No person shall operate or park a vehicle on
any street or highway for the sole purpose of displaying advertising
signs.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-57; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-31)
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No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other
than a school bus or a motor vehicle for the carriage of passengers
for hire, which, with or without its load, weighs more than four tons
upon any of the following streets or parts of streets, except in the
case of an emergency or except when used for the purpose of making
deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise to or similar collections
from abutting land or buildings or in connection with the repair or
construction of such streets or parts of streets or of underground
structures or structures of public service corporations therein or
except when driving to or from a garage or place of storage abutting
thereon:
A.
The use or operation of heavy commercial vehicles
is hereby restricted on the following streets or parts of streets
in the manner outlined herein and during the period of time set forth:
(1)
Bellevue Avenue, from Upham Street to Lynn Fells Parkway,
during the hours from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(2)
Porter Street, from Main Street to the Melrose-Saugus
line, during the hours from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(3)
Green Street, from Main Street northerly to Howard
Street, from 12:00 midnight to 8:30 a.m.
(4)
Cottage Street, from Wyoming Avenue, West, to Foster
Street, West.
(5)
Intersection at Briggs Street and Main Street.
(6)
Intersection at Highland Avenue, East and West, at
Main Street
(7)
Intersection at Sargent Street and Franklin Street
during the hours from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
B.
This section shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles
going to or coming from places upon such streets or adjoining streets
or ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained or to vehicles
of municipal departments or public service corporations having emergency
work to do on such streets or adjoining streets or to United States
Mail vehicles collecting mail on such streets or to Police and Fire
Department vehicles or to ambulances.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-59; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-33; Ord. No. 1521, 12-18-1989; Ord. No. 91-222,
4-16-1991; Ord. No. 92-26, 1-21-1992; Ord. No. 92-191, 12-7-1992;
11-15-2000; 5-9-2001)
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When any roadway has been divided into lanes,
a driver of a vehicle shall drive so as to be entirely within a single
lane and shall not move from the lane in which he/she is driving until
he/she has first ascertained whether such movement can be made with
safety.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-60; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-34)
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Upon all roadways the driver of a vehicle shall
drive in the lane nearest the right side of the roadway when such
lane is available for travel, except when overtaking another vehicle
or when preparing for a left turn.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-61; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 35)
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The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and
pass a vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless there is sufficient
clear space ahead on the right side of the roadway to permit the overtaking
to be completed without impeding the safe operation of any vehicle
ahead.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-62; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 36)
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The driver of a vehicle, when about to be overtaken
and passed by another vehicle approaching from the rear, shall give
way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on suitable and
audible signal being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle,
and shall not increase the speed of his/her vehicle until completely
passed by the overtaking vehicle.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-63; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 37)
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A.
No person shall drive in such a manner as to obstruct
unnecessarily the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway.
Officers are hereby authorized to require any driver who fails to
comply with this subsection to drive to the side of the roadway and
wait until such traffic as has been delayed has passed.
B.
No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked
crosswalk unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the
intersection or crosswalk and on the right half of the roadway to
accommodate the vehicle he/she is operating without obstructing the
passage of other vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic
control signal to proceed.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-64; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 38)
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The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another
vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard
to the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of
the street or highway.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-65; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 39)
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Upon roadways less than 27 feet wide and upon
which vehicular traffic is permitted to operate in both directions,
the driver of any slow-moving vehicle, when traveling outside of a
business or residential district, shall not follow another slow-moving
vehicle within 200 feet, but this shall not be construed to prevent
such slow-moving vehicle from overtaking and passing another slow-moving
vehicle. This section shall not apply to funerals and other lawful
processions.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-66; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 40)
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No vehicle shall remain backed to the curb,
except when actually loading and unloading, and the horse thereof,
if it is a horse-drawn vehicle, shall be turned in the direction of
the traffic and parallel to the curb.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-67; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 41)
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The driver of any vehicle, before starting, stopping, turning from a direct line or backing, shall first see that such movement can be made in safety. If the operation of another vehicle should be affected by a stopping or turning movement, the driver of such vehicle shall be given a plainly visible signal, as required by § 220-28.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-68; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 42)
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A.
