Three or more persons shall not stand in a group or near each other on a public way or sidewalk in such a manner as unreasonably to obstruct a free passage for pedestrians after having been requested by any constable or police officer to move on.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Ayer 6-15-2020 ATM by Art. 32. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall coast in any of the streets or public ways of the Town except such streets as are publicly designated for that purpose by the Select Board.
No person shall, without proper authority, extinguish or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or defect in a street or way.
No person shall team manure, hay, rubbish, ashes, liquid or other materials in such a manner as to litter, pollute, or injure the streets of the Town; nor shall any person throw or deposit in any street or on any sidewalk ashes, dirt, rubbish or other refuse of any kind except in the manner provided by the Board of Health.
A.
The tenant or owner of any estate abutting on any street, highway, or Town way in the Town, and where there now is, or hereafter may be, a sidewalk constructed of or covered with concrete, brick, cement, stone, wood, or any other material than earth, ashes, or gravel, shall, within 12 hours after the ceasing to fall, form, or drift thereon of any snow, sleet or ice, remove or cause to be removed such snow, sleet, or ice therefrom so far as it can be removed, and if the same cannot be wholly removed shall sprinkle, or cause to be sprinkled thereon, sand, ashes, sawdust, or other suitable substance, so that such sidewalk shall not be slippery and shall be safe and convenient for public travel.
B.
Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300.
A.
No person, unless otherwise authorized, shall go from place to place within the Town taking orders for any goods, wares, or merchandise, nor shall any person go begging or soliciting alms on foot or from a vehicle, without having first recorded his name and address with the Chief of Police and furnished such information as may be requested by him. The Chief of Police shall thereupon, if satisfied with the honesty of the applicant, issue a permit for a period of not exceeding 12 months, which must be shown on request, and shall state that such person has duly registered and is entitled to go from place to place within the Town for the purpose specified.
B.
No person, unless otherwise properly licensed by the state or Select Board, shall go from place to place in the Town selling or bartering or carrying for sale or barter or exposing therefor any goods, wares or merchandise.
C.
The Chief of Police may, however, authorize the director of any worthy cause to solicit contributions within the Town without having each solicitor under his direction registered. Religious organizations, political organizations or charitable groups within the Town shall be exempt from this section.
No person shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined in MGL c. 94C, § 1, as amended) while in or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, footway, passageway, stairs, bridge, park, playground, beach, recreation area, boat landing, public building, schoolhouse, school grounds, cemetery, parking lot, or any area owned by or under the control of the Town; or in or upon any bus or other passenger conveyance operated by a common carrier; or in any place accessible to the public. The fine for violation of this bylaw shall be $300 for each offense. Any penalty imposed under this bylaw shall be in addition to any civil penalty imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32I.
Every violation of any of the provisions of the foregoing bylaws, unless otherwise provided by law or these bylaws, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 for each violation or breach thereof.