Any officer of the Police Department, any constable, or any
person authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests
for violations of traffic regulations.
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful
manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching
under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give
rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm of the shoulder.
In the event that a highway includes two or more separate roadways,
the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway
separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use
by pedestrians.
Any stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.
Pedestrians, ridden animals, herded animals, vehicles, passenger
buses and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using
any street for purposes of travel.
A space dedicated at the end of a dead end street or property
owned by the Town of Cumberland to be used specifically as a vehicle
turnaround.
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported upon a street, way or road except devices
moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or
tracks.
A.Â
State laws incorporated. All state motor vehicle laws are hereby
incorporated by reference. No person shall violate any motor vehicle
law of the state within the Town.
B.Â
Authority of Police and Fire/EMS Department officials.
(1)Â
It shall be the duty of any police officer to enforce all traffic
laws of this municipality and all state vehicle laws.
(2)Â
Police officers are hereby authorized to direct all traffic by voice,
hand or signal in conformance with traffic laws, provided that, in
the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to
safeguard pedestrians, police officers may direct traffic as conditions
may require notwithstanding the provisions of the traffic laws.
(3)Â
Officers of the Fire/EMS Department, when at the scene of a fire,
may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in
the immediate vicinity.
C.Â
Obedience to police and fire officials. No person shall willfully
fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any
police officer or Fire/EMS Department official in directing traffic.
D.Â
Public employees to obey traffic regulations. The provisions of this
chapter shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated
by the United States, this state, or any county, town, district, or
any other political subdivision of the state, subject to such specific
exceptions as are set forth in this chapter or in the State Vehicle
Code.
E.Â
Authorized emergency vehicles.
(1)Â
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to
an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected
violator of the law or when responding to, but not upon return from,
a fire alarm may park or stand irrespective of the provisions of this
chapter.
(2)Â
The foregoing provision shall not relieve the driver of an authorized
emergency vehicle from the duty to park or stand with due regard for
the safety of all persons, nor shall such provision protect the driver
from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of
others.
F.Â
Removal of ticket. No person shall remove from any vehicle a parking
ticket, notice or warning placed on or in such vehicle by a police
officer, except for the purpose of answering such notice as required
therein.
G.Â
Moving of vehicles to avoid provisions of chapter unlawful. The moving
of vehicles from one location to another to avoid provisions of this
chapter shall be deemed a violation thereof.
H.Â
Prima facie evidence of operation. No person shall allow, permit
or suffer any vehicle registered in his/her name to stand or park
in any street, way or road in violation of any provisions of this
chapter. 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.Â
Authority to install traffic control devices. The Chief of Police
or his or her designee at the direction of, or with the approval of,
the Town Council and with the assistance of the Public Services Department,
shall place and maintain official traffic control devices when and
as required under the traffic ordinances of this municipality to make
effective the provisions of said ordinances and shall recommend to
the Town Council such additional official traffic control devices
as he may deem necessary to regulate, warn, or guide traffic under
the traffic ordinances of this municipality or the State Vehicle Code.
The installation of traffic control devices on state aid and state
highways shall be subject to and the responsibility of the Maine Department
of Transportation.
B.Â
Specifications for traffic control devices. All traffic control signs,
signals and devices shall conform to specifications approved by the
Maine Department of Transportation. All signs and signals required
hereunder for a particular purpose shall so far as practicable be
uniform as to type and location throughout the municipality. All traffic
control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions
of state law or this chapter shall be official traffic control devices.
C.Â
Obedience to official traffic control devices. The driver of any
vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control
device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject
to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle.
D.Â
When official traffic control devices required for enforcement purposes.
(1)Â
No provision of this chapter for which official traffic control devices
are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the
time and place of the alleged violation an official device is not
in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily
observant person.
(2)Â
Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic
control devices are required, such section shall be effective even
though no devices are erected or in place.
E.Â
Presumption of legality. Whenever official traffic control devices
are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements
of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed
by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary
shall be established by competent evidence.
F.Â
When temporary traffic control devices are necessary. The police
or other authorized persons are hereby authorized to place temporary
no-parking signs, detour signs, and to route traffic by personal direction
of a police officer in the Town of Cumberland in circumstances of
emergency or congestion such as, but not limited to, fires, funerals,
church services, parades, sporting events, and also where the traffic
generated by private business locations requires such directional
control for public safety or convenience during a fire, accident,
emergency or special event. A police officer may temporarily close
a way to vehicular traffic or to vehicles of a certain description
or divert pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
G.Â
The Chief of Police or his or her designee to recommend crosswalks
and establish safety zones.