Every person operating a motor vehicle, before stopping
the vehicle or making any turning movement which would affect the
operation of any other vehicle, shall give a plainly visible signal
either by means of the hand and arm in the manner hereinafter specified
or by a suitable mechanical or electrical device or devices. Hand
and arm signals shall be made as follows:
B.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $5 for the first offense, not
less than $5 nor more than $10 for a second offense and not less than
$10 nor more than $25 for subsequent offenses committed during any
period of 12 months.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-69; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 43)
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No vehicle shall make a U-turn on the following
streets or parts of streets:
A.
Foster Street, West, between Main Street and Myrtle
Street.
B.
Main Street, between Wyoming Avenue and Porter Street.
C.
Potomac Street, from Main Street to Mount Vernon Avenue.
D.
Wyoming Avenue, West, from Cleveland Street westerly
for a distance of 100 feet and Adams Street easterly for a distance
of 100 feet.
E.
Boston Rock Road, from Mt. Vernon Avenue for a distance
of 500 feet.
F.
Greenleaf
Place, from Franklin Street southerly until dead end of street.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-70; Ord. No.
123, 10-4-1982; Ord. No. 1937, 12-19-1988; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-44;
Ord. No. 90-9A, 2-5-1990; Ord. No. TC 04-143, 5-18-2005)
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The driver of a vehicle or other conveyance
shall not make a turn from the way in which he/she is driving into
another way as designated below:
A.
No person driving in a northwesterly direction on
Washington Street shall make a left turn into Fellsway East.
B.
No person driving in a northerly direction on Lebanon
Street at the intersections of Main, Lebanon and Porter Streets shall
make a left turn onto Main Street.
C.
No vehicle may make a right turn from Sixth Street
onto First Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
D.
No person driving in a northerly direction on Garland
Street shall make a left turn shall make a left turn onto Wyoming
Avenue, West.
E.
No person driving in a northeasterly direction on
Ravine Road shall make a left turn onto Wyoming Avenue, West.
F.
No person driving in a southerly direction on Geneva
Road shall make a left turn onto First Street between the hours of
7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
G.
No person driving in an easterly direction on Wyoming
Avenue, West, shall make a right turn onto Ravine Road.
H.
No person driving in an easterly direction on Wyoming
Avenue, West, shall make a right turn onto Garland Street.
I.
Perkins
Street, heading south, at Warwick Road, no right turn 6:00 a.m. to
9:00 a.m.
J.
No person driving in an easterly nor westerly direction on First
Street shall make a left nor right turn onto Ashcroft Road towards
Upham Street from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
K.
No person driving on Melrose Street in either direction shall make
a turn onto Albion Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00
a.m., Monday through Friday.
L.
No person driving any vehicle other than a bicycle is permitted to
turn from Chipman Avenue northbound or southbound onto West Highland
Avenue eastbound.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-71; Ord. No.
20596A, 4-22-1980; Ord. No. 20781, 11-17-1980; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-45;
Ord. No. 93-184, 8-16-1993; Ord. No. TC 07-027, 5-21-2008; Ord. No.
TC 10-3-04, 10-3-2017; Ord. No. 18-3-02, 8-22-2018; Ord. No. 19-2-04,
6-19-2019)
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A.
Where official traffic control devices are erected
directing specific traffic to use a designated lane or lanes to be
used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of the
center of the roadway, or to prohibit a turn or to make a required
turn at an intersection of roadways, drivers of vehicles shall obey
the direction of every such device.
B.
In accordance with the foregoing, the streets listed
are incorporated in this section as follows:
(1)
Grove Street westbound into Main Street, right lane
must turn right.
(2)
Green Street (at Franklin Square) westbound onto Main
Street, right lane must turn right.
(3)
Sylvan Street eastbound onto Lebanon Street, right
lane must turn right.
(4)
Main
Street southbound onto Banks Place, right lane must turn right.
(5)
Main
Street southbound onto Wyoming Avenue, West, right lane must turn
right.
The driver of a vehicle or other conveyance
shall make a left turn from the left lane from the way in which he/she
is driving into another way as designated below:
A.
For southbound vehicles on Main Street turning left
onto Lebanon Street or Porter Street.
B.
Sylvan Street eastbound onto Lebanon Street.
C.
For northbound
vehicles on Main Street turning left onto Wyoming Avenue, West.
D.
