(A) Town’s Traffic Commission to designate curb loading zones. The town’s Traffic Commission is hereby authorized to determine the location of passenger and freight curb loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicated the same and stating the hours during which the provisions of this section are applicable.
(B) Permits for curb loading zones. The town’s Traffic Commission shall not hereafter designate or sign any curb loading zone upon special request of any person unless such person makes application for a permit for such zone and for two signs to indicate the ends of each such zone. The town’s Traffic Commission upon granting a permit and issuing such signs shall collect from the applicant and deposit in the town treasury a service fee of $50 per year or fraction thereof and may by general regulations impose conditions upon the use of such signs and for reimbursement of the town for the value thereof in the event of their loss or damage and their return in the event of misuse or upon expiration of permit. Every such permit shall expire at the end of one year.
(C) Standing in passenger curb loading zone.
(1) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or period of time other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger curb loading zone during hours when the regulations applicable to such curb loading zone are effective, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes.
(2) The 24-foot area adjacent to the curb, whose beginning point is 118 feet north of the “STOP” sign located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Ninth and Market Streets, on the west side of Market Street, is designated as an “UNLOADING” zone only, and when posted by the Traffic Engineer, shall be used only for the unloading of vehicular passengers at the community swimming pool, in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(D) Standing in freight curb loading zone.
(1) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pick up and loading of materials in any place marked as freight curb loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in effect.
(2) In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed 30 minutes.
(E) Town’s Traffic Commission to designate public carrier stops and stands. The town’s Traffic Commission is hereby authorized and required to establish bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such public streets in such places and in such number as it shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public, and every such bus stop, bus stand, taxicab stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs.
(F) Stopping, standing and parking of buses and taxicabs regulated.
(1) The operator of a bus shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than a bus stand so designated as provided herein.
(2) The operator of a bus shall not stop such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop, bus stand or passenger loading zone so designated as provided herein, except in case of an emergency.
(3) The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop, bus stand or passenger loading zone on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not farther than 18 inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
(4) The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.
(G) Restricted uses of bus and taxicab stands. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed; except that, the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus, (hackney) or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone.
(Prior Code, Title VII, Ch. I, Art. XIV) Penalty, see § 70.99