[Adopted 1980 (Art. 21 of the 1952 General Bylaws)]
[Amended 6-22-2020 by
Art. 11]
No more than one unregistered motor vehicle, assembled or disassembled, shall be kept, stored or allowed to remain on a lot in the Town except by a duly licensed dealer in secondhand motor vehicles licensed under MGL c. 140, § 59, and except as provided in § 280-9A of this article. For the purpose of this article, the word "lot" shall mean a parcel of land held in identical ownership throughout, including all contiguous land held in the same ownership.
A.
The Selectmen
may issue a permit to keep, store or allow more than one such vehicle
on a lot after holding a public hearing thereon, first causing at
least seven days' notice of the time, place and subject matters of
such hearing to be given at the expense of the applicant by publication
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town and to the owners
of property shown on the Assessor's most recent valuation list as
the owners of the property abutting said lot. The Selectmen shall
not issue such a permit unless they find that the presence of more
than one vehicle of such lot will not nullify or substantially derogate
from the intent or purpose of this article, will not constitute a
nuisance and will not adversely affect the neighborhood in which such
lot is situated.
[Amended 6-22-2020 by
Art. 11]
B.
Each permit
issued by the Selectmen under this article shall specify the maximum
number of such vehicles that may be kept, stored or allowed to remain
on such lot, be limited to a reasonable period of time and be a personal
privilege of the applicant and not a grant attached to and running
with the land comprising the lot.
The provision of this article shall not apply to vehicles which
are stored within an enclosed building or designed and used for farming
or other agricultural purposes.
