City of Haverhill, MA
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2024-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 240 Vehicles and Traffic
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Authorities
- Ch 11 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 18 Claims Approval
- Ch 21 Committees
- Ch 25 Councils
- Ch 32 Departments
- Ch 34 Emergency Management
- Ch 36 Fees and Receipts
- Ch 39 Flag, City
- Ch 43 Fundraising
- Ch 54 Historic Districts
- Ch 60 Libraries
- Ch 66 Meetings
- Ch 70 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 75 Pensions and Other Benefits
- Ch 77 Personnel Policies and Regulations
- Ch 80 Purchasing and Contracts
- Ch 83 Revolving Funds
- Ch 85 Schools
- Ch 87 Seal, City
- Ch 94 Veterans' Services
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 97 Alarm Systems
- Ch 100 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 101 Ambulance Service; Chair Car Service
- Ch 104 Amusements
- Ch 108 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 110 Auditorium
- Ch 113 Bicycles
- Ch 116 Boats and Boating
- Ch 120 Building Construction
- Ch 122 Building Maintenance
- Ch 123 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 125 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 128 Charges and Fees, Miscellaneous
- Ch 130 Citizens' Center
- Ch 131 Composting Program, Municipal
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 137 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 141 Electrical Standards
- Ch 143 Employment by City
- Ch 145 Explosives and Firearms
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 156 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 160 Graffiti
- Ch 163 Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch 167 Junk Dealers
- Ch 171 Licensing
- Ch 173 Littering
- Ch 175 Loitering
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 185 Parades and Processions
- Ch 187 Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Articles; Old Gold
- Ch 189 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 191 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 193 Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 196 Property, City
- Ch 200 Rental Permits
- Ch 202 Renting to Minors
- Ch 204 Sales, Special
- Ch 206 Senior Citizen Tax Incentive Program
- Ch 208 Sewers and Drains
- Ch 213 Signs
- Ch 216 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 219 Stormwater Management
- Ch 222 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 225 Swimming Pools
- Ch 227 Tag Days
- Ch 230 Taxicabs and Buses
- Ch 235 Trick or Treat
- Ch 240 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 240 Art I Terminology
- § 240-1 Definitions.
- Ch 240 Art II Authority and Duties of Police
- § 240-2 Enforcement; direction of traffic; parking control officers.
- § 240-3 Temporary closing of streets.
- § 240-4 Temporary prohibition of parking.
- § 240-5 Exemptions.
- § 240-6 Obedience to police.
- § 240-7 Police to keep and use an accident record file.
- § 240-8 Police to keep and use a driver file.
- § 240-9 Police to submit annual traffic safety report.
- Ch 240 Art III Traffic Signs, Signals, Markings and Zones
- § 240-10 Location of bus stops, taxicab stands and service zones.
- § 240-11 Interference with signs, gate, signals and markings prohibited.
- § 240-12 Obedience to traffic signs, signals and markings.
- § 240-13 Erection and maintenance of traffic signs and signals.
- § 240-14 Display of unauthorized signs, signals and markings prohibited.
- § 240-15 Experimental regulations.
- § 240-16 Posting of speed limits.
- Ch 240 Art IV Zones of Quiet
- § 240-17 Designation of temporary zones.
- § 240-18 Hospital zones.
- § 240-19 Restrictions within designated zones.
- Ch 240 Art V Stopping, Standing, Parking
- § 240-20 General prohibitions.
- § 240-21 Service zones.
- § 240-22 Diagonal and angle parking.
- § 240-23 Parking vehicle for sale prohibited.
- § 240-24 All-night parking.
- § 240-25 Parking locations and prohibitions.
- § 240-26 Safety zones.
- § 240-27 Bus stops.
- § 240-28 Taxicab stands.
- § 240-29 Municipal off-street parking areas.
- § 240-30 Lights on parked cars.
- § 240-31 Fire lanes.
- § 240-32 Handicapped parking.
- § 240-33 School dropoff and pickup zone.
- § 240-33.1 Patient/client dropoff and pickup zone.
- Ch 240 Art VI One-Way Traffic
- § 240-34 Designation of one-way streets.
- § 240-35 Rotary traffic.
- Ch 240 Art VII Operation of Vehicles
- § 240-36 Overtaking and passing of vehicles.
- § 240-37 Driver of overtaken vehicle to give way.
- § 240-38 Obstructing traffic.
- § 240-39 Following too closely.
- § 240-40 Clinging to moving vehicles.
- § 240-41 Care in starting, stopping, turning or backing.
- § 240-42 Turns prohibited.
- § 240-43 Mandatory turns.
- § 240-44 Emerging from alley or private driveway.
- § 240-45 Traffic control signals.
- § 240-46 U-turns.
- § 240-47 Stop signs, yield signs, through ways and do not enter signs.
- § 240-48 Keeping to the right of roadway division.
- § 240-49 Traffic islands.
- § 240-50 Operation of under- or overpasses at intersections with islands.
