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Town of Greenfield, MA
Franklin County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Greenfield as amended 6-15-2011 by Order No. FY 11-109 (Ch. 154 of the 2002 Bylaws). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Excavations — See Ch. 259.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 381.
Streets, sidewalks and public places — See Ch. 385.
Wetlands protection — See Ch. 423.
Site plans — See Ch. 550, Art. I.
Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 550, Art. V.
No person, firm, or corporation shall strip, sever, remove or convey away any soil, loam, sand, or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use, unless and until such stripping, severance, removal or conveyance away is first authorized by a license issued by the Board of License Commissioners of Greenfield, except in conjunction with construction of a building on the parcel, or except in conjunction with the development, improvement, or landscaping of said land, or except for the continued operation of an existing sand and gravel pit, or except soil, loam, sand or gravel which is to be removed in compliance with the requirements of a subdivision plan approved by the Planning Board. As a condition to obtaining said license, the Board of License Commissioners may require the erection of a fence or barrier around such area and the finished grading of the same.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No such license shall be issued unless and until an application therefor has been filed with the Board.
Said Board shall then hold a public hearing on the application, and notice of the filing of the application and the date and the time of the holding of the public hearing thereon shall be advertised, forthwith, at the expense of the applicant, in a newspaper published in the county, seven days, at least, before the meeting.
No person(s) other than the Director of Public Works (or his/her agents or employees) in the performance of his/her duties shall remove any soil, loam, sand, or gravel from any public way or other Town property.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction in equity to compel compliance with this chapter. The penalty for violation of this chapter shall be as follows: for the first offense, $50; for the second offense, $100; for each subsequent offense, $200.