[Adopted as Art. IV, Secs. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16
and 32, of the 1926 Bylaws]
No person without permission from the Selectmen shall place
or cause to be placed upon any public way or sidewalk any object in
a manner which obstructs the safe passage of pedestrians or vehicles
and allow the same to remain for more than one hour, or more than
10 minutes after being notified to remove the same by a constable,
police officer or the Selectmen. Fine: $50 (Medfield police officers).
[ATM 4-26-1994]
No person shall carry in or through any of the streets, squares,
courts, lanes, avenues, roads, places or alleys, within the Town of
Medfield, any house dirt, ashes, garbage, or house offal, either animal
or vegetable, or any grease or bones, or any refuse substances from
any of the dwelling houses or other buildings or places in the Town,
except upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Health may deem
the health and interest of the Town requires. Fine: $50 (Medfield
police officers or Board of Health enforcement officer).
[ATM 4-26-1994]
No person shall, without the permission of the Board of Health,
throw into, or leave in, or upon any street, court, square, pond or
body of water or vacant lot within the limits of the Town, where it
would be offensive and injurious to health, any dead animal, dirt,
sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders, shavings, hair, shreds, manure, oyster,
clam or lobster shells, wastewater, rubbish or filth of any kind,
or any refuse, animal or vegetable matter whatsoever. Fine: $50 (Medfield
police officers or Board of Health enforcement officer).
No person or persons shall play or perform on any musical instrument,
sing, parade, hold a public meeting, make a public address, march
or congregate in any public way or public place, except in connection
with a funeral, or in connection with rights constitutionally granted,
without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen. Fine: $30 (Medfield
police officers).
A.
No person shall ride or otherwise use roller skates, in-line skates,
skateboard, bicycle, unicycle, or any other similar devices, except
a wheelchair or a children's hand carriage, over or upon any public
sidewalk or footpath so as to endanger the public. Fine: $30 (Medfield
police officers).
[ATM 4-24-1995]
B.
No person shall drive a motorcycle or other vehicle on any public
playing field or playground without permission from Town officials
with jurisdiction over the property, except motorized wheelchairs.
Fine: $250 (Medfield police officers).
[ATM 4-24-1995]
No person shall play at any game of ball, or football, or throw
balls or stones or snowballs within any of the public ways, so as
to endanger the public. Fine: $20 (Medfield police officers).
No person shall place or maintain any structure or object over
any sidewalk without a permit from the Board of Selectmen; no such
structure or object shall be less than seven feet from the ground
in the lowest part, nor extend beyond the line of the sidewalk.
[ATM 5-1-1990]
No owner or occupant of property shall permit any gate leading
to premises abutting on any public way in the Town to swing outwardly
upon said public way; nor shall any such owner or occupant permit
any bushes, shrubs, trees or other vegetation to overhang any public
way, including sidewalks, so as to impede free passage upon such way.
No person shall, without proper authority, extinguish or remove
any light or sign placed to denote an obstruction or defect in a street
or way.
[ATM 4-26-2004]
No person shall attach or otherwise post any commercial sign
within any public right-of-way or upon any building, pole, post, or
other structure or any tree located therein, provided that the Board
of Selectmen, upon prior application, may permit a local municipal
body or nonprofit organization to place a public notice at a designated
location(s) within the public way; provided, further, that such notice
shall be mounted upon a moveable signboard and shall contain only
a description of the event or activity, the date, time, and place,
and the name of the sponsoring body or organization. Fine: $25 (Medfield
police officers).
[5-4-1981; amended ATM 4-26-1994]
Whoever violates any Section of this Bylaw shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding $300 for each offense, which shall inure to
the Town. Such fines shall be recovered by indictment or on complaint
before a district court or by noncriminal disposition in accordance
with Massachusetts General Laws.
