Town of Swansea, MA
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2023-05-15
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 155 Excavations
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 20 Finances
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 48 Penalties and Enforcement
- Ch 56 Records and Reports
- Ch 64 Selectmen
- Ch 72 Town Meetings
- Ch 77 Town Property
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 110 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 123 Beaches
- Ch 128 Boats and Boating
- Ch 133 Buildings and Building Construction
- Ch 138 Business Operations
- Ch 150 Earth and Soil Removal
- Ch 155 Excavations
- § 155-1 Protection of public; violations and penalties.
- § 155-2 Capping and filling abandoned wells; violations and penalties.
- Ch 160 Fees
- Ch 163 Fingerprint Background Checks
- Ch 165 Firearms
- Ch 171 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 186 Marijuana
- Ch 193 Nuisances
- Ch 194 Nuisance Houses
- Ch 200 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 212 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 217 Sex Offenders
- Ch 222 Solid Waste
- Ch 227 Stormwater Management
- Ch 230 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 235 Subdivisions
- Ch 241 Taxation
- Ch 249 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 256 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 265 Zoning
- Division 2: Regulations
- Ch 300 Shellfish Regulations
- Ch 310 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 320 Traffic Regulations
- Ch 340 Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A400 General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A401 State Law Reference Table
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Swansea
as Ch. 6, Art. IV, of the 1988 Revised General Bylaws. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Every owner of land which has been excavated shall erect barriers
or take other suitable measures within five days after such owners
have been notified in writing by the board of selectmen that in its
opinion such excavation constitutes a hazard to public safety. Any
person violating this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided
in MGL c. 40, § 21(19).
Every owner of land where there is located an abandoned well,
shall provide a covering for such well capable of sustaining a weight
of 300 pounds or fill the same to the level of the ground. Any person
violating this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided by
MGL c. 40, § 21(20).
