Town of Fairhaven, MA
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2022-06-18
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 83 Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Finances
- Ch 3 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 6 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 8 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Constables
- Ch 16 Council on Aging
- Ch 22 Data Processing Center
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Finance Committee
- Ch 37 Finance, Department of
- Ch 40 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 50 Meetings
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 61 Personnel
- Ch 65 Planning Board
- Ch 73 Tax Abatement Agreements
- Ch 74 Tax Titles
- Ch 76 Tree Warden
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 82 Alarms
- Ch 83 Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs
- § 83-1 Public consumption.
- § 83-2 Violations and penalties; noncriminal disposition.
- § 83-3 Exception.
- § 83-4 Definitions.
- Ch 87 Animals
- Ch 93 Building Construction
- Ch 97 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Demolition Delay
- Ch 106 Entertainment
- Ch 110 Excavations and Wells
- Ch 113 Explosives and Inflammable Materials
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 122 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 125 Garages, Service Stations and Unregistered Motor Vehicles
- Ch 132 Harbor Pollution Control
- Ch 141 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 145 Waterways
- Ch 150 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 155 Right to Farm
- Ch 158 Sewers
- Ch 164 Solid Waste
- Ch 169 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 171 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 176 Underground Storage Tanks
- Ch 177 (Reserved)
- Ch 182 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 187 Water
- Ch 190 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 192 Wetlands
- Ch 194 Stormwater Management
- Ch 198 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen
- Ch 204 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 206 Animals
- Ch 207 Council on Aging
- Ch 208 Houseboats
- Ch 212 Marine Resources Committee
- Ch 218 Shellfish Regulations
- Ch 220 Special Municipal Employees
- Ch 225 Union Wharf
- Division 3: Planning Board
- Ch 306 Fees
- Ch 316 Procedural Rules
- Ch 322 Subdivision of Land
- Division 4: Board of Health
- Ch 401 General Provisions
- Ch 405 Animals
- Ch 412 Dairy Products
- Ch 416 Disease Control
- Ch 422 Fees
- Ch 426 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 432 Individual Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 437 Landfill
- Ch 442 Massage Parlors and Baths
- Ch 448 Nuisances
- Ch 454 Places of Assembly
- Ch 461 Rodents
- Ch 466 Sanitation
- Ch 471 Solid Waste
- Ch 475 Swimming Pools
- Ch 479 Tobacco Control
- Ch 483 Water
- Ch 487 Wells
- Ch 491 West Island Sewer Enterprise Zone
- Division 5: Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 493 Comprehensive Permits, Rules and Regulations Governing
- Division 6: Conservation Commission
- Ch 495 Wetlands Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A501 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A502 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Fairhaven 4-15-1975 by Art. 45 (Ch. IX, Sec. 13 of the 1934 Bylaws); amended
in its entirety 2-11-2004 STM by Art. 20. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverage licensing rules — See Ch. 204.
[Amended 5-5-2007 ATM by Art. 28; 5-2-2009 ATM by Art. 30]
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume
or possess an open container of alcoholic beverage or consume marijuana
or tetrahydrocannabinol as defined by MGL c. 94C, § 1, on
any public way or any way in which the public has a right of access,
including persons in or upon a motor vehicle while on any public way
or any way in which the public has a right of access, or on any sidewalk
appurtenant thereto, and on or within any park, or upon the grounds
of any school or public building or public beach within the Town of
Fairhaven.
Whoever violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $100. Any Fairhaven Police Officer taking cognizance of a violation of this chapter may enforce this chapter through noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D and § 1-6 (Noncriminal disposition) of this Code.
[Amended 6-14-2021 ATM by Art. 46]
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter,
the Select Board as licensing authority may grant a temporary permit
for consumption of alcoholic beverages in any public place subject
to terms and conditions set by the Board.
For purposes of this chapter:
Any liquid intended for human consumption as a beverage and
containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume at sixty degrees
F.
Any bottle, can or other receptacle used to contain an alcoholic
beverage that has the cap, lid or cork removed or otherwise is opened
in a manner so that the contents can be poured or consumed.
