[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Milton
as Ch. 6, §§ 1 - 10, 15 - 17, 30 and 33, and Ch. 8
of the 3-10-1934 General Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall move or assist in moving any building, over
any way which the Town is obliged to keep in repair, without the written
permit of the Select Board members being first obtained; nor having
obtained such permit, without complying with the restrictions and
provisions thereof.
A. No person shall place or cause to be placed, upon any public way
or sidewalk, any lumber, iron, wood, coal, trunk, bale, box, crate,
cask, barrel, package or other thing, and allow the same to remain
for more than one hour, or more than 10 minutes after being notified
by a police officer; provided that the provisions of this section
shall not apply to the placing of ashes, refuse or garbage in proper
receptacles for collection under public authority.
B. No person shall attach to a bag, barrel, container or any other receptacle
placed for rubbish pickup and altered or otherwise invalid Town of
Milton sticker.
C. Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine
of not less that $35 and not more than $300 for each offense.
Any person who intends to erect, repair or take down any building
on land abutting on any way which this Town is obliged to keep in
repair, and desires to make use of any portion of said way for the
purpose of placing thereon building materials or rubbish shall give
notice thereof to the Select Board members. And thereupon the Select
Board members may grant a permit in writing to occupy such portion
of said way to be used for such purpose as in their judgment the necessity
of the case demands and the security of the public allows; such permit
in no case to be in force longer than 90 days and to be on such conditions
as the Select Board members may require; and especially in every case,
upon condition that during the whole of every night, from twilight
in the evening until sunrise in the morning, lighted lanterns shall
be so placed as effectually to secure all travellers from liability
to come in contact with such building materials or rubbish.
No person shall throw or place or cause to be thrown or placed,
any ice or snow into or upon any public way in such a manner as to
obstruct traffic or endanger travel upon the public way.
Whoever, without the written permission of the Select Board
members, shall place or cause to be placed in or upon any public way,
or sidewalk, any ashes, dirt, rubbish or filth of any kind, or any
animal or vegetable substance, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less
than $1 nor more than $10 for each offense.
No person shall stand on any sidewalk or in any public place
in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers,
after having been requested by a police officer to move on. Any person
who shall violate the provisions of this section shall forfeit and
pay a sum not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense.
No person shall dig up or obstruct any portion of any way which
the Town is obliged to keep in repair without the permit, in writing,
of the Select Board members, nor, having obtained such permit, shall
fail to comply with the conditions thereof; and in addition to any
penalty to which he may be subjected under these bylaws for such failure,
he shall reimburse the Town for all expenses and damages which, or
for which, the Town may be compelled to pay by reason of such unauthorized
use, or any failure to comply with said conditions.
No person shall ride or drive any beast of burden, carriage
or draught, or shall drive or propel or cause to be driven or propelled
any bicycle, tricycle, motor vehicle or any vehicle whatsoever, in
or over any crossing in any public way at such a rate of speed as
to endanger the lives and safety of the public.
No person shall permit any vehicle under his care or control
to stand across any public way in such a manner as to obstruct the
travel over the same for an unnecessary length of time; no person
shall stop with any vehicle in any public way so near to another vehicle
as to obstruct public travel; and no person shall stop with any vehicle
upon or across any crossing in any public way.
No person shall coast upon ice or snow upon any public way except
one on which the Select Board members or Chief of Police by public
notice permit such coasting and no person shall ride any animal or
drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart, wheelbarrow, hand cart, velocipede,
bicycle, or any vehicle except children's carriages, or coast upon
any sidewalk in the Town except that nothing in this section shall
be construed to prohibit the Select Board members or Chief of Police
from permitting the use of bicycles upon any sidewalk in the Town,
outside business districts, which may by them be specifically designated
for such use, provided public notice of such designation shall have
been made in the interests of safety. Whoever violates the provisions
of this section shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than $1 nor more
than $10 for each offense.
Whoever shall affix, by paste or otherwise, any handbill, placard,
notice, or advertisement, or paint, draw or stamp the same, or any
marks or figures, to or upon any sign board of the Town, or to or
upon any building, fence, wall, tree or structure, without the permission
of the owner of such building, fence, wall, tree or structure, shall
forfeit and pay a sum not less than $1 nor more than $10 for each
offense; and if such handbill, placard, notice, advertisement, mark,
or figure be obscene or indecent, the penalty shall be not less than
$20 for each offense.
Whoever shall undertake to enter a particular drain into a common
sewer without a permit in writing from the Sewer Commissioners or
without complying with the conditions and directions of such permit,
shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding $10.
Whoever shall lead or cause to be led into any public way, or
running stream, any drain or pipe from any house or other buildings
whereby filthy water or other unclean matter may be emptied into or
upon any such public way or running stream; and whoever shall throw,
lead or discharge of cause to be thrown, led or discharged, into any
public way, or running stream, any noxious or poisonous matter or
substance, or any matter or substance which shall cause an offensive
smell or odor, or which shall be destructive of, or injurious to,
animal life, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than $5 nor more
than $20.
No utility company shall install or construct, except by way
of replacement or upgrading of existing facilities, any poles, overhead
wires or associated overhead structures upon, along or across any
public way within the Town of Milton. Any person violating this section
shall be punished as provided by General Laws, Chapter 166, Section
22C.
No person shall break or dig up the ground in any street or
sidewalk for any purpose whatever nor construct a driveway in such
a manner as to cause vehicles leaving or entering said driveway to
pass over a public sidewalk, tree lawn or shoulder without first obtaining
from the Select Board a permit, which permit may provide limitations,
conditions or restrictions on the size and location of the opening
or curb cut.
A. Every way that shall be laid out for the acceptance of the Town as
a Town way shall be not less than 50 feet in width, provided, however,
that upon written certification by the Planning Board, with respect
to the layout of a particular way, that the requirement of a width
of 50 feet will cause practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship,
such way may be laid out less than 50 feet in width.
B. If an existing private way the fee of which is in the abutters shall
be laid out for the acceptance of the Town as a Town way such way
shall not be accepted unless and until the Select Board members shall
have certified in writing that such way is well built, and as constructed
it is equal to the average construction of existing highways of the
Town; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to ways
laid out subject to the provisions of law relating to the assessment
of betterments and shall not apply to ways shown on plans approved
by the Planning Board and constructed in accordance with rules and
regulations of the Planning Board.
Whoever cuts down or removes any tree or whoever tears down
or destroys a stone wall or portions thereof in violation of the provisions
of General Laws Chapter 40, Section 15C shall be fined $200 and shall
also be ordered to restore the damaged property or forfeit to the
Town the fair and reasonable charge for replacing said property.