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General Bylaws Index Town of Rowley - General Bylaws Index Alcoholic Beverage Bylaw 2 Board of Appeals Bylaw 2 Board of Health Bylaw 3 Cemetery Bylaw 4 Community Preservation Bylaw 6 Council on Aging Bylaw 8 Demolition Delay Bylaw 9 Denial, Revocation, Suspension of Licenses and/or permits 14 Departmental Revolving Fund Bylaw 16 Dog Bylaw 18 Earth Removal Bylaw 21 Fee Bylaw 28 Finance Committee Bylaw 31 Flea Market, Transient Business and Auction Bylaw 33 Gas Inspector Bylaw 37 Harbor Bylaw 38 Historic District Bylaw 45 House Number Bylaw 47 House to House Salesmen 49 Hunting Bylaw 50 Hunting and Trapping 50 Junk and Junk Dealers 51 Junk Car Bylaw 52 Parking Bylaw 53 Personnel Bylaw 54 Posting of Notices Bylaw 56 Recall Election Bylaw 57 Right to Farm Bylaw 59 Shellfish Bylaw 62 Shellfish Commissioners Bylaw 66 Shellfish Planting 66 Snowmobile Bylaw 67 Solid Waste Transfer Station 68 Storm water Management & Erosion Control Bylaw 70 Streets and Town Commons Bylaw 84 Town Meeting Bylaw 86 Trailer Bylaw/Board of Health Licensing 90 Trailer Use Bylaw 91 Water Department Bylaw 92 Water Restriction Bylaw 93 !2 Wetlands Protection Bylaw 97 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BYLAW No person shall use or consume any alcoholic beverage, as defined in Chapter 138, Section 1 of the Massachusetts General Laws, while in or upon any public way or any way which the public has a right of access, or in any place where the public may be invitee or licensees; nor shall any person use or consume any alcoholic beverage in or upon any private land, building or structure without the consent of the owner or person in control thereof. Any alcoholic beverage used in violation of the Bylaw shall be seized and safely held until final adjudication against the person or persons using such beverage, at which time it shall be returned to the person entitled to lawful possession. Penalty for violation of the Bylaw shall be a fee of not more that fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. Each arrest shall constitute one violation regardless of the number or amounts of alcoholic beverage consumed. This bylaw was passed at the Annual Town Meeting of May 5, 1975 and adjourned session thereof on May 6, 1975. It was approved by the Attorney General on July 17, 1975 and was published by posting in five public places. BOARD OF APPEALS BYLAW The Board of Appeals established under Section 6.1.1 of the Town’s Protective Zoning Bylaws shall act as the Board of Appeals under General Laws Chapter 41, Section 81Z. The Board of Appeals shall have all their powers and perform all of the duties confirmed or imposed upon it under the applicable provisions of the General laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town’s Bylaws. Voted by Town Meeting on May 4, 1987. Approved by the Attorney General on August 18, 1987. !2 General Bylaws of the Town of Rowley, MA With revisions through 5/1/17 ATM/STM !3 BOARD OF HEALTH BYLAW Section 1. The Board of Health shall consist of five (5) regular members who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen and shall serve without pay. All regular members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. For the first year this bylaw is in effect, the Board of Health appointments will be made on a staggered basis, with two members appointed to three-year terms, two members to two-year terms, and one member appointed to one- year term. Each appointment thereafter shall be for a three-year term. Three-member board established at STM of October 31, 1988 (Article 33) and amended to Five- member board at Special Town Meeting, October 26, 1998 (Article 20), approved by the Attorney General on October 29, 1998. Section 2. The Board of Health shall have the power to establish fees for Innholder and Common Victuallers Licenses. Such fees shall not exceed the maximums established by Chapter 140, Section 2 of the Massachusetts General Laws. (ATM 5/2/88, Article 33) Bylaws adopted at the Town Meeting of October 31, 1988 were approved by the Attorney General on January 6, 1989 and posted according to law. Bylaws was adopted at the Town Meeting of May 2, 1988 were approved by the Attorney General on September 12, 1988 and posted according to law. !3 General Bylaws of the Town of Rowley, MA With revisions through 5/1/17 ATM/STM !4 CEMETERY BYLAW Section 1. No intoxicated or disorderly person will be allowed within the cemetery grounds, and all persons conducting themselves in an improper manner will be removed therefrom. Section 2. Visitors will not be permitted to walk on the flower beds or upon the graded lots or borders. Section 3. Under no circumstances will