No owner or person having the care of any sheep, goats, swine, oxen, cows, horses or other grazing animals shall permit or suffer the same to go at large or to graze on any street, way, common, square or other public place within the Town, nor permit any such animal to go upon any sidewalks therein except for the purpose of crossing the same.
No person shall hitch his horse to an ornamental tree standing or growing upon or near any sidewalk or suffer any horse to remain hitched across any sidewalk or draw or propel any handcart, wheelbarrow, or any carriage of burden or pleasure (except children's carriages drawn by hand), over any sidewalk so as thereby to cause any injury either to person or property of others or to obstruct the safe and convenient passing of persons lawfully using the same, or to injure or encumber any such sidewalk. No person shall stop his team, carriage or their vehicle or unnecessarily place any obstruction on any foot crossing made in and across any public ways in the Town.
[Amended 6-3-1996 STM by Art. 19]
No person shall leave any vehicle or material or place any obstruction in any sidewalk, street or public place and suffer the same to remain there overnight without maintaining a sufficient light and suitable guards over or near the same throughout the night nor allow the same to remain after notice from a police officer, constable or the Selectmen to remove the same. It shall be no violation of this section, however, to place or put upon a sidewalk or public place tables and chairs for outdoor dining when such placement is done in conformity with the Zoning by-law and pursuant to a permit issued by the Board of Selectmen. Such permit shall be issued on a yearly basis, to be effective no earlier than March 1 and no later than October 31 in each year. The Board of Selectmen may issue and approve such a permit upon an application properly made when in their judgment the allowance of same will not unreasonably impede the passage of pedestrian or wheelchair traffic or result in an increase of litter or debris. In acting upon such permits, the Board may impose such reasonable conditions as in their judgment will result in safe and convenient passage of pedestrian and wheelchair traffic and prevent an increase in litter.
No person shall place or maintain over any sidewalk, any awning, shade, shade frame, canopy, sign or signboard without a permit from the Board of Selectmen, but no such awning, shade, shade frame, canopy, sign or signboard shall be less than seven feet from the ground in the lowest part nor extend beyond the line of the sidewalk.
No person shall ride any horse or drive any horse or horses attached to a vehicle of any description in or upon any street or way for public travel at such an immoderate rate of speed as to injure or expose to injury or inconvenience any person standing, walking or riding therein.
No person shall, by any means or in any manner, willfully frighten any horse or play at any game in which a ball is used, or shoot with bows and arrows, fly any kites, or throw stones or other missiles in any street or on any sidewalk.
No person shall skate or coast upon any sled upon any sidewalk or any street or public place except at such times and upon such streets or places as the Selectmen, by public notice, designate for such purposes.
No person shall discharge any gun, fowling-piece, pistol or firearm, or set fire to any material known as fireworks, or other combustible matter, or throw any such lighted fireworks in any of the public ways or streets of the Town, except on such occasions and of such character and kind as the Board of Selectmen may, by public notice, permit; provided, however, this section shall not apply to any person in the exercise of a duty required or justified by law.
No person, other than a duly authorized officer or employee, shall dig a trench or lay a pipe in or in any way disturb the earth or materials on, in or under any street or public way, without a permit in writing given by the Board of Selectmen upon application by said person made to said Board; and whenever such a permit is so issued, the person or persons to whom it shall be issued shall, whenever a pipe, drain or any other structure is placed in, along or under such a street or public way, file with said Board a plan of the same showing the location and elevation of such pipe, drain or other structure, said plan to be of such size and standard as said Board may require.
[8-13-1964 STM by Art. 8]
The owner of any land in the Town which has been excavated shall erect barriers or take other suitable measures within five days after being notified in writing by the Selectmen that, in the opinion of the Selectmen, such excavation constitutes a hazard to public safety.
No person shall behave in a rude, indecent or disorderly manner or use an indecent, profane or insulting language in any public place or on any street or sidewalk in the Town or near any dwelling house or other building therein, or upon any doorstep, portico or other projection from any such house or other building to the annoyance or disturbance of any person; nor shall any person throw or drop in or upon any footpath, sidewalk or highway in the Town any piece of wire, nail, metal, mineral or other material that might or would be a source of annoyance or danger to anyone lawfully passing over or using the same.
