Town of Orleans, MA
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2023-05-08
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 102 Herbicides
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Betterment Assessments
- Ch 5 Septic Betterment
- Ch 6 Sewer Assessment
- Ch 8 Commission on Disabilities
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Finances
- Ch 21 Fire Lanes
- Ch 23 Gas Inspector
- Ch 33 Official Town Plan
- Ch 35 Open Space Committee
- Ch 38 Park Commissioners
- Ch 40 Personnel
- Ch 52 Traffic and Parking Study Committee
- Ch 52A Naming/Dedication of Town Property
- Ch 53 Historical Commission
- Ch 57 Waterways Improvement and Shellfish Advisory Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 62 Alarm Systems
- Ch 63 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 65 Amusements
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 78 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 81 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 82 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 85 Animal Control
- Ch 87 Driveway Curb Cuts and Road Opening
- Ch 88 Drainage and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 89 Parking
- Ch 90 Emergency Access
- Ch 94 Fees
- Ch 95 Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Ch 95A Ambulance and Emergency Services
- Ch 96 Polystyrene Reduction
- Ch 97 Prohibition on Sale and Use of Balloons
- Ch 100 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 102 Herbicides
- § 102-1 Restricted use of substances.
- § 102-2 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 103 Fertilizer Nitrogen and Phosphorus Control
- Ch 104 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 106 Demolition of Historical Structure
- Ch 120 Noise
- Ch 122 Outdoor Lighting
- Ch 124 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 125 Littering
- Ch 126 Public Consumption of Marijuana
- Ch 127 Public Trees
- Ch 129 Plastic Container Prohibition
- Ch 130 Recycling
- Ch 131 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 132 Registration of Rental Properties
- Ch 137 Sales
- Ch 138 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 139 Scenic Roads
- Ch 140 Right to Farm and Fish
- Ch 142 Shellfish
- Ch 144 (Reserved)
- Ch 145 Street Numbering
- Ch 147 Swimming Pool Fencing
- Ch 148 Illicit Discharges
- Ch 158 Water
- Ch 159 Waterways
- Ch 160 Wetlands
- Ch 164 Zoning
- Division 2: Selectmen's Regulations
- Ch 168 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Betterment Procedures
- Ch 171 False Alarms
- Ch 172 Fees
- Ch 173 Hawker and Peddler License Rules and Regulations
- Ch 174 Public Ways Over Private Property
- Ch 175 Town of Orleans Rules and Regulations of the Liquor Licensing Authority
- Ch 176 Shellfish
- Ch 178 Town-Owned Buildings, Use of
- Ch 179 Traffic Regulations
- Ch 181 (Reserved)
- Division 3: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 185 Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 187 (Reserved)
- Ch 188 Housing Authority
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 191 Planning Board Rules and Regulations
- Ch 192 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Ch 194 Town Meetings
- Ch 196 Water Department Rules and Regulations
- Ch 196A Wetlands Regulations
- Ch 197 Zoning Board of Appeals Rules and Practices
- Appendix
- Ch A198 General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A199 Cape Cod Regional Technical High School Agreement
- Ch A200 Intermunicipal Agreement Between the Towns of Orleans, Brewster and Eastham for the Construction, Management and Operation of a Septage Treatment Facility
- Ch A201 Nauset Regional School District Agreement
- Ch A202 Old KING’S Highway Regional Historic District Commission Bulletin
- Ch A203 Policy Statements
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted 5-4-1981 Annual Town Meeting, Art. 51. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The use of any herbicide, substance or mixture of substances
intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant, which
contains any substance identified as carcinogenic by the National
Cancer Institute is prohibited on rights-of-way, including power lines,
railroads or for any uses other than agricultural or domestic, within
town borders.
The penalty for the violation of this chapter shall be a fine
of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.) per day. This chapter
shall be enforced by a town police officer upon request of the Board
of Health or the Conservation Commission. The Board of Selectmen and
the Town Counsel shall take such legal action as necessary to enforce
this chapter.
