Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Title 700 CMR 5.000 - Regulation Of Certain Roadways And Bridges › Section 5.501 - Definitions Applicable to 700 CMR 5.502 through 5.505

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following words and phrases when used in
				700 CMR 5.502 through
				5.505
				shall for the purpose of
				700 CMR 5.502 through
				5.505
				have the meanings respectively ascribed to them except in those instances where
				the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
Whenever any words and phrases used in are
				700 CMR 5.502 through
				5.505
				not defined in
				700 CMR 5.502 through
				5.505
				but are defined in the Massachusetts General Laws regulating the operation of
				vehicles, any such definition in the M.G.L. shall be deemed to apply to such
				words and phrases used in
				700 CMR 5.502 through
				5.505.
Bus
. Vehicles designed for carrying
				more than eight passengers and used primarily for the transportation of persons
				either for compensation, as a service, or as an adjunct to a school
				program.
Bus Stop
. An area in the roadway
				adjacent to the curb or edge of the roadway set aside for the boarding of or
				alighting from buses.
Commercial Vehicles
. Any vehicle
				registered for commercial purposes, bearing commercial vehicle number plates,
				including trailer or semi-trailer, and designed and used primarily for the
				transportation or delivery of goods, wares, merchandise or equipment, or
				designed and used for the delivery of utility services or for field services
				related to maintenance/repair of buildings. The vehicle must display
				permanently painted or sealed/adhered and plainly marked on both sides of the
				vehicle's body, exclusive of the windows, and on at least three separate lines,
				the name of the business entity owning or utilizing the vehicle, the full
				business address, and the telephone number. The name of the business entity
				must be displayed in letters or numbers a minimum of three inches in height and
				the full business address and telephone number must be displayed in letters or
				numbers a minimum of two inches in height. The business entity may substitute
				its e-mail address or its web site address for the full business address
				provided that at least three separate lines are used to display the required
				information. All lettering and numbers shall have a stroke width of at least
				3/8 of an inch and shall be in a color clearly contrasting with the background
				color of the vehicle's body and shall be placed on the upper portion of the
				door panels or the body panels of the vehicle.
Crosswalk
. the portion of a roadway
				ordinarily included within the prolongation or continuation of curb lines and
				property lines at intersections or at any portion of the roadway clearly
				indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines on the road surface, other markings,
				signs or cobblestones.
Curb Loading Zone
. A space adjacent to
				a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or
				unloading of materials.
Curb Marking
. that portion of a
				curbing, the painting of which has been authorized by the Commissioner or his
				designee, and which serves as a supplementary warning of a parking restriction.
				Curb markings alone shall not be construed to be adequate warning for the
				purpose of enforcement.
Driveway
. A private road serving as a
				means of a vehicular access to a parcel of land abutting a highway or
				street.
Government Vehicles
. Those vehicles
				registered to any City or Town, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, any Official
				Agency thereof, or to the Government of the United States are all defined as
				Government Vehicles. These vehicles must bear distinctive license plates so
				indicating to be so considered for the purposes of the DCR parking regulations
				and any exemptions therefrom referred to in
				700 CMR 5.000.
Intersection
. The area embraced within
				the extensions of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary
				lines of intersecting ways, as defined in M.G.L. c. 90, § 1, including
				divided ways.
Metropolitan Way
. A public way in
				which the fee or an easement of travel is owned by the Commonwealth and the
				establishment, maintenance and use of which are subject to the control of the
				Department of Conservation and Recreation except as otherwise provided by
				law.
Official Traffic Control Devices
. All
				signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with 350 CMR and which
				are placed or erected by authority of the Department of Conservation and
				Recreation for the purpose of guiding, directing, warning or regulating
				traffic.
Parking
. The standing of a vehicle
				whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily, for the purpose of and
				while actually engaged in loading or unloading or in obedience to an officer or
				traffic signs or signals or while making emergency repairs or, if disabled,
				while arrangements are being made to move such vehicle.
Parkland
. All areas within DCR
				reservations dedicated to park purposes by the Department of Conservation and
				Recreation including, but not limited to, grass, dirt, or other unpaved areas
				unless specifically designated for the purpose of vehicle parking or vehicle
				access by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Parkway, Street or Highway
. The entire
				width between the boundary lines of every way under the care and control of the
				Department of Conservation and Recreation when any part thereof is open to the
				use of the public for the purposes of vehicular traffic.
Person
. Every natural person, firm,
				co-partnership, association or corporation.
Railroad Crossing Including Street
				Railways
. Any intersection of ways with a railroad right of
				way.
Roadway
. That portion of a highway
				between the regularly established curb lines or that part, exclusive of
				shoulders, improved and intended to be used for vehicular traffic.
Service Way
.A way in which the fee or
				an easement of travel is owned by the Commonwealth from which the public may be
				excluded.
Sidewalk
. That portion of a roadway or
				parkway under the care and control of the Department of Conservation and
				Recreation set aside for pedestrian travel.
Stand or Standing
. Means the halting
				of a vehicle whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and
				while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
Stop or Stopping
. When prohibited
				means any halting even momentarily of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except
				when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the
				directions of an Authorized Police officer or traffic control sign or
				signal.
Traffic
. Pedestrians, ridden or herded
				animals, vehicles, street cars and other conveyances either singularly or
				together while using any highway for purpose of travel.
Traffic Control Signal
. Any device
				using colored lights, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated,
				by which the traffic may be alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
Vehicle. Every device in, upon or by which any person or
				property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway including bicycles,
				when the provisions of 700 CMR 5.50 1 through 5.505 is applicable to them,
				except other devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary
				rails or tracks.