For northbound
vehicles on Main Street turning left onto Oak Grove Avenue (private
development).
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(Ord. No. 19700C, 11-21-1977; Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-47;
Ord. No. TC 04-136, 5-18-2005)
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The driver of a vehicle shall give an audible
warning with his/her horn or other suitable device whenever necessary
to ensure safe operation.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-72; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-48)
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Every driver of a vehicle or other conveyance approaching an intersection of ways where there exists facing him/her an official sign bearing the word "Stop" or a flashing red signal authorized by this section, and such sign or signal having apart from this regulation the written approval of the Department of Public Works of the commonwealth and such approval being in effect, shall, before proceeding through the intersection, bring such vehicle or 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 such stop sign or signal and the nearer line of the street 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 except as provided in § 220-39. In accordance with the foregoing, the erection and maintenance of an official stop sign or signs as engrossed are authorized as shown in Schedule I, Isolated Stop Signs, included at the end of this chapter.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-73; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-49; Ord. No. 90-43C, 2-20-1990)
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At any junction or crossing of ways where the
roadway grades have been separated and where the ways are connected
by ramps and at any intersection of ways in which there are traffic
islands, drivers of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official
signs, signals or markings.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-74; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-50)
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No operator shall enter upon the road surface
of any street or highway or section thereof when, by reason of construction,
surface treatment, maintenance or the like or because of some unprotected
hazard, such road surface is closed to travel and one or more signs,
lights or signals have been erected to indicate that all or part of
the road surface of the street or highway is not to be used or when
so advised by an officer or watchman, member of a street or highway
crew or employee of the City, either audibly or by signals.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-75; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-51)
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The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon
any sidewalk except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-76; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-52)
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A funeral composed entirely or partly of a procession
of vehicles shall be identified as such by means of black pennants
bearing a purple cross attached to both the first and last vehicles.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-77; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-53)
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A.
It shall be the duty of each driver in a funeral or
other procession to keep as near to the right side of the roadway
as is feasible and to follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practicable
and safe.
B.
At an intersection where a traffic control signal
is operating, the driver of the first vehicle in a funeral or other
procession shall be the only one required to stop for a red or yellow
indication.
C.
At an intersection where a lawful stop sign exists,
the driver of the first vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall
be the only one required to stop before proceeding through the intersection.
D.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to permit
funeral directors to temporarily restrict parking on any public street,
way or parking area, as the Chief of Police may determine, to those
motor vehicles participating in a funeral procession. Funeral directors
may place temporary signs or other suitable devices on any public
street, way or parking area indicating that a funeral procession is
in progress. Said signs or other suitable devices shall be promptly
removed by the funeral director at the conclusion of the funeral procession.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-78; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-54; Ord. No. 95-191, 3-6-1995)
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No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street
or highway, nor shall the owner of any vehicle knowingly permit such
vehicle to be driven or moved on any street or highway, unless such
vehicle is so constructed or so loaded as to prevent its contents
from spilling, dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom.
Vehicles loaded with any materials which may be blown about by the
wind shall be suitably covered to prevent the contents thereof from
being blown upon the streets or highways.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-79; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-55, Ord. No. TC 19-3-03, 9-18-2019)
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Upon the streets or parts of streets designated
in Schedule II, One-Way Streets, included at the end of this chapter,
vehicular traffic shall move only in the direction indicated.
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(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-80; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-56)
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Upon the following streets the speed limit shall
be restricted to 25 miles per hour:
A.
Hesseltine Avenue, northbound, beginning at Howard
Street, thence northerly on Hesseltine Avenue 0.24 mile ending at
Pearl Street, the total distance being 0.24 mile.
B.
Hesseltine Avenue, southbound, beginning at Pearl
Street, thence southerly on Hesseltine Avenue 0.24 mile ending at
Howard Street, the total distance being 0.24 mile.
C.
Pearl Street, eastbound, beginning at Main Street,
thence easterly on Pearl Street 0.30 mile ending at Virginia Avenue,
the total distance being 0.30 mile.
D.
Pearl Street, westbound, beginning at Virginia Avenue,
thence westerly on Pearl Street 0.30 mile ending at Main Street, the
total distance being 0.30 mile.
E.
