[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Ashburnham as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. I of the Bylaws; amended 4-3-1993 ATM by Art. 5; 11-17-2010 ATM by Art. 14]
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Editor's Note: The Town voted to renumber and recaption the General Bylaws of the Town 5-3-2022 ATM by Art. 25. This Art. 25: 1) assigned a chapter number to each of the General Bylaws; 2) renumbered each section of each bylaw accordingly; 3) inserted chapter, article and section titles; and 4) updated internal references to reflect the new numbering system.
The following provisions shall constitute the General Bylaws of the Town of Ashburnham, which shall be in lieu of all bylaws heretofore in force.
Any or all of these bylaws may be repealed or amended or other bylaws may be adopted at a Town Meeting, an article or articles for that purpose having been inserted in the warrant.
Except when otherwise provided by law, prosecution of any violation of the bylaws of the Town may be made by any law enforcement officer of the Town.
Whoever violates any provisions of these bylaws, whereby any act or thing is enjoined or prohibited, shall, unless other provision is expressly made, forfeit and pay a fine of $100 for each offense.
These bylaws shall go into effect upon their acceptance by the Town Meeting, their approval by the Attorney General, and their publication in the manner required by law.
[Amended 5-4-2021 ATM by Art. 13]
These bylaws shall be reviewed every five years under the direction of the Select Board.
[Adopted as Ch. XXIV of the Bylaws; amended 4-7-2001 ATM]
Any person who violates a provision of any bylaw, rule or regulation of any Town officer, board or department of the Town of Ashburnham, a violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may be penalized by the method of noncriminal disposition as set forth in MGL c. 40, § 21D. The "enforcing person" as used in this bylaw shall mean any police officer of the Town of Ashburnham and any person who is identified as such in a particular bylaw, rule or regulation relating to violation within such person's respective jurisdiction.
Nothing herein shall limit or restrict the Town's or any enforcing person's authority to seek criminal prosecution or civil enforcement of any violation of any bylaw, rule or regulation.