[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Westwood as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Art. 1 of the General Bylaws]
These bylaws shall be known as the "General Bylaws of the Town of Westwood." These bylaws shall become effective when approved and published as required by law.
The provisions of these bylaws, so far as they are the same as those of previously existing bylaws, shall be construed as a continuation thereof and not as new bylaws. Subject to said limitations and the provisions of the next section, all bylaws in force upon the effective date of this revision, other than those entitled "Zoning Bylaw of the Town of Westwood"; Article 10, "Police Regulations"; Article 11, "Use of Ways"; and Article 12, "Personnel Bylaw," are hereby repealed.
The repeal of a bylaw hereby shall not affect any act done, any penalty or liability incurred, or any right accrued under such bylaw prior to its repeal. Such repeal shall not affect any action or prosecution pending at the time of such repeal. The repeal of a bylaw shall not thereby have the effect of renewing any bylaw theretofore repealed.
Any or all of these bylaws, excepting those subject to the requirements of general law, may be repealed or amended or other bylaws may be adopted at any Town Meeting, annual or special, by inserting an article or articles for that purpose in the warrant for such meeting.
[Amended 5-5-2003 ATM by Art. 32; 5-6-2013 ATM by Art. 18]
Whosoever violates any bylaw of the Town whereby any act or thing is enjoined, required or prohibited shall forfeit and pay a fine of $100 for the first offense, $200 for the second offense and $300 for any subsequent offenses in any calendar year unless some other penalty is expressly provided by law, or some bylaw of the Town. Whosoever violates any of the Traffic Rules and Regulations shall forfeit and pay for each offense a fine of $50 unless some other penalty is expressly provided by law, or by some bylaw of the Town.
[Added 1999 ATM by Art. 20 (Art. 10, § 23 of the General Bylaws); amended 2000 ATM by Art. 30; 5-7-2007 ATM by Art. 29]
A. 
Any bylaw of the Town of Westwood relating to the Board of Health, the Conservation Commission or Building Commissioner or any rule or regulation of the Board of Health, the Town of Westwood, or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may, in the discretion of the Town official who is the appropriate enforcing person, be enforced in the method provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D, said section being incorporated by reference herein.
B. 
"Enforcing person" as used in this bylaw shall mean the Health Director and other agents of the Board of Health; the Conservation Agent and other agents of the Conservation Commission and the Building Commissioner.
C. 
Any violation issued shall include a due date for payment. Any payment received after said date shall accrue a rate of interest to be established at a rate equal to, or such other rate established by the Board of Selectmen no more than, the interest charged on tax bills under the provision of MGL c. 59, § 57.
[Added 5-1-2017 ATM by Art. 36]
[At the Special Town Meeting held on March 8, 2010, under Article 1, it was voted to accept the renumbering and recaptioning of the General Bylaws of the Town of Westwood as set forth in Part I and Part II of this Code. Article 1 was approved by the Attorney General on March 19, 2010. The complete text of Article 1 is on file at the office of the Town Clerk.]
[At the Annual Town Meeting held on May 3, 2010, under Article 15, it was voted to adopt a number of amendments to the General Bylaws. Throughout the Code, all sections and subsections affected by Article 15 contain a corresponding history (e.g., "Amended 5-3-2010 ATM by Art. 15"). Article 15 also provided for the deletion of Article 14, Codes, of the 2003 General Bylaws and for following general amendments: All references to the Massachusetts General Laws will be standardized to the following format: MGL c. ___, § ___. All references to "by-law" are amended to read "bylaw." All references to "Chairman" are amended to read "Chairperson." Article 15 was approved by the Attorney General on August 19, 2010. The complete text of Article 15 is on file at the office of the Town Clerk.]