[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Sudbury
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Art. V, § 21, of the General Bylaws]
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute advertising
material at a home within the Town by placing such material at the
home or on the property of the person owning or occupying the home
if the owner or occupant of the home requests, in writing, that deliveries
of such material be stopped until further notice. Violation of this
article shall be subject to a penalty of $50.
[Adopted as Art. V, § 1, of the General Bylaws]
No person, firm, association or corporation shall erect, display
or maintain a billboard, sign or other outdoor advertising device,
except those exempted by MGL c. 93, §§ 30 and 32:
A.
Within 50 feet of any public way.
B.
Within 300 feet of any public park, playground, or other public grounds,
if within view of any portion of the same.
C.
Nearer than 50 feet to any other such billboard, sign or other advertising
device, unless said billboard, signs, or other advertising devices
are placed back to back.
D.
On any location at the corner of any public ways and within a radius
of 150 feet from the point where the center lines of such ways intersect.
E.
Nearer than 100 feet to any public way, if within view of any portion
of the same, if such billboard, sign or other advertising device shall
exceed a length of eight feet or height of four feet.
F.
Nearer than 300 feet to any public way, if within view of any portion
of the same, if such billboard, sign or other advertising device shall
exceed a length of 12 1/2 feet or a height of six feet.
[Amended 10-23-2023 STM
by Art. 2]
No billboard, sign or other advertising device shall be erected,
displayed or maintained in any block in which 1/2 of the buildings
on both sides of the street are used exclusively for residential purposes,
except that this provision shall not apply if the written consent
of the owners of a majority of the frontage on both sides of the street
in such block is first obtained and is filed with the Department of
Public Works, together with the application for a permit for such
billboard, sign or other advertising device.
[Amended 10-23-2023 STM
by Art. 2]
No billboard, sign or other advertising device shall be erected,
displayed or maintained until a permit therefor has been issued by
the Department of Public Works, pursuant to the following provisions:
A.
Upon receipt from said Department of a notice that application for
a permit to erect, display or maintain a billboard, sign or other
advertising device within the limits of Sudbury has been received
by it, the Select Board shall hold a public hearing on said application
in Sudbury, notice of which shall be given by posting the same in
three or more public places in said Town, at least one week before
the date of such hearing.
B.
A written statement as to the results thereof shall be forwarded
to the Department, containing, in the event of a disapproval of such
application, the reasons therefor, within 30 days from the date of
notice to the Town that an application for such a permit had been
made.
This bylaw shall not apply to signs or other devices which advertise
or indicate either the person occupying the premises in question or
the business transacted thereon, or advertise the property itself
or any part thereof, as for sale or to let; and provided, further,
that this bylaw shall not apply to billboards, signs or other advertising
devices legally maintained, at the time of its approval by the Attorney
General.
Violation of this article shall be subject to a penalty of $50.
Each day during which a violation exists shall be deemed a separate
violation.
