Town of Boxford, MA
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2023-03-23
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 52 Animals
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Article VIII Nuisance Dogs
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Commissions, Committees and Boards
- Ch 11 Departments
- Ch 19 Officers and Employees
- Ch 23 Personnel
- Ch 28 Records and Reports
- Ch 32 Select Board
- Ch 36 Town Meeting and Elections
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 45 Alarm Systems
- Ch 48 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 52 Animals
- Ch 52 Art VIII Nuisance Dogs
- § 52-22 Annoying, dangerous and nuisance dogs.
- § 52-23 Term defined.
- § 52-24 Violations and penalties.
- § 52-25 Enforcing official
- Ch 58 Boarding and Rooming Houses
- Ch 61 Boats
- Ch 65 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 77 Drainage
- Ch 80 Driveways
- Ch 91 Fire Prevention
- Ch 102 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 105 Junk Dealers
- Ch 109 Licensing
- Ch 112 Littering
- Ch 117 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Ch 121 Noise
- Ch 125 Parking
- Ch 129 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 132 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 150 Smoking
- Ch 156 Solid Waste
- Ch 159 Stables
- Ch 160 Stormwater Management
- Ch 162 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 164 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 176 Underground Storage Tanks
- Ch 179 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 182 Vehicles, Horse-Driven
- Ch 185 Vehicles, Inoperative
- Ch 188 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 192 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 196 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 201 Subsurface Sanitary Systems
- Ch 202 Private Water Supply Regulations
- Ch 203 Stable Licensing
- Ch 204 Solid Waste
- Ch 205 Earth Removal and Earth Filling Projects
- Ch 206 Massage Establishments
- Ch 207 Boxford Sanitary Landfill
- Division 3: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 295 Stormwater Management Regulations
- Ch 300 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 375 Wetlands Protection Regulations
- Ch 382 Zoning Board of Appeals Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A400 Local Option Statutes Accepted or Rejected
- Ch A401 Special Acts Pertaining to Boxford
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-24-1994 ATM, Art. 42]
The owner or keeper of a dog shall be prohibited
from allowing a dog to be annoying, dangerous or a nuisance.
For the purposes of this bylaw, "annoying, dangerous
or a nuisance" includes the following: molesting passersby or passing
vehicles (including bicycles), attacking persons or domestic animals,
trespassing on school grounds or other public property, damaging public
or private property, barking, whining or howling in an excessive continuous
or untimely fashion, or being on the property of an owner who does
not wish the dog on his or her property.
The enforcing official of this bylaw shall be
the Animal Control Officer of the town.