(1)Â
The Chief of Police or his or her designee is hereby charged with
the responsibility of:
(a)Â
Submitting recommendations to the Town Council which will enable
the Council to designate, and the Public Services Department to maintain,
appropriate devices, marks, or lines upon the surface of the roadway,
crosswalks at intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians
crossing the roadway, and at such other places as may be deemed necessary;
and
(b)Â
Establishing safety zones of such kind and character and at
such places as may be deemed necessary for the protection of pedestrians.
(2)Â
On state aid and state highways, the recommendations of the Chief
of Police or his or her designee and authority of the Town Council
are subject to approval by the Maine Department of Transportation.
H.Â
Traffic lanes. The Chief of Police or his or her designee is hereby
authorized, with the approval of the Road Commissioner and cooperation
of the Public Services Department, to designate traffic lanes upon
the roadway of any street or highway where a regular alignment of
traffic is necessary. On state aid and state highways, the authority
of the Chief of Police or his or her designee is subject to Maine
Department of Transportation approval.
A.Â
State speed laws applicable. The state traffic laws regulating the
speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within this
municipality.
B.Â
Regulation of speed by traffic signals. The Chief of Police or his
or her designee is authorized, subject to approval by the Town Council,
the Maine Department of Transportation, and state police, to regulate
the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic
in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from
the speeds otherwise applicable within the Town or at intersections
and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
A.Â
Authority to place devices altering normal course for turn. The Chief
of Police or his or her designee is authorized, subject to the approval
of the Town Council, to place or have placed official traffic control
devices within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course
to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, and such
course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or be other than
as prescribed by law. On state aid and state highways, the authority
of the Police Chief is also subject to approval of the Maine Department
of Transportation.
B.Â
Authority to place restricted turn signs. The Chief of Police or
his or her designee is to recommend to the Town Council those intersections
at which drivers of vehicles shall not make a right, left or U-turn
and shall, upon affirmative vote of the Council, with the cooperation
of the Public Services Department, place proper signs at such intersections.
The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of
any day and permitted at other hours, in which event the same shall
be plainly indicated on the signs, or the signs may be removed when
such turns are permitted. On state aid and state highways, the recommendations
of the Police Chief and the authority of the Town Council are subject
to approval of the Maine Department of Transportation.
B.Â
Signs required at through streets. Whenever this chapter designates
and describes a through street, it shall be the duty of the Chief
of Police or his or her designee, with the cooperation of the Public
Services Department, to place and maintain a stop sign or, on the
basis of an engineering and traffic investigation at any intersection,
a yield sign on each and every street intersecting such through street
unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled at all times
by traffic control signals; provided, however, that at the intersection
of two such through streets or at the intersection of a through street
and a heavy traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be
erected at the approaches of either of said streets, as may be recommended
to and voted by the Town Council, by the Chief of Police or his or
her designee upon the basis of an engineering and traffic study.
C.Â
Other intersections where stop or yield required. The Chief of Police
or his or her designee is to designate intersections where a particular
hazard exists upon other than through streets and to determine and
recommend to the Town Council:
(1)Â
Whether vehicles shall stop at one or more entrances to any such
intersection, in which event, upon vote of the Town Council, he or
she shall cause to be erected a stop sign at every such place where
a stop is required.
(2)Â
Whether vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles on a different
street at such intersection, in which event upon vote of the Town
Council he shall cause to be erected a yield sign at every place where
obedience is required.
D.Â
State approval. On state aid and state highways, the designation
of through streets and the installation of stop and yield signs are
subject to Maine Department of Transportation approval.
A.Â
Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any places within
the streets, roads, or highways of the Town of Cumberland.
B.Â
No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in
his/her name to stand or be parked on any street other than parallel
with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of lawful traffic
movement and within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway.
C.Â
Any person may back a vehicle to, but not onto, a curb or sidewalk
if there is no curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise
or materials for a period not in excess of 30 minutes. No person shall
so back a vehicle to a curb for a period in excess of 30 minutes unless
specifically authorized by a police officer.
A.Â
Parking not to obstruct traffic. No person shall park any vehicle
upon a street in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave
available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for free movement
of vehicular traffic.
C.Â
Parking adjacent to schools.
(1)Â
The Chief of Police or his or her designee is hereby authorized,
upon vote of the Town Council, to cause the installation of signs
indicating "No Parking" upon either or both sides of any street adjacent
to any school property when such parking would interfere with traffic
or create a hazardous situation.
(2)Â
When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either
side of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized herein,
no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.
D.Â
Parking prohibited on narrow streets.
(1)Â
The Chief of Police or his or her designee is hereby authorized,
upon vote of the Town Council, to cause the installation of signs
indicating "No Parking" upon any street when the width of the roadway
does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated
by such signs when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet.
