[Adopted STM 4-7-2009, Art. 16, approved 5-18-2009]
A.
No person
shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol
(as defined in MGL c. 94C, § 1, as amended) while in or
upon any street, sidewalk, public way, footway, passageway, stairs,
bridge, park, playground, beach, recreation area, boat landing, public
building, schoolhouse, school grounds, cemetery, parking lot, or any
area owned by or under the control of the Town; or in or upon any
bus or other passenger conveyance operated by a common carrier; or
in any place accessible to the public.
B.
This article
may be enforced through any lawful means in law or in equity, including
by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D,
by the Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, or their duly authorized
agents, or any police officer. The fine for violation of this article
shall be three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense. Any penalty
imposed under this article shall be in addition to any civil penalty
imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