Highland Avenue, East, eastbound, beginning at Main
Street, thence easterly on Highland Avenue, East, 0.11 mile ending
at Hesseltine Avenue, the total distance being 0.11 mile.
F.
Highland Avenue, East, westbound, beginning at Hesseltine
Avenue, thence westerly on Highland Avenue, East, 0.11 mile ending
at Main Street, the total distance being 0.11 mile.
G.
Bellevue Avenue from Lynn Fells Parkway to Porter
Street.
H.
Emerson Street, West, from Lynn Fells Parkway to Vinton
Street.
I.
Warwick Road.
J.
Swains Pond Avenue.
K.
East Wyoming/Summer Street.
L.
Pleasant Street between Everett Street and Gould Street.
M.
Lincoln
Street from Upham Street to Lynn Fells Parkway.
N.
Derby Road, northbound, beginning at the junction of Sylvan Street,
thence northerly on Derby Road/Waverly Place. 0.50 mile, ending at
the junction of Wyoming Avenue; the total distance being 0.50 mile.
O.
Slayton Road, northbound, beginning at the junction of Stillman Road,
thence northerly on Slayton Road. 0.32 mile, ending at the junction
of Laurel Street; the total distance being 0.32 mile.
P.
Slayton Road, southbound, beginning at the junction of Laurel Street,
thence southerly on Slayton Road. 0.32 mile, ending at the junction
of Stillman Road; the total distance being 0.32 mile.
Per the City's acceptance of the MGL c. 90, § 17C,
effective June 1, 2017, the speed limit on all City-controlled thickly
settled roadways is 25 mph except where otherwise posted.
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(Ord. No. 344A, 9-19-1983; Ord. No. 98-072,
10-6-1997; 10-18-2000; 5-9-2001; 5-15-2002; Ord. No. TC 08-016, 1-21-2009;
Ord. No. TC 15-5-03, 12-16-2015; Ord. No. TC 17-1-03, 3-15-2017)
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Under the provisions of Chapter 171 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Acts of 2009,[1] a traffic safety zone speed limit of 20 miles per hour
shall be in effect for:
A.
Emerson
Street, West, from Tremont Street to Vinton Street abutting Bowden
Park.
B.
West Foster Street from Berwick Street to West Foster Street.
C.
Sylvan Street from 500 feet east of Pine Banks Park to Main Street
and starting on Sylvan Street 500 feet northerly along Mt. Vernon
Avenue.
D.
Cottage Street.
E.
Altamont Avenue.
F.
Slayton Road.
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(Ord. No. TC 10-007, 5-19-2010; Ord. No. TC 10-6-11-7, 12-15-2010;
Ord. No. TC 11-2-11-11, 11-16-2011; Ord. No. TC 15-1-07, 1-21-2015;
Ord. No. TC 15-5-03, 12-16-2015)
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[1]
Editor’s Note: This act is included at the end of this chapter.
Vehicles may be restricted from entering an
area in a given direction, as follows:
A.
First Street at the intersection of Geneva Road, easterly.
Travel is prohibited between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, as posted: "Do Not Enter" sign.
B.
Damon Avenue in a southerly direction from Glendale
Avenue to Ruggles Street, do not enter 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except emergency vehicles.
C.
Hopkins Street at Lebanon Street. "Do not enter" signage
on Hopkins Street.
D.
Ashcroft Road at the intersection of First Street, northerly. Travel
is prohibited between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, as posted: "Do Not Enter" signs.
E.
Albion Street from Melrose Street northbound and southbound. "Do
Not Enter" signs between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday.
F.
West Highland Avenue from Chipman Avenue northbound and southbound.
"Do Not Enter" signs except bicycles.
G.
Central Terrace from Main Street northbound and southbound. Entry
is prohibited at all times.
H.
Circuit Street, from Hurd Street closest to West Wyoming Avenue.
"Do Not Enter" signs prohibit entry at all times.
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(Ord. No. 93-184A, 8-16-1993; Ord. No. 94-233,
4-19-1994; Ord. Nos. TC 03-101, TC 03-110, 10-22-2003; Ord. No. TC
17-3-04, 10-03-2017; Ord. No. TC 18-3-02, 8-22-2018; Ord. No. 19-2-04,
6-19-2019; Ord. No. TC 20-1-04, 6-17-2020)
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