[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Sudbury
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Art. XXIV of the General Bylaws]
The purpose of this Hop Brook Protection (HBP) Bylaw is to provide
for the safe recreational enjoyment of the Upper Hop Brook Ponds while
at the same time prohibiting those motorized activities which conflict
with and create safety hazards for other less intrusive and benign
recreational uses such as walking, canoeing, fishing, ice skating,
and cross-country skiing by adults and children, or activities which
are incompatible with efforts to restore and maintain a healthy ecological
balance in the ponds.
The "Upper Hop Brook Ponds" are hereby defined as those ponds
on Hop Brook upstream of the Peakham Road bridge which is adjacent
to the Haynes Meadow Conservation Area.
Activities, equipment, and vehicles which are required for maintenance,
research, or other official projects approved by the Town of Sudbury
are exempted from the provisions of this bylaw.
Manually powered watercraft such as canoes, kayaks, car-top
boats, and float tubes are allowed on the ponds. All motor-powered
watercraft such as powerboats, outboard motorboats with motors, Jet
Skis®, and
similar powered craft are not allowed.
Trailers and motorized vehicles, such as snowmobiles, motorcycles,
all-terrain vehicles, cars, trucks, or similar vehicles are not allowed
either on the ponds (for example, when frozen in winter) or on their
banks.
The fine shall be $50 per violation. Separate days or repeated
violations after warnings are separate violations.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this bylaw shall
not invalidate any other section or provision thereof.
