Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 302 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION › Title 302 CMR 11.00 - Parkways, Traffic, And Pedestrian Rules › Section 11.04 - Violations

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Any violation
			 of the parking provisions of 302 CMR 11.04 on DCR roadways and other DCR
			 property, as defined in
			 302 CMR 11.00, shall be
			 considered a violation of
			 302 CMR 11.00 and punishable
			 by a citation. If applicable, any other Massachusetts laws or regulations shall
			 apply on DCR roadways or other DCR property, and may be enforced as
			 applied.
(2)
General
			 Parking Rule
. No person may stop, stand or park any vehicle in any
			 roadway or service way of the Department in violation of any rules, regulations
			 or laws of DCR, the Commonwealth, municipal or federal laws, regulations or
			 bylaws, except when necessary to avoid conflict with traffic, when complying
			 with the directions of a DCR ranger or authorized law enforcement officer, or
			 other authorized DCR personnel, or complying with a traffic sign or traffic
			 control signal.
(3)
No
			 Stopping
. No person may halt a vehicle even momentarily, whether
			 occupied or not, except in compliance with the directions of a DCR ranger or
			 authorized law enforcement officer, or other authorized DCR personnel, or
			 traffic control sign or signal.
(4)
Fire Hydrant
. No person may park within ten feet on
			 either side of a fire hydrant.
(5)
Intersection
. No person may park within 40 feet of an
			 intersection.
(6)
Restricted Areas
. No person may stop, stand or park
			 any vehicle in or on any DCR property or DCR roadway or allow, permit or suffer
			 any vehicle registered in his or her name to stand or park in any DCR roadway
			 in violation of any rules of DCR, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
			 other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a DCR ranger or authorized
			 law enforcement officer, or other authorized DCR personnel, or traffic sign or
			 signal, and for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
			 discharging passengers.
(7)
Time Limitation
. No person may park a vehicle upon any
			 DCR roadway or any other DCR property for a period of time longer than that
			 posted. Parking the same vehicle more than one time in a 12-hour period at an
			 area where signage indicates restricted time limits is prohibited. If no time
			 is posted, the maximum length of time that any vehicle may be parked on a DCR
			 roadway is seven days.
(8)
Emergency Restrictions
.
(a)
Emergency Areas
.
			 No person may stop, stand or park a vehicle in an area on a DCR roadway or
			 other DCR property designated as an emergency area by the Department.
(b)
Creating Emergency
			 Condition
. No person may stop, stand or park a vehicle in a manner
			 which would create an emergency condition or cause unusual delay to vehicular,
			 pedestrian or other traffic.
(c)
Emergency Rules
. If it is the judgment of the
			 Commissioner that threatening weather conditions or other impending emergency
			 conditions exist that may impair the free flow of traffic, the clearance of
			 snow, maintenance of DCR roadways, or other public safety concerns, the
			 Commissioner may declare a state of emergency.
Whenever an "emergency" is declared by the Commissioner, he or
				she shall cause the announcement thereof to be made by the use of available
				news and other media outlets, so that the following prohibitions shall become
				effective:
1.
Vehicle
			 Obstruction during an Emergency
. During an emergency, any vehicle
			 stopped, parked or standing in a manner that obstructs the free flow of traffic
			 on DCR property shall be considered in violation of
			 302 CMR 11.00.
2.
Parking during an
			 Emergency
. No driver shall stop, stand or park any vehicle on any
			 designated DCR roadway during a declared emergency.
			 302 CMR 11.00 shall not apply
			 to public transit vehicles, or other passenger vehicles stopped temporarily
			 during the actual receiving or discharging of passengers.
3.
Parking during Snow
			 Accumulation
. No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle
			 registered in his or her name or within his or her control or operation, to
			 stand, park or remain upon any DCR roadway until the section of the DCR roadway
			 used for vehicular travel has been cleared of snow, ice or debris, to within 12
			 inches of the curb or edge of the DCR roadway.