Town of Greenfield, MA
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2023-02-15
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Division 1: Town Council Orders
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Part III: General Legislation
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Chapter 385 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
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Article VIII Placing Obstructions in Streets
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Council Orders
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 13 Civil Defense
- Ch 18 Emergency Services
- Ch 22 Eminent Domain
- Ch 27 Finances
- Ch 45 Maintenance Department
- Ch 49 Meetings
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Precinct Meetings
- Ch 60 Procurement
- Ch 68 Town Council Parking Permits
- Ch 71 Town Property
- Ch 75 Veterans' Assistance Fund
- Part II: Boards, Commissions, Committees and Other Governing Bodies
- Ch 103 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 110 Capital Improvement Planning Committee
- Ch 114 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 117 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 118 Council on Aging
- Ch 123 Disability Access, Commission on
- Ch 132 Historical Commission
- Ch 136 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 160 Parking and Traffic Commission
- Ch 164 Planning Board
- Ch 173 Recreation Commission
- Ch 177 Redevelopment Authority
- Ch 182 School Committee
- Ch 186 Sustainable Greenfield Implementation Committee
- Ch 193 Ways and Means Committee
- Part III: General Legislation
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Ch 205 Alarms
- Ch 209 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 213 Animals
- Ch 217 Assemblies, Public
- Ch 224 Building Construction
- Ch 230 Contractors
- Ch 235 Curfew
- Ch 241 Demolition Delay
- Ch 244 Development Review
- Ch 248 Drainage
- Ch 252 Electioneering
- Ch 254 Electrical Standards
- Ch 256 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 259 Excavations
- Ch 265 Farming
- Ch 270 Firearms
- Ch 274 Food Establishments
- Ch 282 Junk Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 288 Licensing
- Ch 293 Littering
- Ch 300 Mercury Thermometers
- Ch 307 Native American Burial Grounds
- Ch 315 Nuclear-Free Zone
- Ch 322 Parks and Recreation Facilities
- Ch 328 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 333 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 337 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 346 Public Lands
- Ch 353 Safe City
- Ch 355 Sewer Use
- Ch 359 Signs
- Ch 364 Smoking
- Ch 368 Soil Removal
- Ch 372 Solid Waste
- Ch 377 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 381 Stormwater Management
- Ch 385 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 385 Art VIII Placing Obstructions in Streets
- § 385-17 Permit required.
- § 385-18 Prohibited placement of items.
- § 385-19 Duty of owner to remove.
- § 385-20 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 389 Surveillance and Trespassing
- Ch 394 Tag Sales
- Ch 400 Trees
- Ch 408 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 410 Vendors
- Ch 412 Wages
- Ch 415 Water
- Ch 419 Wells
- Ch 423 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 431 Vacant and Foreclosing Property
- Division 2: Rules and Regulations of Other Bodies
- Ch 507 Board of Health
- Ch 515 Conservation Commission
- Ch 520 Council on Aging
- Ch 538 License Commissioners
- Ch 550 Planning Board
- Ch 555 Police Commissioners
- Ch 565 Rules of Procedure, City Council
- Ch 590 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A600 General Law Acceptances and Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 7-17-1985, approved
by AG 9-19-1985; amended 6-17-2003 (Ch. 159, Art. V, of the 2002 Bylaws)]
No person, unless he is the holder of a permit issued by the
Board of Selectmen and except in accordance with the terms and conditions
of such permit, shall place an obstruction in any street on any sidewalk
within the Town and allow it to remain there, or allow shrubbery to
overhang sidewalks so as to impede the free passage of pedestrians
and snow removal equipment.
The Selectmen shall not allow any items, except for trash bags and recyclables for municipal curbside collection meeting the provisions of Chapter 372, Solid Waste, of the Code of the Town of Greenfield, to be placed within the property limits of any way owned, controlled or maintained by the Town, including in or on any sidewalk or tree belt.
The owner of any real estate abutting any way owned, controlled or maintained by the Town shall remove any items, except for trash bags and recyclables for municipal curbside collection meeting the provisions of Chapter 372, Solid Waste, of the Code of the Town of Greenfield, which are placed within the property limits of said way, including in or on any sidewalk or tree belt, within 24 hours of the placement of said items.
Whoever violates any provision of this regulation shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding $50 for each violation, with each day being
considered a separate violation.
