[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Newbury 3-3-1914 by Art. 21 as Chapter 3, Section 1;
amended in its entirety by the Annual Town Meeting 4-15-1980 by Art.
28. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-12-2019 STM, Art. 13]
No person shall behave in a disorderly manner,
or accost or annoy persons of the opposite sex with an offensive or
disorderly act or language; be lewd, wanton, and lascivious persons
in speech or behavior; disturb the peace and good order of the Town.
Whoever remains in a street or elsewhere in
a town in willful violation of any by-law of the Town of Newbury,
or of any other rule of regulation for the Government or use of any
public park, common, public reservation, parkway or boulevard, made
under the authority of law of any department, officer, or board in
charge thereof, and whoever in a street or other public place accosts
or addresses another person with profane or obscene language in willful
violation of the Town By-Law, may be arrested without a warrant by
a police officer or an officer authorized to serve criminal process,
in the place where the offense is committed, if he is unknown to such
officer, and kept in custody until he can be taken before a court
having jurisdiction of the offense. (See Chapter 272 Section 59MG).
[Amended 11-12-2019 STM, Art. 13]
Whoever, in the presence of a police officer,
or an officer authorized to serve criminal process, places on or throws
into a public way, the sidewalk of a public way or a public alley,
filth, rubbish, or other substance, and being requested by such officer
forthwith to remove it, refuses or neglects so to do, and if the identify
of such person is unknown to said officer, may be arrested by such
officer and detained in a safe place without a warrant until his identity
is ascertained.
No person shall discharge any gun or firearm,
or set fire to any material known as fireworks in any of the public
ways or streets in the Town, except on such occasions and of such
kind as the Board of Selectmen may, by public notice, permit; provided
however, this section shall not apply to any person in the exercise
of a duty required or justified by law.
[Amended 11-12-2019 STM, Art. 13]
No person shall fire or discharge any firearms
on any private property except with the written consent of the owner
or the legal occupant thereof and such consent shall be carried at
all times by any person hunting, and upon request shall be shown to
any police officer, or officer of the Department of Conservation,
or the property owner, or his agent; provided however, this section
shall not be applied to the lawful defense of life or property or
to any law enforcement officer in the defense of his duties.
Whoever violates any of the sections under this
chapter of these By-laws shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
