[Amended 4-23-2018 ATM
by Art. 24]
No person shall remove, fill, dredge or alter any bank, freshwater
wetland, coastal wetland, beach, dune, flat, marsh, meadow, bog, swamp,
or lands adjoining the ocean or any estuary, creek, river, stream,
pond or lake, or any land under said waters or any land subject to
tidal action, coastal storm flowage, or flooding, or land within a
distance of 100 feet from any of the aforesaid resource areas (buffer
zone), and land within 200 feet of a river, without filing written
notice of his intention so to remove, fill, dredge or alter and without
receiving and complying with an order of conditions. Said resource
areas shall be protected whether or not they border surface waters.
The notice required by §
294-2 of this bylaw shall not apply to emergency projects necessary for the protection of the health or safety of the citizens of Marshfield and to be performed or ordered to be performed by an administrative agency of the commonwealth or by the Town. Emergency projects shall mean any projects certified to be an emergency by the Conservation Commission if only this bylaw is applicable. In no case shall any removal, filling, dredging or alteration authorized by such certification extend beyond the time necessary to abate the emergency.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this bylaw shall
not invalidate any other section or provision hereof.