[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of North Reading as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Hazardous materials __ See Ch. 80.
ARTICLE I
Junked Vehicles and Other Waste Material
[Adopted 6_17_1968 STM by Art. 23,
approved 7_24_1968]
~ 152_1. Restrictions on storage.
No occupier or owner of land shall permit any junked, stripped, partially dismantled, or wrecked motor vehicle or parts thereof, junk, scrap metals, or other waste material or waste products to be stored, parked, or placed on any premises owned or occupied by him unless the same shall be within a building or area such that the debris or other materials previously enumerated shall be unexposed to view of the public or abutters, or within an area operated by a properly licensed person or persons or corporation for the purpose of selling the same and is not in violation of any other bylaw of the Town or rule or regulation of any Town agency or law of the Commonwealth.
~ 152_2. Storage of unregistered vehicles.
No occupier or owner of land shall permit more than one (1) unregistered, used motor vehicle within public view or the view of abutters on the land owned or occupied by him unless such unregistered, used motor vehicles are used regularly on the premises or unless such unregistered, used motor vehicles are displayed by a properly licensed person or persons or corporation for the purpose of selling the same.
~ 152_3. Violations and penalties. [Amended 10_17_1977 ATM by Art. 17, approved 2_28_1978; 10_2_1989 ATM by Art. 10, approved 12_7_1989; 10_7_1993 by Art. 2, approved 12_9_1993; 10_2_2000 ATM by Art. 12, approved 3_29_2001]
Whoever violates the provisions of this article shall be subject to the following penalties: first offense: warning; second offense: $50; third offense: $100; and fourth and subsequent offenses: $200.
ARTICLE II
Littering and Dumping
[Adopted 10_1_1990 ATM by Art. 15,
approved 12_18_1990]
~ 152_4. Prohibited acts; removal of materials.
A. No person shall in any manner, whether from on foot or from any vehicle, throw, drop, leave, discard or otherwise deposit on any street, sidewalk, way, lot, pond, stream, or other body of water, or any public place, any rubbish, papers, glass, metal, wood, garbage, litter, or refuse of any kind. Persons in violation of this subsection will be liable for a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) for each offense. [Amended 10_2_2000 ATM by Art. 12, approved 3_29_2001]
B. The Town shall, through the Selectmen, require persons in violation of this section to remove the materials which are in violation. Each day a violation remains shall constitute a separate offense.
ARTICLE III
Recycling
[Adopted 4_10_1995 ATM by Art. 19,
approved 5_5_1995]
~ 152_5. Rules and regulations.
The Town, in order to optimize recycling of the solid waste generated within the Town, authorizes the Selectmen to adopt rules and regulations to require residents of every household utilizing solid waste municipal collection to separate designated recyclable materials, so that they may be recycled.
~ 152_6. Definitions.
For the purposes of this by_law the term "recyclable" shall mean: glass, corrugated cardboard, metal cans, as well as any other material the Selectmen may determine can be recycled. The Selectmen shall have the authority to add, alter or delete items to be separated, as markets for recycled goods fluctuate.
~ 152_7. Violations and penalties. [Amended 10_2_2000 ATM by Art. 12, approved 3_29_2001]
The Selectmen may set a fine not to exceed $25.00 for each violation of the rules and regulations established pursuant to this bylaw.
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