Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-14
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 191 Solid Waste
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Article V Prohibition of Sale of Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 191 Art V Prohibition of Sale of Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles
- § 191-41 Sale of single-use plastic water bottles.
- § 191-42 Definitions.
- § 191-43 Exemptions.
- § 191-44 Enforcement.
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 9-14-2020 AFTM
by Art. 33, approved 12-22-2020]
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 Falmouth. Enforcement of this
regulation will begin September 1, 2021.
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.
Enforcement of this article 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 non-criminal disposition
fine as specified in G. L. c. 40 § 21 D. The following penalties
apply: First violation, Written warning; Second violation, $150 fine;
Third and subsequent violations, $300 fine. Each day a violation continues
constitutes a separate violation, incurring additional fines. Any
such fines collected shall be payable to the Town of Falmouth. All
businesses will be routinely inspected until the Town Manager deems
the inspection to no longer be required.
