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WINTER PARKING SEASON FOR THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON
The City of Northampton may call a snow parking ban at anytime which may not coincide with the College’s parking ban and vice versa. For
information on a Northampton snow emergency and related parking bans, please call the Winter Information Line at 586-6969. You can also
subscribe to an e-mail alert system. To sign up for Northampton alerts go to www.northamptonma.gov and join the DPW Alerts mailing list
to receive e-mail notification of snow emergencies and parking bans. Northampton may call a snow emergency for extended days and also
when there is not a snow emergency at Smith.

During a snow emergency, the owner of any vehicle that is parked on city streets in violation of the above ordinance shall be fined and or
towed by the Department of Public Works or the Northampton Police Department, and the owner of the vehicle will be responsible for the
cost of towing and any storage charges that may accrue.

MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATED BY NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
G.L. Chapter 90, Sec. 3M

 "It is unlawful for a nonresident student to fail to file a nonresident driver statement with the police department located in the
same city or town as the school or college attended, in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 90 of the Massachusetts General
Laws. Failure to file such statement is punishable by a fine not to exceed $200."

Every nonresident enrolled as a student at a school or college in the commonwealth who operates a motor vehicle registered in another state
or country during any period beginning on September the first of any year and ending on August the thirty-first of the following year shall file
in quadruplicate with the police department of the city or town in which such school or college is located, on a form approved by the registrar
of motor vehicles, a statement signed by him under the penalties of perjury providing the following information: the registration number and
make of the motor vehicle and the state or country of registration, the name and address of the owner, the names and addresses of all insurers
providing liability insurance covering operation of the motor vehicle, the legal residence of such nonresident and his residence while attending
such school or college and the name and address of the school or college which he is attending.

He shall also maintain in full force a policy of liability insurance providing indemnity for or protection to him and to any person responsible
for the operation of such motor vehicle with his express or implied consent against loss by reason of the liability to pay damages to others for
bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting there from, caused by such motor vehicle, at least to the amount or limits required in a
motor vehicle liability policy as defined in section 34 A. The police department with whom any such statement is filed in triplicate shall send
one copy thereof to the registrar of motor vehicles and one copy to such school or college.

Any such nonresident who fails to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
From the copies of the statements received from the police department, as hereinbefore provided, each such school or college shall compile
and maintain a register of all such nonresidents enrolled as students thereat which shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times by
the registrar, his agents, and police officers, and shall issue to each such student such serially numbered or lettered decal as may be prescribed
by the registrar, which decal shall be affixed to the uppermost center portion of the windshield. Such register shall contain the numbers or
letters of the decal issued to each such student, the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle, the residential address of the student
within the commonwealth, if any, while attending such school or college, the residential address of the student without the commonwealth,
the registration number, make and type of the motor vehicle and the state, province or country of registration, and the names and addresses
of all insurers providing liability insurance covering operation of the motor vehicle. Any such school or college which fails to compile and
maintain a register or to issue a decal as required by this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each
such offense.

Amended by Chapter 353, Acts of 1970
Effective August 19, 1970

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