SENATE, No. 2702

By Mr. Antonioni, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2702) of Robert A. Antonioni and Stephen L. DiNatale for legislation relative to public parking in the city of Fitchburg. The Judiciary.

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.


AN ACT RELATIVE TO PUBLIC PARKING IN THE CITY OF FITCHBURG

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  The trial court shall allow the general public to park in the Fitchburg superior courthouse parking lot on weekdays between 5:00 p.m. and a closing time which is before midnight and which is agreed upon by a neighborhood association comprised of governmental and charitable organizations located within 50 yards of the parking lot and all day on weekends if: (1) the neighborhood association erects and maintains signs near the entrances to the parking lot that state the times that the parking lot is available for use by the general public; (2) the association locks and secures the entrance to the parking lot at the closing time everyday as directed by courthouse staff; and (3) the association arranges and pays for the towing of unauthorized vehicles that are in the parking lot when courthouse staff unlocks the parking lot’s entrance on weekday mornings and at any other times.

SECTION 2.  For the purposes of this act, a "weekend" shall mean 5:00 p.m. on Friday through midnight the immediately following Sunday.