[Amended 11-17-1975 STM by Art. 20]
A. 
Whoever continues to stand, sit or loiter in, or about any street, sidewalk, or any public way so as to obstruct the free passage of travelers or vehicles thereon, after being directed by a police officer to move on or disperse, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
B. 
It shall be deemed to be a breach of the peace and it shall be the duty of any police officer of the Town to order any person, so acting as to obstruct the free passage of travelers or vehicles, to move on and disperse, and if the person so ordered does not forthwith obey, to remove such person, or to arrest and cause such person to be brought before a Justice of District Court of Norfolk County, Dedham, Massachusetts, upon a complaint made for a violation of the provision of the preceding paragraph (A).
C. 
The provisions of this by-law are severable, and, if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction the decision of said court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
No owner or occupant of property shall permit any gate leading to premises abutting on any public way in the Town to swing outwardly upon said public way.
No person shall throw or deposit in any manner upon any public way, place or square in the Town any article, substance or material which may prove injurious in any respect to the hoofs of animals, the tires of bicycles or the rubber tires of automobiles and other vehicles.
No person shall distribute or deposit advertising circulars, papers or other matter on the streets of the Town or shall team manure, hay, rubbish, ashes, liquid or other material in such a manner as to litter, pollute or injure the streets of the Town nor shall any person throw or deposit in any street or on any sidewalk ashes, dirt, rubbish or other refuse of any kind except in the manner provided by the Board of Health.
No person shall cart or convey garbage, manure, rubbish, or filth of any kind nor any noxious refuse liquid or solid matter or substance in any public street or place, except in such manner and at such times as the Board of Health by regulation or permit shall prescribe.
No owner or driver of a vehicle shall bait or feed in a street or public place a horse or beast connected with such vehicle except in a place or places designated by the Chief of Police, nor unless the horse or beast while being baited or fed is under the care of some suitable person and is properly secured to prevent it from getting beyond such person's control.
No person shall, without authority from the Board of Selectmen, open or interfere with a signal box, wire or anything connected with the fire alarm apparatus except in cases of fire.
No person shall, without proper authority, extinguish, or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or defect in a street or way.
No person shall, without proper authority, intermeddle with or willfully break or injure any hydrant, gate, gatebox, or water pipe placed or located within the limits of any public way or place in the Town.
No person shall, without proper authority, intermeddle with or willfully break any arc lamp or lamp globe or incandescent lamp or any insulators or attachments used to carry power for electric street lighting or any parts of said lamps or globes or of the fixtures thereof placed or located within the limits of any public way or place in the Town. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty ($50) dollars for each offense.
No person shall make any indecent figures or write any indecent or obscene words upon any fence, building or structure in any public place, or commit a nuisance upon any sidewalk or against any tree, building or structure adjoining the same.
[Amended 6-23-1960 STM by Art. 6]
No person or persons shall play or perform on any musical instrument or sing, parade, march or congregate or sing, play music or make announcements from a so-called sound truck; in a public way or public place, except in connection with a funeral, without the written permit of the Selectmen, or of other town official designated by them.
[Amended 3-27-1961 STM by Art. 17]
The owner or agent of any real estate abutting on Washington Street between Railroad Avenue and Guild Street and on Guild Street between Washington Street and Central Street or of any real estate in the Town upon which is located a business or commercial enterprise or his agent having charge of such real estate shall cause the sidewalk in front of same to be cleared of snow within six hours of daylight after any snow has ceased to fall. If the snow cannot be wholly cleared therefrom such owner or agent shall cause it to be removed to such extent as will leave the sidewalk safe for travel. If the snow is not removed as above provided, it shall be removed at the expense of such owner or agent by the Selectmen. Any such owner or agent violating the provisions of this by-law shall be punished by a fine of ten dollars for each violation thereof.
[12-29-1954 STM by Art. 8]
No person shall enter upon the premises of another in the Town for the purpose of committing any wanton or malicious act or with intent to invade the privacy of another by peeping into the windows of a house or spying upon any person or persons resident therein. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to abridge or in any way limit the right of a police officer to enter upon private property in the performance of his official duties.
