[Amended 11-8-2010 ATM, approved 2-10-2011; 5-29-2013 STM, approved 10-8-2013]
No person shall smoke or otherwise use a tobacco product on
any public school playground or athletic field nor any Recreation
Department playground or athletic field. For purposes of this section
the following definitions shall apply:
SMOKING
Inhaling, exhaling, or burning any tobacco product.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco or tobacco in any of its
forms.
[Added 5-2-2018 STM,
approved 7-9-2018]
A. Consistent with MGL c. 94G, § 3(a)(2), all types of marijuana
establishments, except for marijuana retailers, both as defined in
MGL c. 94G, § 1, shall be prohibited within the Town of
Belmont; provided, however, that a Registered Marijuana Dispensary
shall not be deemed to be a marijuana establishment.
B. Consistent with MGL c. 94G, § 3(a)(2), the number of Marijuana
Retailers in Belmont shall not exceed a number that is equal to 20%
of the number of licenses issued within the Town of Belmont for the
retail sale of alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises
where sold under MGL c. 138, § 15, as implemented in Belmont
pursuant to Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2014, as amended by Chapter
147 of the Acts of 2017, and, if that number is not a whole number,
it shall be rounded up to the next higher whole number.
No person, except in the performance of some legal duty or in
the lawful defense of a person or property, shall discharge any firearm
within the Town.
[Amended 11-8-2010 ATM, approved 2-10-2011]
In addition to the provisions for enforcement described above, the provisions of §§
60-100A and
60-105 of this article and any regulations promulgated thereunder may also be enforced by noncriminal disposition as provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D ("§ 21D"). The penalty for such violation shall be $300 for each offense. Each day or part thereof shall constitute a separate offense.
A. "Enforcing person" as used in this section shall mean any police
officer of the Town, the Director of Public Works and any other Town
employee designated by the Select Board as an enforcing person.
B. An enforcing person taking cognizance of a violation of §
60-100A or
60-105 or any rule or regulation adopted thereunder shall give the offender a written notice to appear before the Clerk of the District Court having jurisdiction thereof for the noncriminal disposition thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 21D. The provisions of § 21D are incorporated herein by this reference.