(2)Â
When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets
as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such
street in violation of any such sign.
E.Â
No stopping, standing or parking near hazardous or congested places.
(1)Â
The Chief of Police or his or her designee is to determine and recommend
to the Town Council for its designation places not exceeding 100 feet
in length in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would
create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay
to traffic. The Chief of Police or his or her designee shall cause
the installation of proper signs in such locations.
(2)Â
When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places
as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle
in any such designated place.
F.Â
Motor vehicles in designated places. No person shall operate or park
any motor vehicle of any type or description on municipal property
(excluding public roads) other than designated parking areas in municipal
parking lots or driveways. No person shall operate a motor vehicle
outside of said designated areas. The use of authorized golf carts
and snowmobiles at the municipal recreation center shall be exempt
from this provision.
G.Â
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following
places, nor shall any person move a vehicle not owned by that person
into any of such places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer,
other authorized person or traffic-control device:
(1)Â
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, except for emergency responders;
(2)Â
Within any fire lane designated or approved by the Fire Department,
or in such a manner as to impede access to a fire lane by emergency
responders;
(3)Â
On a sidewalk;
(4)Â
Obstructing a public or private driveway or private road;
(5)Â
Within an intersection;
(6)Â
On a crosswalk;
(7)Â
Within 10 feet of the near corner of the curbs of an intersection;
(8)Â
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign,
or traffic control signal located unless otherwise indicated by signs
or pavement markings;
(9)Â
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb;
(10)Â
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when
such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(11)Â
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of the street, also known as "double parked";
(12)Â
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway;
(13)Â
At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing
or parking;
(14)Â
Within 500 feet from the scene of a fire, vehicular accident
or any other emergency situation designated by authorized persons;
(15)Â
Along or within any bikeway or in any specially designated safety
zone specifically regulated by Council resolution for a specific purpose,
including but not limited to, foot paths, jogging trails and ways
created for recreational use;
(17)Â
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(18)Â
On the left side of any street, way or road so that it is facing
oncoming traffic;
(19)Â
Over or upon parking place divider lines so as to occupy two
or more parking spaces;
(20)Â
In any street or Town-owned lot so as to prevent or obstruct
the passing of other vehicles.
A.Â
Application. The provisions of this section prohibiting the parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified
or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the
directions of a police officer or traffic control devices.
B.Â
Regulations not exclusive. The provisions of this section imposing
a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty
to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting
the stopping or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified
times.
D.Â
Parking prohibited during certain hours on certain streets. When
signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle
between the hours specified in Schedule A[2] of any day except Sundays and public holidays within or
upon any of the streets described in said Schedule A attached to and
made a part of this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is under development.
E.Â
Parking signs required. When signs are erected giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours at any time
between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays
and public holidays within the Town or upon any of the streets described
in Schedule A[3] attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[3]
Editor's Note: Schedule A is under development.
F.Â
Parking signs required. Whenever by this chapter or any other ordinances
of this municipality any parking time limit is imposed or parking
is prohibited on designated streets, it shall be the duty of the Chief
of Police or his or her designee with the cooperation of the Public
Services Department, to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof,
and no such regulation shall be effective unless said signs are erected
and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
G.Â
Parking when interfering with or hindering the removal of snow. No
vehicle shall be parked at any time on a public way to interfere with
snowplowing or snow removal. No vehicle shall be parked on any street
in the Town of Cumberland between the hours of 12:00 midnight and
7:00 a.m. from November 15 through April 1. This regulation shall
not apply to physicians or to emergency and professional calls. In
the event of inclement weather, the Chief of Police or Public Services
Director, or their designees, may institute a parking ban upon any
street, way or road and shall provide for temporary public notice
and announcement by means such as social media, e-mail, and Internet
postings of such temporary ban. The police may cause any vehicle so
parked on any street, way or road to be removed.
A.Â
Load restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways. When signs
are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any vehicle
with a registered weight in excess of the amounts specified in Schedule
B at any time upon any of the streets or parts of streets described
in said Schedule B, attached to and made a part of this chapter.
B.Â
Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets. When signs
are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall operate any commercial
vehicle exceeding 18,000 pounds registered weight at any time upon
any of the streets or parts of streets described in Schedule B[1] attached to and made a part of this chapter, except that
such vehicles may be operated thereon for the purpose of delivering
or picking up materials or merchandise and then only by entering such
street at the intersection nearest the destination of the vehicle
and proceeding thereon no farther than the nearest intersection thereafter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule B is under development.
C.Â
Size restrictions upon vehicles using certain highways.
