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City Ordinances Chap. 19-Art. 1 Sec. 101 CHAPTER #19- TRAFFIC CODE ARTICLE 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED SECTION 101. The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall for the purpose of this ordinance have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article. (a) Vehicle- Every device in upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (b) Motor Vehicle-” Motor Vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on tracks but does not include: 1. A snowmobile as defined in Title 12, M.R.S.A., § 7821 2. An all-terrain vehicle as defined in Title 12, M.R.S.A. § 7851, unless the all-terrain vehicle is registered for highway use or is operated on a way and § 2080 applies; and 3. A motorized wheelchair. (Title 29-A, M.R.S.A.) (c) Authorized Emergency Vehicle - Vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments as are designated or authorized by the Police Chief. (d) Traffic - Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, buses, and other conveyances either singularly or together while using any street for purposes of travel. (e) Driver - every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. (f) Pedestrian - Pedestrian means “A person on foot or an operator of a wheelchair, a 4-wheeled or 3-wheeled motorized wheelchair, or a battery driven 3 or 4 wheel scooter specifically designed as an aid to those with mobility restrictions.” (#2) (g) Police Officer-Every officer of the municipal police department authorized to direct or regulate traffic, or make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. (h) Street or highway - The entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic. (i) Roadway-That portion of a street improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. Brewer City Ordinances Chap. 19-Art. 1 & 2 Sec. 101 - 202 (j) Sidewalk - That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent lines intended for the use of pedestrians. (k) Crosswalk – (1) That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation on connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks. (2) Any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. (l) Official Traffic Control Devices - All signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with this ordinance placed for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic. (m) THROUGH WAYS - Public ways designated by the State Highway Commission and/or the Municipal Officers on which vehicles shall have the right-of-way over all vehicles entering or crossing such ways, as stipulated in Title 29, M.R.S.A., § 948 (n) SNOWMOBILE - any vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is primarily designed to travel over ice or snow supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats (Title 12, M.R.S.A., § 7821) (o) MINI-BIKE - any bicycle-style vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is primarily designed to travel over fields and on private property, but not designed or licensed for public road travel. ARTICLE 2 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS SECTION 201. No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in this ordinance. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or police officers. SECTION 202. No funeral, procession, or parade containing two hundred (200) or more persons or fifty (50) or more vehicles excepting the forces of the United States Army or Navy, the military forces of this state, and the forces of the police and fire departments, shall occupy, march, or proceed along any street except in accordance with a permit issued as are set forth herein which may apply. Brewer City Ordinances Chap. 19-Art. 2 & 3 Sec. 203 - 303 SECTION 203.Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical and follow the vehicle ahead as close as practical and safe. SECTION 204. Upon those public ways and parts of public ways designated as "Through ways" and described in Schedule 2, attached hereto and made a part hereof, vehicular traffic shall have the right of way. All vehicular traffic on public or private ways intersecting designated "Through ways" will stop before proceeding onto or across same. No such designation of a "Through way" shall become effective as to regulation of traffic at such a point of intersection until said commission or Municipal Officers shall have caused suitable stop signs to be erected at or near such point. SECTION 205. RESIDENTIAL STREETS On those streets and portions of streets designated by the City Manager and approved by order of the City Council, no through traffic, including trucks in excess of 3½ tons gross weight and busses shall be allowed to pass over said streets at any time of the day or night. There shall be a sign posted at each end of the streets so designated, showing that the same is a residential street and that through heavy traffic is not allowed. This provision shall not apply to school buses or buses providing public transportation services on a regular schedule, City snowplowing trucks, ambulances and fire trucks. ARTICLE 3 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING SECTION 301. No vehicle shall stop with its left side to the curb, except on one-way streets. SECTION 302. No vehicle shall remain backed up to the curb except when actually loading or unloading, and then for not more than fifteen (15) minutes at any one time; and in no event shall such vehicle block buses for a longer period than five (5) minutes at any one time. SECTION 303. No vehicle shall stop in such a way as to obstruct any street or crossing for the purpose of taking on or setting down a passenger or for loading or unloading freight or for any other purpose, except in case of emergency, or when directed to do so by a police officer. Brewer City Ordinances Chap. 19-Art. 3 Sec. 304 - 313 SECTION 304. No vehicle shall stop, stand or park within the intersection of any street nor within twenty (20’) feet of a street corner. SECTION 305. No person having charge of a vehicle in a public street shall stop the same abreast of another vehicle lengthwise of the street, except in case of accident or emergency. SECTION 306. No person having charge of a vehicle shall place the same in any public street so as to prevent or obstruct the passing of other vehicles for more than a reasonable time. SECTION 307. No vehicle, unless in an emergency or to allow vehicles or pedestrians to pass, shall stop in any public way except close to the curb and within six (6) inches thereof. SECTION 308. No person having charge of a vehicle in a public street shall refuse or neglect to stop the same as directed by a police officer, any of these rules to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 309. When signs prohibiting parking are erected on narrow streets, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. SECTION 310. When signs are erected upon approach to hazardous or congested places, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place. SECTION 311. When signs are erected, indicating no parking upon that side of the street adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. SECTION 312. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when necessary in obedience to traffic regulations or traffic sign or signals or a police officer. SECTION 313. No person, corporation, other legal entity, shall park or cause to be parked, a vehicle other than a truck trailer, camper trailer, house trailer, other trailer, commercially licensed vehicle, farm licensed vehicle, or construction equipment on any street for a period of time longer than thirty minutes between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on any day from November 1 to April 15. No person, corporation, other legal entity, shall park or cause to be parked, a truck trailer, camper trailer, house trailer, other trailer, commercially licensed vehicle, farm licensed Brewer City Ordinances Chap. 19-Art. 3 Sec. 313 – 315.A vehicle, or construction equipment on any street for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. during each day of the year. The intent of this Section is to prohibit the parking of truck trailers, camper trailers, house trailers, other trailer, commercially licensed vehicle, farm licensed vehicle, or construction equipment on any street for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. during each day of the year and to prohibit other vehicles from parking on any street for more than thirty (30) minutes between 11:00 P.M.