[12-8-1958 STM by Art. 3]
No person or party not a resident or taxpayer in the Town, nor an agent, servant or employee of such non-resident or non-taxpayer shall dispose of any rubbish or other waste material upon any premises provided by the Town for a public dump, unless first having obtained a written permit from the Town Manager under such conditions and limitations as the Town Manager may impose. Such permit shall not be required of the Town of Norwood nor of a resident or taxpayer in the Town nor of a person acting in his or its behalf. Any person or party violating this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than Twenty ($20.00) Dollars.
[12-8-1958 STM by Art. 3]
No person or party shall dispose of any rubbish or waste material upon any premises provided by the Town for a public dump unless such rubbish or waste material has been accumulated and gathered in the Town of Norwood. Any person or party violating this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than Twenty ($20.00) Dollars.
[3-27-1961 STM by Art. 16]
No person shall park, leave or abandon, either voluntarily or otherwise, a vehicle upon any street or way so as to interfere with the plowing of snow or the removal of snow or ice, and any such vehicle so parked, left or abandoned may be removed or caused to be removed by the superintendent of public works or his duly authorized agent to some convenient place, including in such term a public garage and liability for the cost of removal of such vehicle and charges for storage, if any, shall be upon the owner thereof.
[11-8-1962 STM by Art. 27]
No person shall, without the authority of the Board of Selectmen, place, paint or affix any sign, picture, political poster or advertising material of any kind upon any post, tree, sign, rock or other fixed place or object within the limits of any public way in the Town. Anyone violating this by-law shall be subject to a fine not in excess of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars for each offense.
[3-27-1961 STM by Art. 18; 12-8-1965 STM by Art. 6]
No person shall remove or cause to be removed snow or ice from any privately owned premises and deposit same upon a public way or sidewalk within the limits of such way. Any snow or ice so deposited and not promptly removed shall be removed by order of the Selectmen or their duly authorized agent at the expense of the owner of said premises. Any such owner or agent violating the provisions of this by-law shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Twenty ($20.00) Dollars for each violation thereof.
[Amended 10-30-1995 STM by Art. 20]
A. 
No owner or keeper shall cause or permit any dog to run at large within the town. While on any public way or place, dogs shall be under restraint by the owner or keeper. A dog is under restraint within the meaning of this by-law if he is controlled by a leash or at "heel" beside a competent person and obedient to the person's commands, or on or within a vehicle being driven or parked on the street. Dogs running at large will be caught and confined and the owners notified.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to have in his or her immediate possession an appropriate device for removing dog excrement whenever such person permits or causes a dog under his or her control to be on property not owned or possessed by such person.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to remove the excrement left by any dog under his or her control that was deposited on any public or private property not owned or possessed by such person. Excrement that is removed shall be placed in a standard refuse container located upon the property owned or possessed by the person in control of such dog.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to allow dog excrement to accumulate in any yard, pen, building, structure or premises so as to cause an annoyance or discomfort to the public. The accumulation of dog excrement is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
E. 
This section and its sub-sections may be enforced by complaint to the District Court or by the Non-Criminal Disposition provisions referred to in Article XXIV of these by-laws. Owners or keepers in violation of any provision of this section will be liable to a penalty of $20.00 for the first violation and $25.00 for each subsequent violation.
A. 
Fire Regulations: It shall be unlawful to obstruct or block a private way with a vehicle or any other means so as to prevent access by fire apparatus or equipment to any multiple family building, stores, shopping centers, schools and places of public assembly.
B. 
Fire Lanes: It shall be unlawful to obstruct or park a vehicle in any Fire Lane, such Fire Lanes to be designated by the Head of the Fire Department and posted as such. Said Fire Lanes to be a distance of twelve (12) feet from the curbing of a sidewalk in a shopping center, apartment complexes and similar locations. Where no sidewalk with curbing exists, the distance and location shall be established by the Head of the Fire Department.
C. 
Any object or vehicle obstructing or blocking any Fire Lane or private way, may be removed or towed by the Town under the direction of a Police Officer at the expense of the owner and without liability to the Town of Norwood.
