Town of Medfield, MA Chapter 1 General Provisions

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Medfield as indicated in Article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

Article I Adoption of Code

[At the 4-28-2014 ATM, by Art. 31 (General Bylaws) and Art. 33 (Zoning Bylaw), the Town voted to codify the Town of Medfield Charter, Bylaws and regulations to create a more uniform presentation, organized topical structure, read-friendly format to aid searches and convenient format for inserting future amendments, including renumbered outline format, and insertion of headings and subheadings. Specific changes made during the course of the codification project are indicated throughout the text by the following histories: "Amended/Added 4-28-2014 ATM by Art. 32" (General Bylaws); and "Amended/Added 4-28-2014 ATM by Art. 33" (Zoning Bylaw).]

Article II Bylaw Enforcement

[Adopted as Art. XVII of the 1926 Bylaws]

§ 1-1 Noncriminal disposition of Bylaws; enforcing persons.

Any Bylaw of the Town of Medfield, or regulation of its departments, boards, commissions and committees, 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 noncriminal disposition of certain violations (MGL c. 40, § 21D). "Enforcing person," as used in this Bylaw, shall mean the Animal Control Officer, Conservation Officer, Board of Health Agent, Inspector of Buildings, any police officer, the Fire Chief, Plumbing and Gas Inspector, and such other officials as the Board of Selectmen may from time to time designate, each with respect to violation of Bylaws and regulations within their respective jurisdictions. If more than one official has jurisdiction in a given case, any such official may be an enforcing person with respect thereto.

§ 1-2 Specific penalties.

Violation of any of the following Bylaw Sections of the Bylaws of the Town of Medfield may be enforced in the manner provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D; for the purpose of this Section, the specific penalty which is to apply for violation of each such Section shall be as listed below, and the municipal officers or employees whose titles are listed under each Section shall be deemed to be enforcing officers for each such Section.

Chapter		Subject	Fine	Enforcing Officer
Chapter 90		Public drinking	§ 90-1: $200 § 90-2: $200	Medfield police officers
Chapter 100, Art. I		Pooper scooper provision	First offense: $25 Second offense: $50 Third and subsequent offenses: $100	Medfield Animal Control Officer or Medfield police officers
Chapter 100, Art. II [ATM 4-30-2007]		Dog Control
	§ 100-6, Penalty	Fines for violation of §§ 100-3 and 100-5 (in any calendar year)	First offense: $50 Second offense: $100 Third offense: $150 Fourth and subsequent offenses: $200	Medfield Animal Control Officer or Medfield police officers
Chapter 120		Gun discharge, etc.	$300	Medfield police officers
Chapter 160		Junk or pawn shops	$200	Medfield police officers
Chapter 180, Art. I		Animal noise or nuisance	First offense: $35 Second offense: $50 Third and subsequent offenses: $100	Medfield Animal Control Officer or Medfield police officers
Chapter 190, Art. I		Buildings under control of Park and Recreation	First offense: $100 Second offense: $200 Third offense $300 Subsequent offenses: $300	Park and Recreation Commission designee or Medfield police officers
Chapter 200, Art. I		Storing disabled or unregistered motor vehicle	First offense: $75 Second offense: $100 Third offense: $150 Fourth and subsequent offenses: $250	Medfield police officers or Highway Superintendent
Chapter 220		Public solicitation without permit	$50	Medfield police officers
Chapter 230, Art. II		Transfer station regulations	First offense: $25 Second offense: $50 Third and subsequent offenses: $100	Park and Recreation Commission designee or Medfield police officers
Chapter 240, Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
	Article II, Use Restrictions
	§ 240-3	Leaving objects in public way	$50	Medfield police officers
	§ 240-4	Carrying improper items through Town	$50	Medfield police officers or Board of Health Enforcement Officer
	§ 240-5	Leaving improper waste within Town	$50	Medfield police officers or Board of Health Enforcement Officer
	§ 240-6	Public performance or meeting without permit	$30	Medfield police officers
	§ 240-7A	Vehicles upon sidewalks	$30	Medfield police officers
	§ 240-7B	Motorcycles, etc. upon public playing fields	$250	Medfield police officers
	§ 240-8	No playing in street	$20	Medfield police officers
	§ 240-12	Signs in public ways	$25	Medfield police officers
	Article III	Snow and ice removal	$100	Medfield police officers or Highway Superintendent
	Article IV	No pipes or trenches in public ways	$100	Medfield police officers or Highway Superintendent
Chapter 260, Art. I		Snow removal	$100 plus cost of towing and storage	Medfield police officers or Highway Superintendent
Chapter 260, Art. II, § 260-7		Handicapped parking	First offense: $15 Second offense: $25 Third and subsequent offenses: $50, plus cost of towing and storage	Medfield police officers
Chapter 270, Art. I		Water ban or conservation	First offense: $25 Second offense: $50 Third and subsequent offenses: $100	Medfield police officers, Superintendent of Public Works or designee, or any member of the Water and Sewerage Board
Chapter 290, §§ 290-1, 290-13		Wetlands	$300 per offense	Medfield police officers or Conservation Agent