These bylaws shall be known and referred to as "Bylaws of the Town of Upton, Massachusetts."
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Upton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Title 1 and Title 2, Ch. 19, of the General Bylaws]
The adoption of these bylaws by the Town shall have the force and effect of repealing all presently existing bylaws and regulations heretofore adopted by the Town, except that this repeal shall not apply to or affect any bylaw, order or article heretofore adopted accepting or adopting the provisions of any statute of the commonwealth.
[Amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 17]
Whoever violates any provision of these bylaws whereby any act or thing is prohibited shall, unless other provision is expressly made, forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding $300.
Prosecutions for the breach of any of the provisions of any of these bylaws shall be commenced within one year from such breach.
[Added May 2004 ATM; amended 5-8-2021 ATM by Art. 17; 11-7-2023 STM by Art. 16]
Any bylaw of the Town of Upton, or rule or regulation of its officers, boards or departments, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may, in the discretion of the Town official who is the appropriate enforcing person, be enforced in the method provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D. The noncriminal fine for each such violation, if not otherwise specified, shall be $300. "Enforcing person," as used in this bylaw, shall mean: any Town of Upton police officer with respect to any offense, as well as the Building Commissioner, the members of the Conservation Commission, the members of the Board of Health and its Health Agent, the Sealer of Weights and Measures, and such other officials as the Select Board may from time to time designate, each with respect to violation of bylaws and rules and regulations within their respective jurisdictions. If more than one official has jurisdiction in a given case, any such official may be an enforcing person with respect thereto.
[The codification (renumbering and recaptioning) of the General Bylaws as Chapters 1 through 280 was approved by the Annual Town Meeting on May 8, 2021, under Article 14. Revisions to the General Bylaws made as part of the codification were approved by the Annual Town Meeting on May 8, 2021, under Article 17. Articles 14 and 17 were approved by the Attorney General on September 10, 2021. Complete copies of Articles 14 and 17 are on file at the office of the Town Clerk.]