unrestrained dogs be allowed in the cemetery. Section 4. No firearms shall be discharged in the cemetery, except for salutes at military funerals. Section 5. All persons are forbidden to gather flowers, either wild or cultivated, or break or remove any trees, shrub or plant not upon their own lot, except by permission of the Commissioners. Section 6. No person shall climb upon or deface any structure in or belonging to the cemetery. Section 7. No structure may be erected in the cemetery unless it rests upon a foundation which is satisfactory to the Commissioners; and the Commissioners shall lay foundations, if desired, for the following prices: all the tablets the bases of which are 18 inches long or less, $75.00; bases from 18 inches to 36 inches, $75.00; and $75.00 per square foot for monuments. (Art # 24 ATM 5/2/77, Art #20 ATM 4/30/12). Section 8. All work done on graves or lots shall be under the supervision of the Commissioners, and all refuse material shall be removed to such place or places as are provided for that purpose. Section 9. Monuments, headstones and curbing shall be erected under the direction of the Commissioners, and no wooden fences shall be erected or maintained around any lot. Section 10. Owners of lots will be required to keep the same in good condition. Section 11. Graves shall be opened only under the supervision of the Commissioners. Section 12. Cemetery lots shall be used only for the burial of the human dead. Section 13. No tree or hedge shall be planted on any lot. Hedges now upon lots shall be trimmed before August 1st of each year and shall not exceed five feet in height; and trees on private lots shall be trimmed or removed as the Commissioners direct. !4 General Bylaws of the Town of Rowley, MA With revisions through 5/1/17 ATM/STM !5 Section 14. No headstone, marker, post or curbing shall be erected or maintained within five and one-half feet (5 1/2 feet) of the center of the main avenue as now surveyed and established or outside the boundaries of any lot. Section 15. The price of cemetery lots to residents of the Town shall be Two-hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) per grave, and Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for a two grave lot and for each additional grave Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250/.00). (ATM 5/2/77 Article 23, amended Article 30, ATM 5/2/88, amended Article #20 ATM 4/30/12) Section 16. The price of cemetery lots to non-residents shall be as follows: one two-grave lot, 8 feet by 10 feet – One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) of which Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be placed in the Perpetual Care Fund. The Perpetual Care Fund shall be devoted to the upkeep of the lots so sold. (STM April 19, 1977 Art #24, amended Art #20 ATM 4/30/12) Section 17. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this bylaw shall be liable for a fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each offense which may be recovered by indictment or on complaint before a District Court and shall enure to the Town or to such uses as it may direct. Bylaw changes (amendments to the Rules and Regulations of the Burial Grounds adopted March 9, 1891, amended on March 2, 1964) were adopted at the Annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1973, (Article 32) by unanimous vote. They were approved by the Attorney General on July 5, 1973 and published by posting in five public places on July 17, 1973. Cemetery Bylaw was further amended by Special Town Meeting of April 19, 1977 (Articles 23,24,and 25), posted and subsequently approved by the Attorney General, all of which is on file with the Town Clerk. Changes to Section 15 were adopted at the Town Meeting of May 2, 1988 and approved by the Attorney General on September 12, 1988 and posted according to law. Changes to Sections 7, 15 and 16 were adopted by unanimous vote at the 4/30/12 ATM (Article 20) and approved by the Attorney General on June 27, 2012 and posted according to law. !5 General Bylaws of the Town of Rowley, MA With revisions through 5/1/17 ATM/STM !6 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION BYLAW Chapter 1: Establishment There is hereby established a Community Preservation Committee, consisting of seven (7) voting members pursuant to MGL Chapter 44B. The composition of the committee, the appointment authority and the term of office for the committee members shall be as follows: -One member of the Conservation Commission as designated by the Commission for a term of three years. -One member of the Historical Commission as designated by the Commission for a term of three years.
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