[Adopted 5-20-1985]
[Amended 9-10-2012]
No person, except by direction of the Road Commissioner, when acting within the scope of his authority, shall dig up any part of a street, highway, or Town way without first obtaining written permission from the Town Council. Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in § 200-5.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 200-2, Animals at large,
as amended, was repealed 6-4-2018.
[Amended 9-10-2012]
Whoever, except a person employed by the Town for the purpose, removes, mutilates, damages, or destroys any ornamental tree, shrub, flower, or other plant, planted or growing in any cemetery or other public property of the Town, shall be punished as provided in § 200-5.
A.
Whenever the Town becomes the owner, by reason of three or more tax
deeds or tax liens on which the period of redemption has expired,
of any woodlot within the Town, the Town Council shall have such woodlot
appraised by a trained forester and after such appraisal shall determine
whether or not it is in the best interests of the Town to hold such
woodlot as a part of the Town forest. The determination of the Town
Council to hold a woodlot as part of the Town forest shall be recorded
by the Town Clerk, and thereafter it shall never be sold except after
a vote by the Town Council to do so.
B.
Immediately after a woodlot is designated as part of the Town forest,
the Town Council shall locate the bounds of the lot and have them
plainly marked and shall place suitable signs on the lot identifying
it as property of the Town of Cumberland.
C.
The Town forest shall be managed by the Town Council. The Council
shall seek the recommendations of the Forestry Department of the University
of Maine and advice of the Maine Extension Service Forester, or other
trained person, when cutting, thinning or planting in the Town forest
and in all other places of forest management.
