[Added 4-10-1979 ATM by Art. 22]
Nothing in these regulations shall be construed to limit town officials and employees from exercising their official duties.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Wayland 3-12-1973 by Art. 14 as Art. 6 of the 1973 Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 4-10-1979 ATM by Art. 22]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
As defined in MGL c. 138, § 1.
Filth, rubbish, debris or waste materials or the act of depositing such materials other than into a receptacle provided by the town for this purpose.
Loud shouting, clamor, din or other audible disturbance caused by one or more persons or by a source which is or which should be under their control and which interferes with the peace and tranquillity of the surrounding neighborhood.
All real and personal property and bodies of water belonging to the Town of Wayland and/or within its custody, management or control, including all public ways, ways to which the public has a right of access, sidewalks, walkways, bikeways and bike paths, all being paths used for both walking and bicycling and hereafter called "bicycle paths," and property under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan District Commission.
[Amended 4-10-1979 ATM by Art. 23]
No person shall litter on public property or on the property of others.
[Amended 4-10-1979 ATM by Art. 24]
No person shall, without the prior written consent of the Select Board, obstruct or impede any person or persons from entering, departing from or passing freely within public property, and no person shall continue to obstruct or impede the free passage of any other person after having been directed by a police officer to move on.
[Amended 4-10-1979 ATM by Art. 25]
No driver of a horse or a motorized vehicle shall allow the same to be on any bicycle path, as previously defined under § 139-2.
[Amended 4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 26]
No person shall, without the prior written permission of the Select Board, post, affix or apply in any manner any notice, advertisement, bill, picture or drawing upon any public property.
[Amended 4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 26]
No person shall destroy, deface or remove any public property, including any notice or document posted pursuant to law.
[Amended 4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 27]
No person shall carry uncased or unholstered firearms or discharge explosives or firearms on public property without the prior written permission of the Select Board or on private property without the prior written permission of its owner. This section shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property.
[Amended 4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 28]
No person shall enter upon the premises of any person with the intention of peeping into a dwelling or spying upon any person therein.
[Added 4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 29; amended 5-27-1981 ATM by Art. 12]
No person shall permit or cause both unreasonable and unnecessary noise to emanate beyond the premises from which it originates.
[Added 4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 30]
A.
No person shall consume alcoholic beverages upon public property except with the prior written consent of the town board, committee or authority having custody, management and control of the public property in question.
B.
Any person who is discovered by a police officer or special police officer in the act of violating the provisions of this section may be arrested without a warrant by such police officer or special police officer and held in custody, in jail or otherwise, until a complaint shall be made as soon as practicable and in any case within 24 hours.
[Added 4-28-1997 STM by Art. 2]
[Added 11-18-1982 STM by Art. 11]
Except where specific exception is authorized or permission is granted in writing by the Conservation Commission, no person shall use town conservation land for purposes other than quiet nondestructive enjoyment or study or enter such land with any motor vehicle or alcoholic beverage or ignite a fire thereon. During the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, all persons must exit the land, including the parking areas thereon, if directed to do so by the police.