10.1 Firearms, Explosives and Hunting
10.1.1 No person shall hunt, fire or discharge any firearms or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property, except with the written permission of the Board of Selectmen, or such other town officer or officers as they may designate from time to time.
10.1.2 No person shall hunt, fire or discharge any firearm or explosive on any private property except with the written consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof, said written permission must be carried upon the person.
10.1.3 This bylaw shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property, or to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of the officer's duties.
10.1.4. The word "hunt" shall have the meaning and rule of construction as defined in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 131 Section 1.
10.1.5. Any provision of this bylaw, and any order of the Board of Selectmen, the violation of which is subject to a specific monetary fine or penalty, may, in the discretion of the town official who is the enforcing person and as an alternative to criminal proceedings, be enforced in the manner provided in Section 21D of Chapter 40 of the Massachusetts General Laws. The term "enforcing person" shall mean any police officer of the Town.
10.2 Motorboats
10.2.1 No motor boat shall be operated upon any portion of the Concord River or its tributaries within the limits of the town in a manner which endangers the safety of the public or is detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood or to the value of property thereon.
10.2.2 It shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this bylaw if such boat is operated by a motor not having an underwater exhaust or in a noisy or obnoxious manner, without slowing down and exercising due caution while approaching and passing persons bathing or any other watercraft or at any rate of speed in excess of ten miles per hour (10mph).
10.2.3 The town may join with any other town, through which said Concord River or any of its tributaries flow, in the enforcement of the bylaw or a similar bylaw adopted by such other town insofar as such bylaws relate to said river or its tributaries, and may appropriate money for the enforcement in whole or in part of any and all such bylaws.
10.3 Public Ways
10.3.1 No person except a town officer in the exercise of his duties shall affix a sign, signboard or device to a post, board, tree or other object within the limits of any public way, on land belonging to the town or on any public building without first obtaining permission from the Selectmen.
10.3.2 No person shall suffer any horse, grazing beast or swine to run at large in the town or to feed within the limits of a public way unless in the care of a keeper.
10.3.3 No person shall willfully or negligently obstruct the entrance to any public building or the free passage of any person or vehicle on any public way.
10.3.4 The Selectmen may prohibit coasting whenever and wherever it shall in their opinion be detrimental to public safety.
10.3.5 No person shall excavate any public way or move any building along same without a written permit from the Selectmen who shall notify the Superintendent of Public Works of such permit. Persons granted such permit shall be obliged to post such signs and place such lights as shall in the opinion of the Selectmen be necessary for the public safety.
10.3.6 No person shall cut or in any way injure a tree within the limit of a public way without the consent of the Superintendent of Public Works.
10.3.7 No person shall deposit any rubbish, garbage, stone, wood, nails, spikes, screws, glass, tin cans or any other waste material of any kind within the limits of a public way or on land belonging to the town, except at such points as the Selectmen and Superintendent of Public Works may designate.
10.3.8 No road shall be accepted by the town unless:
10.3.8.1 it has a right of way of at least fifty (50) feet in width;
10.3.8.2 it has been constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Planning Board;
10.3.8.3 it has a paved roadway width of at least twenty (20) feet with two (2) foot shoulders on each side that have been built to the same specifications as the roadway, less the pavement; or in the case of a cul-de-sac which serves not more than fifteen (15) building lots, the pavement must be eighteen (18) feet wide and have two (2) foot shoulders on each side that have been built to the same specifications as the roadway, less the pavement.
10.3.9 For the purpose of facilitating the plowing or removal of snow and ice from any way, the Superintendent of Public Works, or his designee, may cause any vehicle interfering with such work to be removed to some convenient place. The owner of the vehicle shall be liable for any removal and storage charges. The penalty for such offense shall be a ten (10) dollar fine.
10.3.10 No fence, wall, or other structure, vegetation, slope or other object which impedes visibility at street intersections shall be allowed. Visibility is impeded by any such item which:
10.3.10.1 is visible in the space between three (3) feet and seven (7) feet above the crown of the traveled ways, and
10.3.10.2 is within a six (6) foot setback of street lot lines, and
10.3.10.3 is within twenty (20) feet of the intersection of the street lot lines. (In the case of a rounded corner, intersection of the street lot lines shall be the point of intersection of their tangents.)
Exceptions to this restriction are:
Street signs
Utility poles
Traffic control signs
Structures in existence at the time this bylaw is approved, for which a building permit is required
Stone walls in existence before the date of enactment
Mail boxes and newspaper boxes
Trees with no branches lower than seven (7) feet.
Directional signs to public buildings, schools, places of worship, and public recreational facilities.
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