[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Cohasset
as Art. VII, §§ 19 to 24, of the 1988 General Bylaws.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-30-2018 ATM
by Art. 18]
No person shall dispose of rubbish, filth, or litter of any
kind on any street, sidewalk, or other publicly owned area in the
Town, with the exception of the Recycling Transfer Facility.
No person shall affix or attach any poster, handbill, notice
or advertisement by any means, including painting or drawing, upon
any fence, tree, post, building, or other structure within the Town,
without the express consent of the owner.
No person shall swim or appear in public view in the Town without
wearing proper apparel.
No person shall leap, jump, or dive from Cunningham's Bridge
on Atlantic Avenue, Mill Bridge on Border Street, or Cat Dam Bridge
on Nichols Road. The Selectmen shall post signs informing the public
of this restriction.
No person, except an officer of the law in the performance of
his duties, shall enter upon the premises of another or upon any public
property for the purpose of looking or peeping into windows of a house
or other building or of spying in any manner upon any person therein.
Hunting and the discharge of firearms, air rifles, and pellet
guns are prohibited within all of that part of the Town bounded and
described as follows: westerly by South Main Street, northerly by
Elm Street and a portion of Cohasset Harbor, easterly by portions
of Cohasset Harbor and Gulf River, southerly by the Scituate town
line, all of which area is delineated in red ink on a copy of the
Cohasset zoning district maps filed with the office of the Town Clerk.
A.
This bylaw
shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property nor to any
law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties.
B.
This bylaw
shall not apply to hunting or the discharge of firearms by any person
on land owned or legally occupied by such person subject to the provisions
of existing laws.
