[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of South
Hadley 1-11-2017 STM by Art. 14. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Penalties and enforcement — See Ch. 46.
A.Â
Title.
These bylaws shall constitute the Bylaws of the Town of South Hadley,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
B.Â
Authority.
These bylaws have been approved by the Town of South Hadley, Massachusetts,
under authority granted by the Attorney General of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
C.Â
Amendments.
These bylaws may be amended from time to time as authorized by the
General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and adopted by the
Town Meeting of the Town of South Hadley.
For the purpose of these bylaws, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings:
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A board, committee and commission of the Town and any office
thereof.
The person having the charge or control of a vehicle upon
a public or private street, way, off-road, sidewalk or path.
The person who has responsibility for supervision of the
day-to-day activities of the department.
As applied to a building or to land, a part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, and tenant by the entirety
of the whole or of a part of the building or land.
Individuals, corporations, trusts, societies, associations,
partnerships and individual business proprietorships.
All buildings belonging to or under the control of the Town
of South Hadley or any of its departments.
All commons, parks, playgrounds, buildings, and public lands
belonging to or in the charge of the Town of South Hadley, or any
of its departments, and those portions of public squares, parking
lots and places which do not form traveled parts of public ways.
Includes the term "Board of Selectmen" whenever so used in
the laws of the commonwealth.
Any sidewalk, footpath, bicycle path or other path commonly
used by pedestrians, situated outside that portion of a street commonly
used by vehicles for travel whether or not the sidewalk has been wrought
and constructed by or under the authority of the Town of South Hadley.
Seeking to raise funds or sell or obtain orders for goods
or services from persons in residences within the Town, not including
the weekly or daily house delivery of newspapers. The term "commercial
soliciting" shall mean soliciting in connection with a business or
profit-making venture.
A public way, highway, Town way, alley, square, lane, court,
crossroad, sidewalk, and a part of a public place that forms a traveled
part of a highway or public way.
The Town of South Hadley.
Any individual, either elected or appointed, serving as a
member of any committee, board, authority, or trusteeship of the Town.
A duly registered voter of the Town of South Hadley.
A.Â
Singular
and plural. A word in the singular includes the plural and a word
in the plural includes the singular.
B.Â
Gender.
A word in either the masculine or feminine gender shall include the
other.
C.Â
Severability.
If any of the provisions of these bylaws or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions of the bylaws, or the application of such
other provisions which can be given effect without the invalid provision
or application thereof, and for this purpose the provisions of these
bylaws are severable.
A.Â
Powers. A Town officer has the powers that are given to the officer by these bylaws and that are given to an officer of that kind by the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Notwithstanding the definition of "Town officer" in § 1-2 of this article, no individual member of a committee, board, authority or trusteeship shall have the power to bind the Town of South Hadley or any committee to any official action unless duly authorized.
B.Â
Deputy.
If a power has been given to a Town officer, the officer has authority,
with the consent of the Selectboard, to designate a specific person
to exercise the power as a deputy of the officer.
C.Â
Acting
officer. If a power has been given to a Town officer, and if that
office is vacant, the person, if any, who has been granted authority
to act as that officer by consent of the Selectboard shall also have
authority to exercise that power.
D.Â
Relation
to Massachusetts General Laws. If a conflict exists between a provision
in these bylaws and the laws of the commonwealth, the laws of the
commonwealth shall control.
These bylaws shall not retroactively affect any act that has
been done, any right that has accrued, any penalty that has been incurred,
any suit, prosecution or proceeding that is pending, or the tenure
of office of a person who holds office upon the effective date of
these bylaws.
A.Â
Any person
who violates a provision of any bylaw or rule and regulation of the
Town, whereby any act or thing is enjoined or prohibited or required,
shall, unless other provision is expressly made, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding $300 for each offense after notice by the Town to cease
or perform, as applicable. Each day any such violation of these bylaws
shall continue after such notice shall constitute a separate offense.
B.Â
All violations
may be enforced or violations written by the South Hadley Police Department.
However, or further where appropriate or related to the function of
the department, violations may be written by the South Hadley Health
Department, Building Department and Waste Water Treatment Department
for violations generally considered to be within their area of responsibility.
[Added 5-10-2017 ATM by Art. 13]