Any person violating any provisions of any rule, regulation
or order regulating the parking of motor vehicles made by anybody
authorized to make the same shall be punished as provided in MGL c.
90, § 20a 1/2 or any acts in amendment thereof, or in addition
thereto, and any person violating any of the rules and regulations
applicable to State Highways made by the Department under authority
of MGL c. 85, § 2, and acts in amendment thereof, and in
addition thereto, shall be subject to the penalty provided in said
rules and regulations.
A.
Any person convicted of a violation of any other rule, regulation
or order made hereunder, except as may be otherwise provided here-in
or by Massachusetts General Law, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $50 for the first offense, $75 for the second offense, and
$150 for the third or subsequent offense.
B.
Any person violating any rule, regulation or order made hereunder
regulating the parking of motor vehicles shall be punished pursuant
to the authority granted by Chapter 90, Section 20a 1/2 of the Massachusetts
General Laws.
(3)
Group C: $25.
(a)
Interfering with snow removal.
(b)
Less than 10 feet unobstructed lane.
(c)
Upon a crosswalk or sidewalk.
(d)
On roadway in a rural district.
(e)
All-night parking.
(f)
Over 12 inches from curb.
(g)
Across private road or driveway.
(h)
Within 20 feet of intersection.
(i)
Improper angle parking.
(j)
No-parking zone.
(k)
Overtime parking.
(l)
Double parking.
(m)
Wrong direction.
(n)
Within a loading/unloading zone.
(o)
Within a taxi stand.
(p)
Meter violation.
(q)
Within 15 feet of a fire station or directly across the street
if posted.
(r)
Obstructing traffic along side or opposite any street excavation
or obstruction.
(s)
Within 25 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing or
within five feet from the gate.
(t)
On a bridge and the approach thereto.
A.
These rules are adopted with the intent that each of them shall have
force and effect separately and independently of every other except
insofar as by express reference or necessary implication any rule
or any part of a rule is made dependent upon another rule or part
thereof.
B.
All official signs, lights, markings, signal systems or devices erected
or installed under prior rules or regulations and necessary to the
enforcement of these regulations shall be deemed to have been lawfully
erected or installed hereunder provided the same are erected or installed
with the permission and approval of the Department, and insofar as
the same are necessary as aforesaid for the enforcement of these regulations
they shall be deemed continuing hereunder, but in all other respects
all prior rules, orders and regulation so made for the regulation
of vehicles are hereby expressly repealed. This repeal, however, shall
not affect any punishment or penalty imposed or any complaint or prosecution
pending at the time of the passage hereof for any offense committed
under said prior rules, order or regulations hereby repealed, nor
shall said repeal be effective unless and until these rules and regulations
have been approved and published as required by law.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of these
Rules and Orders is for any reason unconstitutional, such decisions
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of these Rules
and Orders. The Board of Selectmen hereby declares that it would have
passed these regulations and each section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one of more sections,
subsection, sentence, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
If any vehicle is found upon any street or highway in violation
of any provisions of these rules and regulations and the identity
of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or the person in whose
name such a vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible
for such violations.
