[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town
of Charlton 5-19-2014 by Art. 24. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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.
This bylaw may be enforced through any lawful means in law or
in equity, including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal
indictment or complaint pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21,
or by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D,
by the Board of Selectmen, the Town Administrator, or their duly authorized
agents, or any police officer. The fine for violation of this bylaw
shall be three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense. Any penalty
imposed under this bylaw shall be in addition to any civil penalty
imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
[Added 10-15-2018 STM
by Art. 13]
Selectmen shall comply with the provisions of MGL c. 94G.
