Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-14
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 199 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article III Obstruction of Driveways
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 199 Art III Obstruction of Driveways
- § 199-5 Certain growths prohibited.
- § 199-6 Trimming or removal of obstructions.
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted ATM 3-5-1973, Art. 23]
No hedge, similar growth or fence, sign or structure
dividing property lines on public ways of the Town of Falmouth shall
exceed three (3) feet in height for a distance of ten (10) feet from
side ways or dividing the property lines and the public way shall
exceed three (3) feet in height for a distance of fifteen (15) feet
from an abutting property if said obstruction obstructs the view of
any driveway.
The Board of Selectmen may require that such
hedge, similar growth, fence, sign or structure may be trimmed, altered
or removed so that the view from the driveways, etc., shall be unobstructed
as one approaches the public way from private property.
