[Amended 5-3-1982 ATM by Art. 48]
Any vehicle on any way in the Town interfering
with the work of removing or plowing snow or removing ice from the
way may be removed by or under the direction of the Director of Public
Works to a public garage or any convenient place. The Director of
Public Works shall, within a reasonable time, notify the Chief of
Police of the removal of any such vehicle and of the place to which
it has been removed, and the Chief of Police shall give like notice
to the registered owner of the vehicle. The owner before being permitted
to remove the vehicle shall establish his right so to do and pay to
the Town or to the keeper of the place of storage the cost of removal,
and any storage charges resulting therefrom.
No person shall break, deface or move any official
sign post, signaling or traffic device, warning barrier, lantern or
other light placed or located in any street or public place for the
information or direction of traffic or the protection of the public.
[Amended 5-3-1982 ATM by Art. 48]
Streets shall be called and known by the names
given them respectively until such names shall be changed by vote
of the Town Meeting.
No person shall pollute any drinking fountain,
trough or basin set up or established in any street or public place
or public building in this town, for the use of man or beast, or unnecessarily
waste or use the water thereof.
[Amended 5-3-1982 ATM by Art. 48]
A. No person shall behave or conduct himself on the Battle
Green otherwise than in a quiet and orderly manner in keeping with
a respectful regard and reverence for the memory of the patriotic
service and sacrifice there so nobly rendered.
B. No person shall engage or take part in any game, sport,
picnic or performance on the Battle Green unless:
(1) Written permission has been given by the Select Board;
or
[Amended 3-27-2019 ATM by Art. 34]
(2) Such activity would not interfere with the safe, convenient
and appropriate use thereof, nor disturb the safety of persons or
property.
C. No person shall climb upon, deface, mutilate, or otherwise
injure any tree, shrubbery, monument, boulder, fence, seat, or structure
on the Battle Green.
D. The Select Board shall promulgate regulations that define both the standards and procedures by which they will grant or deny permits under Subsection
B(1), and the activities allowable without permit under Subsection
B(2).
[Amended 3-27-2019 ATM by Art. 34]
No person without authority so to do shall climb
any tree or injure any trees, flowers or plantings or shrubbery in
any street or public place, and no person shall permit or suffer any
animal under his care to injure any such trees, flowers, plantings
or shrubbery.
[Added 4-8-1974 ATM by Art. 37; amended 5-3-1982 ATM by Art.
48]
A. A camping vehicle occupied as an accessory use in
a residence district as defined by the Zoning By-Law:
(1) Shall not be operated to deposit waste or water onto
the grounds;
(2) Shall conform to the appropriate yard requirements
of the Zoning By-Law except where the unit is located on a driveway;
and
(3) Shall not be occupied for more than five consecutive
nights unless specifically approved by the Board of Appeals.
B. No charge or fee may be imposed for the parking of
such a camping vehicle.
[Added 3-21-2011 ATM by Art. 27; 3-27-2019 ATM by Art. 34]
A. Purpose. In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40,
§ 6N, the Select Board may authorize temporary repairs of
private ways in the Town as provided in this section. The making of
any such temporary repairs to private ways, no matter how often or
to what extent, does not constitute an acceptance by the Town of such
ways as public ways, nor does it constitute a way being "maintained
and used as a public way" under the Massachusetts Subdivision Control
Law.
B. Type and extent of repairs. Repairs shall be limited to grading,
patching, and the layering of gravel to establish a uniform grade,
make drainage repairs, accommodate the Town's emergency vehicles or
otherwise protect or repair the Town's infrastructure.
C. Public necessity. There shall be a finding of public necessity for
said repairs by the Select Board in consultation with the Director
of Public Works.
D. Petition process. The Select Board may make a determination of the
need for said repairs and may authorize the making of said repairs
with or without a petition of the abutters to said private way. However,
the Select Board will not entertain a petition from the abutters unless:
(a) it is signed by 51% of the abutters along the private way to be
repaired, or (b) if a majority of abutters to the private way are
members of an association of landowners specific to said way and a
majority vote of that association's membership or board of directors
submits the petition.
E. Scope of work. The scope of the repair work shall be determined by
the Director of Public Works, subject to approval by the Select Board.
F. Betterments. Betterment charges may be assessed by the Select Board
on the abutter(s) of such way up to an amount equal to the cost of
such repairs. If betterments are to be assessed, they shall be assessed
upon each parcel of land benefiting from such repair by any method
as may be approved by the Select Board. Betterments shall be apportioned
over such a period as the Select Board deem appropriate, after considering
such matters as the estimated useful life of the proposed repairs
and the source of funds to be used for the same.
G. Funding. Repairs funded under this section through betterments shall
be appropriated at any Special or Annual Town Meeting. The Select
Board members are authorized to seek contributions for a portion of
the cost of said repairs from abutters and the Select Board members
may, in their discretion, require a cash deposit from the abutters.
H. Town's liability. The Town shall have no liability as a result of
any such repairs under MGL c. 40, § 6N(f). The Select Board
may also request arrangements to be made to further reduce or eliminate
potential liability risks to the Town arising from the repairs. Such
arrangements may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the
provision of insurance by repair contractors and/or by abutters or
associations of abutters insuring the Town's interests or the provision
of suitable indemnity agreement by abutters or by associations of
abutters. Moreover, this section or any repairs thereunder, do not
impose any duty or obligation on the Town to maintain or repair private
ways.
I. Public use. There shall be a finding by the Select Board that the
private way to be repaired under this section shall have been opened
to public use for five years or more prior to the expenditure of funds
under this section and shall thereafter remain open to the public
for no less than the useful life of said repairs. The making of any
such repairs to private ways, no matter how often or to what extent,
does not constitute an acceptance by the Town of such ways as public
ways, nor does it constitute a way being "maintained and used as a
public way" under the Massachusetts Subdivision Control Law.
J. The Select Board, or its designees, may promulgate, after public
notice and hearing, rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes
and intent of this bylaw. However, failure by the Select Board to
promulgate such rules and regulations shall not act to suspend or
invalidate the effect of this bylaw.