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Town of Nantucket, MA
Nantucket County
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[Adopted 4-6-2009 ATM by Art. 49, approved 11-9-2009]
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No person shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined in MGL c. 94C, § 1, as amended) while in or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, footway, passageway, stairs, bridge, park, playground, beach, recreation area, boat landing, public building, schoolhouse, school grounds, cemetery, parking lot, or any area owned by or under the control of the Town; or in or upon any bus or other passenger conveyance operated by a common carrier; or in any place accessible to the public.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection B prohibited the use or consumption of marijuana and other controlled substances upon private land. This subsection was disapproved by the Attorney General.
A. 
This Article VI may be enforced through any lawful means in law or in equity, including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal indictment or complaint pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21, or by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D, or any police officer. The fine for violation of this Article VI shall be $300 for each offense. Any penalty imposed under this bylaw shall be in addition to any civil penalty imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
All controlled substances being used in violation of this article may be seized and held until final adjudication in court whereupon they will be destroyed by the Police Department.