[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town
of Harwich 5-4-2009 by Art. 40. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall display, roll, smoke, ingest, or otherwise use
or consume marijuana or any form of tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined
in MGL c. 94C, § 1, as amended) while in or upon any street,
sidewalk, public way, footway, passage, stairs, bridge, park, playground,
beach, recreation area, boat landing, public building, schoolhouse,
school grounds, cemetery, parking lot, or any area owned or under
the control of the Town, or in or upon any bus or other passenger
conveyance operated by a common carrier, or in any place accessible
to the public.
This bylaw may be enforced through noncriminal disposition pursuant
to MGL c. 40, § 21D, by any police officer with enforcement
authority in the Town. The fine for violation of this bylaw shall
be $300 for each offense. Any penalty imposed under this bylaw shall
be in addition to any civil penalty imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
[Added 5-7-2018 ATM by Art. 35]
Consistent with M.G.L. c. 94G, § 3(a)(2), all types
of nonmedical "marijuana establishments" as defined in M.G.L. c. 94G,
§ 1, including marijuana cultivators, independent testing
laboratory, marijuana product manufacturers, marijuana retailers or
any other types of licensed marijuana-related businesses, shall be
prohibited within the Town of Harwich.
