[Adopted 10-4-1999]
The Traffic Rules and Orders of the Town of Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Chelmsford, as renumbered, revised and codified by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapter 203, Traffic Rules and Orders, of the Code of the Town of Chelmsford, are hereby approved.
The provisions of Chapter 203, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of regulations in force immediately prior to this acceptance of Chapter 203, are intended as a continuation of such regulations and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior regulation. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Chelmsford, and it is the intention of said Board of Selectmen that each such provision contained in Chapter 203 of the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in the Code.
A.
In compiling and preparing the Traffic Rules and Orders
for renumbering and revision as part of the Code, certain grammatical and
other minor changes were made in said regulations. It is the intention of
the Board of Selectmen that all such changes be accepted as part of the regulations
as if the regulations so changed had been previously formally adopted to read
as such.
B.
In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions
are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this enactment.
(Chapter and section number references are to the regulations as they have
been renumbered and appear in the Code.)
(1)
In § 203-1, Definitions:
(a)
The definition of "official traffic signals" is amended
to change "not inconsistent and orders" to "not inconsistent with these rules
and orders."
(b)
The definition of "official traffic signs" is amended
to change "inconsistent with these rules and order" to "not inconsistent with
these rules and orders."
(c)
The definition of "safety zone" is amended to delete
"which set apart as a safety zone."
(2)
In § 203-7, the wording "shall so far as practicably to uniform" is amended to "shall so far as practicable be uniform."
(4)
In § 203-30, the entry "Parking so as not to leave 10 feet of unobstructed travel" is amended to add "in an alley" after "parking," and the following new entry is added: "Parking in a street, other than an alley, so as not to leave 18 feet of unobstructed travel: $25."
(5)
Section 203-47, Violations and penalties, is amended to read as follows: "Except as otherwise provided in these rules and orders, any person violating any of the provisions of these rules and orders or any rule or regulation made by the Board of Selectmen pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed $20."
