The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same
unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety and without
interfering with other traffic.
A.
Parking. No person shall park a bicycle on any street.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06]
B.
Sidewalks. No person shall ride a bicycle on any sidewalk
or within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway
or upon the following sidewalks which have been designated bikeways:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
Eden Street
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06] |
East side, from West Street to 131 Main Street
on Eden Path
|
|
Main Street
|
East side, from Park Street to Schooner Head
Road
|
C.
Traffic laws apply. Every person propelling or riding
a bicycle upon any public street in this Town shall be subject to
the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of any vehicle,
except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature
can have no application.
D.
Obedience to traffic control devices. Any person operating
a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control
signs, signals, and other control devices, including signs indicating
that no left, right or U-turn is permitted, applicable to vehicles,
unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
The driver of a vehicle starting from a curb
or roadway edge shall yield the right-of-way to all moving traffic
on the roadway and shall not enter or attempt to enter such moving
traffic until able to do so safely.
The driver of any vehicle, other than one on
official business, shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in
response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park
such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in
answer to a fire alarm.
A.
Traffic movement restricted. Upon those streets and
parts of streets designated in this section, vehicular traffic shall
move only in the direction indicated by directional signs erected
and maintained at every intersection where movement in the opposite
direction is prohibited.
[Amended 11-30-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07]
B.
Designation of one-way streets. Upon the following
streets or parts thereof, traffic shall move only in the following
specified direction:
[Amended 11-6-1990; 2-5-1991; 9-7-1993]
|
Name of Street
|
Direction
|
|---|---|
|
Des Isle Avenue
[Added 5-21-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-07] |
South
|
|
Everard Court
|
South
|
|
Federal Street
|
Counterclockwise from eastern intersection with
Cottage Street
|
|
High Street
|
North
|
|
Kennebec Street
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-02] |
South
|
|
Lenox Place (between York Street and West Street)
[Added 11-30-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-07] |
South
|
|
Myrtle Avenue
|
East
|
|
Roberts Avenue
|
South
|
|
Roberts Square
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06] |
Westerly traveled entrance to easterly traveled exit onto Roberts
Avenue (from entrance closest to Cottage Street to the exit closest
to Mount Desert Street)
|
|
Rodick Street (between Cottage Street and York
Street)
|
North
|
|
School Street
|
South
|
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive or ride
within any sidewalk area or within any designated bikeway except at
a permanent or temporary driveway.
Truck traffic routes, to be identified by signs
and markings erected and maintained by the Police Department, as directed
by the Town Manager, may be established within Town limits; when established
and posted, all persons driving motor vehicles into the Town limits
for the transportation of property through the Town shall drive such
vehicle or vehicles over and along such established truck traffic
routes.
[Amended 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06; 8-15-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
The Police Chief, with the approval of the Town
Council, may designate spaces as curb loading zones on such public
streets in such places and in such number as he or she shall determine
to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public. The Police
Chief shall cause such spaces to be designated by appropriate signs
or curb markings or both. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle
in any such space between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on
any day, unless actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers
for a period not to exceed three minutes, or in loading or unloading
materials for a period not to exceed 30 minutes, or unless paid parking
is permitted during designated hours in such spaces.
[Added 6-17-1997]
A.
Five-minute limitation. No person may cause or allow
a motor vehicle to idle for more than five consecutive minutes while
that vehicle is parked in any of the downtown areas during the time
from May 1 to Indigenous Peoples' Day.
[Amended 1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
B.
Exceptions. The limitation set forth in the preceding
subsection shall not apply to:
(1)
Fire trucks, police cars, ambulances and other emergency
vehicles while responding to an emergency call.
(2)
Utility vehicles, including contractor's equipment,
while engaged in the construction, maintenance or repair of utility
facilities.
(3)
Motor vehicles idling while in a traffic lane, as
the result of congested traffic conditions beyond the driver's control
(traffic jams).
(4)
Refrigeration units of delivery vehicles.
C.
Prima facie evidence. The fact that a parked motor
vehicle is idling in violation of this section shall be prima facie
evidence that the unlawful idling was caused or allowed by the person
in whose name that vehicle is registered.
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-06[1]]
More than one motorcycle or moped may occupy a parking space
at any one time, but violations of this chapter will be imposed on
all motorcycles in the space. No motorcycle shall be parked in such
a manner so as to inhibit the means of egress of another motorcycle
currently parked in the same space.
