[Adopted ATM 6-25-1994 by Art. 32]
[Amended ATM 5-3-1997 by Art. 38]
Any board, officer or department shall deny
any application or revoke or suspend any local license or permit,
including renewals and transfers, for any persons, corporation or
business enterprise who has neglected or refused to pay any local
taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges
or with respect to any activity, event or other matter which is the
subject of such license or permit and which event or matter is carried
out or exercised or is to be carried out or exercised on or about
real estate whose owner had neglected or refused to pay any local
taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges.
[Amended ATM 5-6-2017 by Art. 28]
The Town Collector or other municipal official
responsible for records of all municipal taxes, assessments, betterments
and other municipal charges, hereinafter referred to as "the Town
Collector," shall annually, and may periodically, furnish to each
department, board, commission or division, hereinafter referred to
as "the licensing authority," that issues licenses or permits, including
renewals and transfers, a list of any person, corporation or business
enterprise, hereinafter referred to as "the party," that has neglected
or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments
or other municipal charges and that such party has not filed, in good
faith, a pending application for an abatement of such tax or a pending
petition before the Appellate Tax Board.
Any license or permit denied, suspended or revoked
under this article shall not be reissued or renewed until the license
authority receives a certificate issued by the Town Collector that
the party is in good standing with respect to any and all local taxes,
fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges, payable
to the municipality as of the date of issuance of said certificate.
Any party shall be given an opportunity to enter
into a payment agreement, thereby allowing the licensing authority
to issue a certificate indicating said limitations to the license
or permit, and the validity of said license shall be conditioned upon
the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure to comply
with said agreement shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation
of said license or permit; provided, however, that the holder be given
notice and a hearing as required by applicable provisions of law.
[Amended 5-1-2021 ATM by Art. 17]
The Select Board may waive such denial, suspension
or revocation if it finds there is not direct or indirect business
interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any,
or members of his immediate family, as defined in Section 1 of Chapter
268A in the business or activity conducted in or on said property.
[Amended ATM 5-4-2013 by Art. 38]
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to any of the licenses and permits exempted by MGL c. 40, § 57,
which includes licenses or permits for open burning (MGL c. 48, § 13);
bicycles (MGL c. 85, § 11A); sales of articles for charitable
purposes (MGL c. 101, § 33); children work permits (MGL
c. 149, § 69); clubs or associations dispensing food or
beverage licenses (MGL c. 140, § 21E); dog licenses (MGL
c. 140, § 137); fishing, hunting, trapping licenses (MGL
c. 131, § 12); marriage licenses (MGL c. 207, § 28);
theatrical events and public exhibition permits (MGL c. 140, § 181);
and any other local license or permit which the Town chooses to exclude
from this article by further amendment to the article.