Town of Stoughton, MA
chevron_right
2024-01-22
*
info
chevron_right
The Code
chevron_right
Division 1 - Bylaws
chevron_right
Part II: General Legislation
chevron_right
Chapter 59 Alcoholic Beverages; Public Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
chevron_right
Article III Public Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Division 1 - Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Board of Selectmen
- Ch 9 Employees and Officers
- Ch 10 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Handicap Commission
- Ch 22 Inspectors
- Ch 42 Revolving Funds
- Ch 47 Town Meetings
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 55 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Alcoholic Beverages; Public Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Ch 59 Art III Public Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
- § 59-6 Restrictions on use.
- § 59-7 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 59-8 Evidence marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol.
- Ch 62 Amusement Devices
- Ch 70 Building Construction
- Ch 73 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 76 Defibrillators
- Ch 77 Demolition of Buildings
- Ch 78 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 89 Entertainment
- Ch 96 Fees
- Ch 100 Fire Prevention
- Ch 107 Groundwater Protection
- Ch 109 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 113 Hazardous Waste
- Ch 122 Junk Dealers
- Ch 124 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 128 Loitering
- Ch 133 Parking
- Ch 134 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 136 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 140 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 146 Secondhand Jewelry
- Ch 153 Smoking
- Ch 159 Stormwater Management
- Ch 162 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 163 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 165 Subdivision Sureties
- Ch 171 Taxicabs
- Ch 176 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 180 Visibility at Intersections
- Ch 188 Water
- Ch 189 Water Meters
- Ch 191 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Division 2 - Regulations
- Part III: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 205 Access to Town Counsel
- Ch 209 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 254 Rules of Procedure
- Ch 258 Sewers
- Ch 266 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 270 Victualler Licenses
- Part IV: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 282 Board of Health
- Ch 287 Conservation Commission
- Ch 293 Intergovernmental Relations Committee
- Ch 299 Library Trustees
- Ch 311 School Committee
- Ch 318 Zoning Board of Appeal
- Appendix
- Ch A324 General Law Acceptances
- Ch A326 Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-26-2010 ATM, Art. 64[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This article also changed the title of
this chapter from "Alcoholic Beverages" to "Alcoholic Beverages; Public
Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol."
No person shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marijuana
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, school building, school grounds, cemetery,
parking lot or any area owned by or under the control of the Town;
or in or upon a vehicle, any bus or other passenger conveyance operated
by a common carrier; or in any place to which the public has a right
of access as invitees or licensees.
[Amended 5-5-2014 ATM, Art. 40]
Whoever is found in violation of this article shall, when requested
by an official authorized to enforce this article, state his true
name and address to said official. This article may be enforced through
any lawful means in law or in equity, including, but not limited to,
enforcement by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D,
by the Police Department. The fine for violation of this article shall
be $300 for each offense. Any penalty imposed under this article shall
be in addition to any civil penalty imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
Any marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol burned, smoked, ingested
or otherwise used or consumed in violation of this article shall be
seized, logged as evidence, and destroyed consistent with Stoughton
Police Department Policy and MGL c. 94C, § 47A.
