Town of Westminster, MA
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2023-05-06
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DIVISION 1: THE BYLAWS
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PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
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Chapter 97 Earth Removal
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Article I Barriers at Excavations
- DIVISION 1: THE BYLAWS
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Advisory Board
- Ch 6 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 Board and Committee Rules
- Ch 13 Board of Health
- Ch 15 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 16 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 19 Clerk, Town
- Ch 21 Conservation Commission
- Ch 22 Counsel, Town
- Ch 25 Elections and Town Meetings
- Ch 28 Finances
- Ch 44 Personnel Board
- Ch 47 Public Works Commission
- Ch 53 Select Board
- Ch 58 Treasurer and Collector
- Ch 61 Water Commission
- Ch 65 Zoning Board of Appeals
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 67 Alarm Systems
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 75 Boats and Boating
- Ch 81 Buildings and Land
- Ch 88 Cross-Connection Control
- Ch 92 Dances; Places of Public Assembly
- Ch 97 Earth Removal
- Ch 97 Art I Barriers at Excavations
- § 97-1 Erection of barriers required.
- § 97-2 Scope.
- Ch 100 Emergency Radio Communications
- Ch 102 Farming
- Ch 104 Firearms
- Ch 110 Garage Sales
- Ch 113 Gas, Plumbing and Wiring
- Ch 116 Graffiti
- Ch 122 Ice-Covered Surfaces
- Ch 123 Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 125 Junkyards
- Ch 131 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 134 Littering
- Ch 136 Low-Impact Development
- Ch 141 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 148 Rapid Entry Systems
- Ch 157 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 161 Sewers
- Ch 169 Stormwater Management
- Ch 173 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 182 Taxicabs
- Ch 190 Trees
- Ch 193 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 196 Vehicles, Motor and Recreational
- Ch 198 Water
- Ch 200 Wells
- Ch 202 Wetlands
- Ch 205 Zoning
- DIVISION 2: SELECTMEN'S REGULATIONS
- Ch 209 (Reserved)
- Ch 219 Vehicles and Traffic
- DIVISION 3: PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REGULATIONS
- Ch 228 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 231 Subdivision of Land
- DIVISION 4: BOARD OF HEALTH REGULATIONS
- Ch 238 (Reserved)
- Ch 240 Hydronic Heaters, Outdoor
- Ch 241 (Reserved)
- Ch 242 (Reserved)
- Ch 243 Portable Bathrooms
- Ch 245 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 248 Smoking
- Ch 250 Tobacco and Nicotine-Delivery Products
- Ch 251 Toxic and Hazardous Wastes
- Ch 254 (Reserved)
- Ch 255 Wells, Private
- APPENDIX
- Ch A256 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A257 Special Acts and Resolves
- Ch A258 Officers, Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch A259 Fees
- Ch A260 Policies and Procedures of the Select Board
- Ch A261 Miscellaneous
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted STM 11-12-1974 by Art. 2 as Art. XIV, Sec. 3, of the
1975 Bylaws]
[Amended 11-16-2021 STM by Art. 4]
Every owner of land which has been excavated
shall erect barriers or take other suitable measures within five days
after such owner has been notified, in writing, by the Select Board
that, in their opinion, such excavation constitutes a hazard to public
safety.
This article shall be meant to include any open
pit, foundation or cellar hole.
