The Highway Supervisor of the Town of Deerfield
is hereby authorized, and as to those signs and signers required hereunder,
it shall be his duty, to place and to maintain, or to cause to be
placed and to be maintained, all official signs, signals, markings
and safety zones, if any.
All signs, signals, markings and safety zones
shall conform to the standards, as prescribed by the Department of
Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sections 207-4 and 207-5 of Article II, and §§ 207-21 and 207-22 of Article VI, relating to parking, shall be effective only during such time as official signs are erected and maintained, designating the provisions and so located, as to be easily visible to approaching drivers. Section 207-56 of Article X, relating to coasting, shall also fall within the purview and operation of this section. Section 207-53 of Article IX, relating to one-way streets, shall be effective only during such time as a sufficient number of official signs are erected and maintained at each of the exits of each one-way street, so that at least one sign shall be clearly visible for a distance of at least 75 feet to drivers approaching the exit.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place
or to maintain or to display upon or in view of any street, any unofficial
sign, signal or markings, which purports to be or is in imitation
of or resembles an official traffic sign, signal, marking or device,
or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides
from view, any official sign or signal. The Chief of Police is hereby
empowered to remove every such prohibited sign, signal or marking,
or cause to be removed, without notice.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully
to deface, injure, move, obstruct or to interfere with any official
traffic sign, signal or marking or device.
