Town of Deerfield, MA Article IX One-Way Streets; Stop Intersections

§ 207-53 One-way streets.

A. The connecting laterals between the main road running from Greenfield in Franklin County to Stillwater Bridge and the Old Albany Road, so-called, in Deerfield, at the Clarkdale Farms, so-called, in West Deerfield, section of said Deerfield, forming two concave curves, respectively to each other, shall be one-way streets; and upon said two laterals, vehicular traffic will move only northward and northerly on the first said curved lateral, that is to say, the west curve, and southward and southerly, on the second of said two laterals, that is to say, on the east curve; and at the respective entrances of said two short laterals, appropriate and suitable signs, shall be erected and maintained, approved by the Selectboard of the Town of Deerfield, and having also the written approval of the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and conforming to the standards of the Department, facing the approaching drivers and operators of vehicles, indicating to them that such streets are one-way streets, at the entrances thereof; and at the corresponding ends of said laterals, appropriate and suitable signs, and so approved, by the Selectboard and the Department, as aforesaid, bearing warnings not to enter, so that approaching drivers and operators may be reasonably apprised of the restriction.

[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15[

B. Park Street in South Deerfield is hereby declared to be and hereafter shall be designated as a one-way street, and all vehicular traffic therein and thereon shall be limited to moving and proceeding only in a northward and northerly direction; and there shall be no parking on the westerly side of said Park Street.

C. Saw Mill Plain Road in the Village of South Deerfield is hereby declared to be and hereafter shall be designated as a one-way street from Route 116 to Wequamps Drive, and all vehicular traffic therein and thereon shall be limited to moving and proceeding only in a northerly direction.

[Added 9-29-1976]

§ 207-54 Obedience to stop signs.

Every driver of a vehicle, or other conveyance, approaching an intersection of ways, where there exists facing him an official sign, bearing the word: "stop," and authorized by said Department and by this section, said sign, apart from this regulation, having the written approval of the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and such approval being in full force and effect, shall, before proceeding through the intersection, bring such vehicle or other conveyance to a complete stop at such point as may be clearly marked by a sign or line, or, if a point is not so marked, then at a place between said stop sign and the nearer line of the intersection. In the case of a line of two or more vehicles approaching such stop sign, the operators of the second and the third vehicles in line in any group, shall not be required to stop more than once, before proceeding through the intersection. This section shall not apply when the traffic is otherwise directed by an officer or by a lawful traffic regulating sign, signal or device, or as provided in § 207-50.

§ 207-55 Stop intersections.

The intersections described below are hereby designated as "stop intersections," and stop signs or stop signals shall be erected as indicated:

A. Specific locations.

	Stop Sign on	Direction of Travel	At Intersection of
	Baker Lane [Added 5-30-1984]		Lee Road
	Captain Lathrop Drive [Added 5-30-1984]	West	North Main Street
	Conway Road (Route No. 116) (Permit No. 4725)		Lee Road
	Conway Road (Route No. 116) (Permit No. 338)		Main Street (Route Nos. 5 and 10)
	Conway Road (Route No. 116) (Permit No. 4724)		Stillwater Bridge Road
	Conway Street [Added 5-30-1984]		North Street
	Deerfield Academy Road (Permit No. 4033)	East	Main Street
	Elm Street (Permit No. 436)		Sugarloaf Street
	Graves Street (Permit No. 3612)		Sugarloaf Street
	Lee Road [Added 5-30-1984]		Mill Village Road
	Lee Road (Permit No. 4033)	East	Stillwater Road
	Lee Road (Permit No. 4033)	West	Stillwater Road
	Main Street (Permit No. 4764)		Elm Street and Sugarloaf Street
	Main Street (Permit No. 8232)		Pleasant Street
	McClelland Farm Road [Added 5-30-1984]		River Road
	Memorial Street (Permit No. 4033)	West	Main Street
	Route No. 10 (Permit No. 1146)
	Route Nos. 5 and 10 (Permit No. 1146)		Memorial Street
	Route Nos. 5 and 10 (Permit No. 1146)		River Road
	Saw Mill Plain Road [Added 5-30-1984]		Lee Road
	Saw Mill River Road (Permit No. 9667)		Saw Mill Road
	Sugarloaf Street (Permit No. 8472)		Eastern Avenue
	Sugarloaf Street (Permit No. 4933)		Great River Road
	Sugarloaf Street (Permit No. 8472)		Jewett Avenue
	Thayer Street [Added 5-30-1984]		Main Street
	Whately Road (Permit No. 4765)		Elm Street and Sugarloaf Street
	Whately Street (Permit No. 3611)		Sugarloaf Street

B. General locations.

	Permit No.	Regulation
	43	Portable school signs (figurine) on Town streets
	165	Street surface markings wherever such markings are needed
	596	Traffic signs, wherever such signs are needed
	597	Provides for erection of all traffic signs consistent with the standards prescribed by the Department of Public Works, when covered by an existing and approved traffic regulation