[Adopted 6-11-1990 as Ord. No. 178]
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be parked
on any road in the Town of Charlestown so as to impede the free and
lawful movement of traffic upon said road.
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be parked
on any road, public or private, or right-of-way in the Town of Charlestown
so as to impede authorized emergency vehicles of any Fire, Ambulance/Rescue
or Police Department in the performance of its public safety duties.
The Town Council/Administrator shall be empowered
to enact temporary parking bans on any road, public or private, or
right-of-way in the Town of Charlestown, in the interest of public
safety; for example, fire, flood, hurricane or other natural or man-made
disaster. Such temporary ban on parking will not exceed seventy-two
(72) hours and shall be announced through media able to broadcast
or distribute in the local area.
[Amended 8-20-2012 by Ord. No. 352]
Any motor vehicle or trailer found parked in violation of the above §§ 206-1 through 206-3, inclusive, shall be removed at the owner's expense and the owner or operator shall be fined in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.). Enforcement and prosecution of violations of this section shall be through the Chief of Police of the Town of Charlestown or his/her designee by issuance of a summons in the Municipal Court.
A.
The roads specified in Schedule I, No-Parking Tow Zones, (§ 206-9), shall be designated no-parking tow zones as described. The Director of Public Works shall post these roads as described with no-parking tow zone signs in a manner so as to clearly warn the motoring public of the designation.
B.
Any motor vehicle or trailer found parked in violation
of this section shall be removed at the owner's expense, and the owner
or operator shall be fined in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars
($50.). Enforcement of this section shall be through the Chief of
Police.
A.
The roads specified in Schedule II, No Parking Areas (§ 206-10), shall be designated no parking as described. The Director of Public Works shall post these roads as described with no parking signs in a manner so as to clearly warn the motoring public of the designation.
B.
The owner or operator of any motor vehicle or trailer
found in violation of this section shall be fined in an amount not
to exceed fifty dollars ($50.). Enforcement of this section shall
be through the Chief of Police.
[Amended 8-20-2012 by Ord. No. 352]
All fines levied in §§ 206-4 through 206-6, inclusive, are payable to the Town of Charlestown within fourteen (14) days of the offense. Failure to pay the fine as required within fourteen (14) days shall subject the owner or operator of the motor vehicle or trailer to an additional fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.) and to answer to the offense in Municipal Court, unless such nonpayment is handled in accordance with § 206-8.
[Amended 8-20-2012 by Ord. No. 352]
In accordance with the provisions of § 206-5, no person shall park a vehicle during the hours and days specified upon any of the following described roads or parts thereof:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Hours/Days
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Brown Hill Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Charlestown Beach Road to the South Kingstown
Town line
|
|
Charlestown Beach Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Mantunuck Schoolhouse Road to the state
campground
|
|
East Beach Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Route 1 to the ocean
|
|
Falcone Lane
[Added 5-11-1998 by Ord. No. 211] |
Both
|
All/All
|
From Route 1A to Route 1
|
|
Klondike Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Route 216 to Old Post Road
|
|
Mantunuck Schoolhouse Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Old Post Road to the South Kingstown Town
Line
|
|
Midland Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Seabreeze Avenue to Overlook Road
|
|
Moulton Place
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From East Beach Road to the intersection of
Hoxsie Avenue
|
|
Overlook Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Midland Road to East Beach Road
|
|
Seabreeze Avenue
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From West Beach Road to the intersection of
Midland Road
|
|
West Beach Road
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Route 1 to the Quonochontaug Breachway
|
In accordance with the provisions of § 206-6, no person shall park a vehicle during the hours and days specified upon any of the following described roads or parts thereof:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
Hours/Days
|
Location
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
General Stanton Lane
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From Route 1 to Spring Lane
|
|
Posture Lane
|
Both
|
All/All
|
From General Stanton Breachway
|
|
Town Dock Road
[Added 7-9-2012 by Ord. No. 350] |
Both
|
All/All
|
From Pole # 2 to Pole #6
|
