1.1. The following provisions shall constitute the General Bylaws of the Town of Carlisle and all previous bylaws are hereby repealed and all votes of the town are hereby repealed or amended to the extent they are inconsistent with these bylaws.
1.2 The repeal of a bylaw shall not thereby have the effect of reviving any bylaws therefore repealed, unless specifically so provided therein.
1.3 A penalty provided for the violation of a bylaw shall be for each violation. In the case of a continuing violation, each day in which the violation occurs shall be considered a separate violation.
1.4 Enforcement
1.4.1 Criminal Complaint
Whoever violates any provision of these bylaws may be penalized by indictment or on complaint brought in the district court. Except as may be otherwise provided by law and as the district court may see fit to impose, the maximum penalty for each violation, or offense brought in such manner, shall be two hundred ($200.00) dollars.
1.4.2 Non-criminal Disposition
Whoever violates any provision of these bylaws, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may be penalized by a non-criminal disposition as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 21D. The non-criminal method of disposition may also be used for violations of any rule or regulation of any municipal officer, board or department which is subject to specific penalty.
In addition to the bylaws and regulations listed as being enforced by non-criminal disposition in this section of the Carlisle General Bylaws, non-criminal ticketing procedures described in this bylaw section 1.4.2 may be used within the Town of Carlisle for violations of bicycle laws which procedures are hereby established pursuant to Chapter 40, Section 21, cl 16(B) and Chapter 85, Section 11C of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, as follows. The bicycle laws that are to be enforced by such procedures are those set forth in Chapter 85, Section 11B of the General Laws of the Commonwealth; the penalty for violation thereof shall be twenty dollars ($20); the enforcing person shall be any police officer.
Without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of this provision that the following bylaws and sections of the bylaws and regulations are to be included within the scope of this subsection, that the specific penalties as listed here shall apply in such cases, and that, in addition to police officers, who shall in all cases be considered enforcing persons for the purpose of this provision, the municipal personnel listed for each section, if any, shall also be enforcing persons for such sections. Each day on which any violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Earth Removal, Deposit and Stockpiling $50.00
Public Safety
Firearms and Explosives $50.00
Motorboats $20.00
Public Ways $20.00
Miscellaneous
Vendors, Hawkers and Peddlers $20.00
Sales on Public Property $20.00
Alcoholic Beverages $50.00
Junk $50.00
Conservation Commission - The enforcing persons shall include the Conservation Commission by an affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
Section 3.14.1 of these bylaws - Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Conservation Commission under the authority of M.G.L. Ch. 40 Sec. 8C $50.00
Wetland Protection - Article 13 of these bylaws as referenced in section: 13.10.6.
Historical Commission – The enforcement of Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Historical Commission/Historic District Commission pursuant to Section 9.3 and 9.4 of these bylaws pursuant to the authority of M.G.L. section 10(e). $50.00
1.5 Wherever these bylaws impose a duty and affix a penalty for the neglect or violation of that duty, the appropriate board or officer of the town, after notice to any person who has neglected or is in violation of such duty, may do anything reasonably required to be done or repair any omission or the effect of failure to obey the provisions of these bylaws, at the expense of such person. The reasonable cost of such action, not exceeding the penalty allowed by law to be imposed by these bylaws, shall be paid out of the town treasury and sued for by complaint before a court of competent jurisdiction and the amount removed shall be paid into the treasury of the Town. Action under this section shall be in substitution for, and not in
addition to, the fine provided for in the above section of these bylaws.
1.6 Whenever reference is made in these bylaws to the General Laws, such reference shall mean the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as from time to time amended.
1.7 The invalidity of any provision or feature of these bylaws shall not affect the validity of any other provision or feature not manifestly inseparable therefrom.
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