§ 17-82. Speed limits.

(a)

(1)

Twenty-five miles per hour . No person shall operate a vehicle on the following streets or portions of such streets at a rate of speed greater than 25 miles per hour and such speed limit shall be posted by the department of public works:

Egleston Road, residential section.

Honey Pot Road, entire length.

(2)

Thickly settled or business district: Twenty-five miles per hour . No person shall operate a vehicle on the following streets or portions of such streets at a rate of speed greater than 25 miles per hour and such speed limit shall be posted by the department of public works:

Broad Street from Elm Street, southerly to Silver Street.

Broad Street from Silver Street, northerly to Main Street.

Court Street from Elm Street, westerly to Washington Street.

Court Street from Washington Street, easterly to Broad Street.

Elm Street from Main Street, northerly to Union Avenue ending at the 911 Memorial.

Elm Street from North Elm Street, southerly to Court Street and Broad Street.

Franklin Street from Elm Street, westerly to Washington Street.

Franklin Street from Washington Street, easterly to Elm Street.

Long Pond Road, entire length.

Main Street from Broad Street, easterly to State Street.

Main Street from State Street, westerly to Elm Street.

North Elm Street, starting at the 911 Memorial southerly to Elm Street.

(b)

School zones. Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.A. c. 90, § 17, and M.G.L.A. c. 85, § 2, the following streets are established as school zones, subject to special regulations as indicated. Speed limits shall be posted by the department of public works and shall be strictly enforced by the city police department.

Cardinal Lane, on the entire length and in both directions, no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.

Joseph Avenue:

a.

Beginning at a point on Joseph Avenue 400 feet north of the intersection of Joseph Avenue and Paper Mill Road and thence southerly on Joseph Avenue for a distance of 800 feet, no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.

b.

Beginning at a point on Joseph Avenue 400 feet south of the intersection of Joseph Avenue and Paper Mill Road and thence northerly on Joseph Avenue for a distance of 800 feet, no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.

Mallard Lane, on the entire length and in both directions, no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.

Paper Mill Road:

a.

Beginning at a point 300 feet east of the easterly intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and Paper Mill Road and thence westerly on Paper Mill Road for a distance of 0.4 miles, no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.

b.

Beginning at a point 300 feet west of the westerly intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and Paper Mill Road and thence easterly on Paper Mill Road for a distance of 0.4 miles, no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour.

(c)

Thirty miles per hour.

Radisson Lane.

(Code 1971, § 16-63; Ord. No. 976, § 5-19-88; Ord. No. 1072, 9-5-91; Ord. No. 1078, 10-3-91; Ord. No. 1503, 9-11-09; Ord. No. 1667 , 4-20-17; Ord. No. 1705, 4-4-19)

State law reference

Speed limits, M.G.L.A. c. 90, § 17; variances of prima facie speed limit, M.G.L.A. c. 90, § 18.