[Adopted as Ch. 8, §§ 8-7 through 8-11; Ch.
10, §§ 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, of the General Bylaws]
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No person shall put, place or pile wood, lumber, stones or other
materials within the limits of any public street or way within the
Town, except with permission of the Selectmen.
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No person shall continue to stand or remain, alone or with others, near on any sidewalk or in any public place, in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for travelers thereon, or loiter on any sidewalk or street after having been requested by a constable or police officer to move on. Violations of this section are punishable by criminal complaint or by noncriminal disposition in accordance with MGL c. 40, § 21D and § 100-2 of the Town Code
A.
Prohibited. Three or more persons shall not stand together or near
each other in any street or way dedicated to public use, or on any
footwalk or sidewalk or upon any land left open between the street
and building facing thereon and left open and used as a sidewalk in
the Town, so as to obstruct the free passage of foot passengers; and
any person or persons so standing shall move immediately after a request
to do so by any police officer of the Town.
No person shall make a bonfire or other fire, or kick a football,
or play at any game in which a ball is used, or fly a kite or balloon,
or throw stones or snowballs, or other missiles, in any public street
or way in the Town.
No person shall coast or slide on any sled or other like vehicle
in or upon any public sidewalk or street or way in the Town, except
at such times and in such places as may from time to time be designated
by the Selectmen.
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No one shall construct or expand a driveway entering upon any
accepted street without permission of the Board of Selectmen and the
Highway Superintendent.
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No person shall drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart, wheelbarrow,
hand-cart, or any carriage of burden or pleasure (except children's
carriages drawn by hand or personal assistive mobility devices) upon
any sidewalk in the Town.
A.
License and bond required. The Selectmen may grant a written license
to any person to occupy or obstruct a sidewalk for a limited time
for the more convenient erection, alteration, repair of a building,
and they shall require the person to whom such license is given to
furnish a satisfactory bond to the Town to hold it harmless from all
claims for loss or damage from such occupancy or obstruction.
B.
Alternative walkway. Whenever any sidewalk becomes obstructed under
such license, the person doing the work or causing the same to be
done shall place a good and convenient walk around such obstructions
when ordered to do so by the Selectmen or other officials having charge
of the public streets.