- § 240-51 Driving on road surfaces under construction or repair.
- § 240-52 No driving on sidewalks.
- § 240-53 No driving through safety zones.
- § 240-54 Funerals to be properly identified.
- § 240-55 Rights and duties of drivers in funeral or other processions.
- § 240-56 Unlawful riding.
- § 240-57 Operation of heavy commercial vehicles.
- Ch 240 Art VIII Snow Emergencies
- § 240-58 Declaration of snow emergency.
- § 240-59 Designation of snow emergency routes; parking restrictions.
- § 240-60 Removal of vehicles.
- Ch 240 Art IX Removal of Vehicles; Tow-Away Zones
- § 240-61 Authority to remove.
- § 240-62 Authorization of police.
- § 240-63 Fees.
- § 240-64 Liability for damage during removal or storage.
- § 240-65 General prohibition tow-away zones.
- § 240-66 Parking prohibition tow-away zones.
- § 240-67 Record of towed vehicles.
- Ch 240 Art X Pedestrian Control Regulations
- § 240-68 Pedestrians crossing ways or roadways.
- § 240-69 Actuation of pedestrian crossing indications at signal locations.
- § 240-70 Obedience to traffic control signals.
- § 240-71 Pedestrian crossings and use of roadways.
- § 240-72 Crossing at nonsignalized locations.
- § 240-73 Operators to exercise due care.
- § 240-74 Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
- § 240-75 Enforcement.
- § 240-76 Exemptions.
- § 240-77 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 240 Art XI Duties of Drivers, Owners and Witnesses
- § 240-78 Drivers to report accidents.
- § 240-79 Witnesses to furnish information regarding accident.
- Ch 240 Art XII Penalties; Repealer; Severability
- § 240-80 Violations and penalties.
- § 240-81 Repealer.
- § 240-82 Severability.
- § 240-83 Owner prima facie responsible for violations.
- Ch 240 Art XIII Schedules
- § 240-84 Schedule A: Service Zones.
- § 240-85 Schedule B: Parking Restrictions and Prohibitions.
- § 240-86 Schedule C: Bus Stops.
- § 240-87 Schedule D: Taxicab Stands.
- § 240-88 Schedule E: City Parking Lots.
- § 240-89 Schedule F: One-Way Streets.
- § 240-90 Schedule G: Rotary Traffic.
- § 240-91 Schedule H: Prohibited Turns.
- § 240-92 Schedule I: Mandatory Turns.
- § 240-93 Schedule J: Traffic Control Signals.
- § 240-94 Schedule K: U-Turns Prohibited.
- § 240-95 Schedule L: Stop Streets.
- § 240-96 Schedule M: Yield Streets.
- § 240-97 Schedule N: Through Ways.
- § 240-98 Schedule P: Heavy Commercial Vehicles.
- § 240-99 Schedule Q: Snow Emergency Routes.
- § 240-100 Schedule R: Traffic Islands.
- § 240-101 Schedule S: Speed Regulations.
- § 240-102 Schedule T: Do Not Enter Streets or Channelized Lanes Thereon.
- § 240-103 Schedule U: No Through Way.
- § 240-104 Schedule V: School Dropoff and Pickup Zone.
- § 240-104.1 Schedule W: Patient/Client Dropoff and Pickup Zone.
- Ch 240 Art XIV On-Street Storage
- § 240-105 Restrictions.
- Ch 240 Art XV Street Cleaning
- § 240-106 Designated areas.
- § 240-107 Removal of vehicles.
- Ch 240 Art XVI Parking Fees, Rates and Terms
- § 240-108 Establishment of parking fees, rates and terms.
- § 240-109 Periodic adjustment of parking fees and rates.
- Ch 240 Art XVII Valet Parking Permit
- § 240-110 Intent and purpose.
- § 240-111 General provisions.
- § 240-112 Application for valet parking permits.
- § 240-113 Evaluation procedures and criteria.
- § 240-114 Determination and issuance procedures.
- § 240-115 Permit terms and renewals.
- § 240-116 Fees.
- § 240-117 Enforcement.
- § 240-118 Identifying jackets/shirts for valet parkers.
- § 240-119 Special or one-day permits.
- § 240-120 Severability.
- Ch 241 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 242 Vehicles, Storage and Impoundment of
- Ch 244 Vehicles, Unregistered or Abandoned
- Ch 248 Wastewater Lift Station
- Ch 249 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 250 Water
- Ch 253 Wetlands
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A258 Acceptance of General Laws
- Ch A259 Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Haverhill 3-2-1982 by Doc. 43 (Ch. 240 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Ambulance service — See Ch. 101.
Bicycles — See Ch. 113.
Boats and boating — See Ch. 116.
Parades and processions — See Ch. 185.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch.191.
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 193.
Taxicabs and buses — See Ch. 230.
Motor-driven vehicles — See Ch. 241.
Storage and impoundment of vehicles — See Ch. 242.
Unregistered vehicles — See Ch. 244.
