Town of Brewster, MA
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2023-01-05
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 152 Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
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- Ch 20 Fees
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- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Personnel
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- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Accommodations
- Ch 58 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Recreational Marijuana Retailers
- Ch 60 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 61 Ambulance Service
- Ch 62 Auctions
- Ch 65 Beaches
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- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Camping
- Ch 83 Staff Review
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- Ch 112 Water
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- Ch 119 Fertilizer Nutrient Control
- Ch 122 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 125 Noise
- Ch 128 Numbering of Property
- Ch 130 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 132 Peeping or Spying
- Ch 135 Pollution and Environmental Hazards
- Ch 146 Secondhand Articles, Sale of
- Ch 150 Sewers
- Ch 152 Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- § 152-1 Sale of single-use plastic water bottles.
- § 152-2 Definitions.
- § 152-3 Exemptions.
- § 152-4 Enforcement.
- Ch 155 Streetlighting
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 159 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 168 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 171 Water Betterments
- Ch 172 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 179 Zoning
- Ch 272 Stormwater Management
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch SR Select Board Regulations
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch BOH Board of Health Regulations
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 290 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A295 General Laws and Special Acts
- Ch A296 Committees, Boards and Councils
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted 9-12-2020 Annual Town Meeting, Art. 22. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Effective on September 1, 2021, it shall be unlawful to sell
non-carbonated, unflavored drinking water in single-use plastic bottles
of less than one gallon in the Town of Brewster. Enforcement of this
regulation will begin September 1, 2021.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A beverage container made from any type of plastic resin.
Sales or distribution of non-carbonated, unflavored drinking
water in single-use plastic bottles occurring subsequent to a declaration
of emergency (by the Emergency Management Director or other duly authorized
Town, County, Commonwealth or Federal Official) affecting the availability
and/or quality of drinking water to residents of the Town shall be
exempt from this bylaw until seven days after the declaration has
ended.
A.
Enforcement
of this chapter shall be the responsibility of the Town Manager or
his/her designee. The Town Manager shall determine the inspection
process to be followed, incorporating the process into other Town
duties as appropriate. Any establishment conducting sales in violation
of this article shall be subject to a noncriminal disposition fine
as specified in MGL c. 40, § 21D. The following penalties
apply:
B.
Each day
a violation continues constitutes a separate violation, incurring
additional fines. Any such fines collected shall be payable to the
Town of Brewster.