(1)Â
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that the size permitted by state law is greater than
physical conditions will allow upon the streets or parts of streets
described in Schedule B,[2] attached to and made a part of this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Schedule B is under development.
(2)Â
When signs are so erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
disobey the restrictions stated on such signs.
D.Â
State approval. On state aid and state highways, the installation
of signs is subject to Maine Department of Transportation approval.
A.Â
Obstructing traffic. Whoever places rocks, stones, snow, ice or other obstruction in such a manner as to obstruct traffic on a street, way or road and leaves it there shall be fined in accordance with § 282-13 of this chapter.
B.Â
Disability parking restrictions. No person shall park a vehicle in
a parking space designated and clearly marked for persons with physical
disabilities unless such vehicle displays a special registration plate
or placard issued pursuant to Title 29-A, Section 521, or a similar
plate or placard issued by another state. No person shall park a vehicle
in an access aisle adjacent to a parking space clearly marked for
persons with physical disabilities, regardless of whether the vehicle
displays a special registration plate or placard. The Chief of Police
or his or her designee may enter into agreements with owners of private
off-street parking to provide for the policing of parking spaces reserved
by such owners for use by disabled persons. Such spaces shall be clearly
marked, and their number and location shall be recorded in a disability
parking schedule maintained in Police Department files.
A.Â
Any vehicle of any kind or description parked upon a street, way
or road at a place, in a manner, or for a length of time prohibited
by ordinance of the Town of Cumberland is hereby declared to be an
obstruction in such street, way or road and a menace to the safe and
proper regulation of traffic.
B.Â
Any vehicle parked in any specially designated disability parking
space or fire lane is also hereby declared to be an obstruction and
a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic.
C.Â
Authority to remove or immobilize. Any vehicle left parked or standing
in any manner prohibited by ordinance may be removed by or under the
direction of, or at the request of, the Chief of Police or any police
officer of the Town to a garage or storage place. Such police officer
may use such force as may be necessary to enter such vehicle and cause
the same to be placed in a condition to be moved, and may employ any
reputable person engaged in the business of towing or storing vehicles
for such purpose. Notwithstanding any language herein contained, the
removal and storage of a vehicle pursuant to this chapter, and the
payment of the charges specified herein, shall in no way relieve or
prevent the issuance of a ticket for the violation of any provision
of this chapter.
D.Â
Notice to owner. The Police Department shall make a reasonable effort
to notify as promptly as possible the owner of any such vehicle of
its removal from the streets, ways or roads, as soon as possible by
a written notice that such vehicle has been impounded. The notice
shall be sent by the Chief of Police or his or her designee to the
owner at his/her last known address as shown by the records of the
Secretary of State.
E.Â
Release of vehicle. Before the owner of such vehicle, or his/her
representative, may remove it from the possession of the person towing
or storing it, he/she shall:
(1)Â
Furnish satisfactory evidence of his/her identity and of his/her
ownership of said vehicle to the Chief of Police or his or her designee
and to the person having possession of said vehicle;
(2)Â
Pay, or arrange to pay, to the person having possession of said vehicle
reasonable towing and storage charges.
(3)Â
The Town assumes no responsibility for damages resulting from the
towing of any vehicle under this section.
A.Â
Penalties. Unless another penalty is expressly provided in Chapter 84, Fines and Fees, every person who commits a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of $50 for a first offense and $100 for subsequent offenses.
B.Â
Any vehicle found in violation of any provision of this chapter,
when the registered owner has three or more unpaid parking tickets
for any vehicle registered in his or her name, may be towed or impounded
with the use of an immobilization device.
C.Â
The registered owner of any vehicle in violation shall be responsible
for full payment of any outstanding parking tickets prior to said
vehicle being released from immobilization or released from the custody
of the towing company.
A.Â
Application. The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation
of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways,
except where a different place is specifically referred to in a given
section.
B.Â
Uniformity of interpretation. This chapter shall be so interpreted
and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform
the law of those local authorities which enact it.
C.Â
Effect of headings. Section and subsection headings contained herein
shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect
the scope, meaning or extent of the provisions of any section or subsection
hereof.
D.Â
Short title. This chapter may be known and cited as the "Cumberland
Traffic Ordinance."
E.Â
Chapter not retroactive. This chapter shall not have a retroactive
effect and shall not apply to any traffic accident, to any cause of
action arising out of a traffic accident or judgment arising therefrom,
or to any violation of the motor vehicle ordinances of this Town occurring
prior to the effective date of this chapter.
F.Â
Publication. The Town Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
chapter and cause notice of such passage to be published, together
with notice of the availability of this chapter at the Cumberland
Town Hall.