D. 
The owner of record of any building affected by these sections shall provide and install signs and road marking as provided in Paragraph (B) of this section. Said signs shall be no less than 12" x 18" and shall read "Fire Lane-No Parking-Tow Zone".
E. 
Any person violating any of the foregoing sections may, for each offense, be punished by a fine of Twenty ($20.00) Dollars. Each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 3-26-1980 STM by Art. 24; 5-17-1982 STM by Art. 10]
The leaving of vehicles unattended is prohibited within the limits of private ways under the jurisdiction of the Norwood Housing Authority which furnish means of access for fire apparatus to any building.
[1-11-1990 STM by Art. 19; 5-11-2009 STM by Art. 12]
No person shall allow or suffer the operation of any Automatic Amusement device pursuant to Section 177A of Chapter 140 of the Massachusetts General Laws, without a license therefor issued by the Board of Selectmen. Selectmen shall set the fees for such license, including a separate fee for Sunday operation of such devices.
[1-11-1990 STM by Art. 20; 5-11-2009 STM by Art. 13]
No person shall allow or suffer the operation of a Juke Box in any commercial establishment pursuant to Section 283 of Chapter 94 of the Massachusetts General Laws, without a license therefor issued by the Board of Selectmen. Reasonable fees for such licenses shall be set by the Selectmen.
[5-13-1991 STM by Art. 15]
No person shall tell fortunes for money within the Town of Norwood except following proper licensure by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 140, Section 1851 of the General Laws of Massachusetts. The annual fee for such licensure is hereby set at $50.00.
[5-13-1991 STM by Art. 17]
A. 
These regulations shall apply to each and every Door-to-Door or Other Public Solicitor in the Town of Norwood except authorized representatives of non-profit charitable, educational, and medical organizations and except insofar as they may be in conflict with statutory or constitutional provisions. In the event of a conflict between statutory or constitutional provisions, these regulations should be subordinate thereto so far as is necessary to eliminate the conflict.
B. 
Persons covered by the by-law shall prior to soliciting business in the Town of Norwood be required to register with the Town of Norwood Police Department pursuant to the terms of this by-law, unless they have already registered within the prior 12 months.
C. 
Each and every solicitor shall fill out a form approved by the Chief of Police and shall include the following information:
1. 
Person's name and permanent residence and telephone number.
2. 
Valid I.D. (driver's license acceptable).
3. 
Name of organization the person is representing.
4. 
Telephone number and person to contact from the organization they represent.
5. 
The purpose of the solicitation or business to be conducted by said person or persons, including a list of the items to be sold or distributed, if any.
6. 
The estimated period during which each person will be in the Town of Norwood.
D. 
Applications for solicitation shall be made at least 48 hours in advance except for reasonable cause, the determination of which shall be at the exclusive discretion of the Chief of Police.
E. 
Door to door or other solicitors shall not enter private property where specifically prohibited by the owner or person in control thereof, either personally or by other means of a sign.
F. 
Door to door or other public solicitors shall carry proper identification signifying their relationship to the organization they represent.
G. 
Violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $300.
[10-18-1993 STM by Art. 21]
No hawker or peddler, merchant or other persons shall sell or barter or carry or offer for sale or barter any goods or merchandise, the sole purpose or function of which is spraying or shooting an object or substance from a closed container by means of compressed air or gas, including but not limited to items commonly referred to as "liquid string" or "silly string." Neither shall any hawker, peddler, merchant or other person sell or barter or carry or offer for sale or barter any goods, the sole purpose or function of which is to create offensive odor by means of emanations of gas or vapor into the atmosphere, including but not limited to objects known as "stinkbombs."
This by-law shall not be construed to prohibit the use of tear gas by law enforcement officials or by others lawfully empowered to such use. Persons convicted of violating this by-law shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $300.
[11-15-1999 STM by Art. 16]
No persons shall use a bicycle, scooter, skateboard, roller skates, or in-line skates on any public place, sidewalk, or public way within the Town where such use is posted as prohibited by order of the Board of Selectmen. Any violation of this by-law shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for a first offense, and upon a second or subsequent offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.