Town of Easton, MA
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2022-11-28
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Division 2 Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 96 Alcoholic Beverages
- Division 1 Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2 Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Audit Committee
- Ch 4 Budget Subcommittee
- Ch 6 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 8 Collector of Taxes
- Ch 11 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Council on Aging
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 20 Easton Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 22 Finance Committee
- Ch 26 Financial Affairs
- Ch 39 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Meetings
- Ch 50 Noncriminal Disposition of Violations
- Ch 56 Personal Property, Sale of
- Ch 59 Personnel
- Ch 65 Records and Reports
- Ch 73 Tree Warden
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 89 Advertising, Outdoor
- Ch 93 Alarms
- Ch 96 Alcoholic Beverages
- § 96-1 Definitions.
- § 96-2 Consumption in public areas prohibited.
- § 96-3 Evidence of violation.
- § 96-4 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- Ch 100 Amusement Devices
- Ch 104 Animals
- Ch 112 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 114 Building Demolition Permit Review
- Ch 117 Cable Television
- Ch 121 Cigarette Rolling Paper
- Ch 128 Earth Removal
- Ch 132 Entertainment
- Ch 136 Excavations
- Ch 141 Fire Lanes
- Ch 147 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 150 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 152 Local Historic District
- Ch 156 Junk, Old and Precious Metals and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 162 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 175 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Public Gatherings
- Ch 186 Public Property, Destruction of
- Ch 188 Marijuana
- Ch 189 Right to Farm
- Ch 193 Sales, Yard
- Ch 195 Smoking Ban
- Ch 198 Solid Waste
- Ch 200 Stormwater Management
- Ch 202 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 203 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 206 Swimming Pools
- Ch 215 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 218 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 224 Sewer District; Board of Sewer Commissioners
- Ch 227 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Division 3 Board of Health
- Ch 304 Backyard Composting
- Ch 308 Body Art
- Ch 316 Floor Drains
- Ch 320 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 329 Manure and Animal Waste Management
- Ch 332 Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
- Ch 337 Pasteurization
- Ch 343 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 346 Sanitation Facilities
- Ch 350 Sewage Disposal Systems, On-Site
- Ch 355 Solid Waste
- Ch 360 Swine
- Ch 364 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 369 Wells, Private
- Division 4 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 400 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 401 (Reserved)
- Ch 402 (Reserved)
- Division 5 Rules and Regulations
- Ch 500 Plan Approval Authority Rules and Regulations
- Ch 501 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Ch 502 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 503 Wetlands Regulations
- Ch 504 Regulations for Use of Conservation Land
- Ch 505 Sewer Use Regulations
- Ch 506 Mobile Home Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch 507 Building Demolition Review Regulations
- Ch 508 Local Historic District Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch 800 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch 801 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town
of Easton 5-21-1980 by Art. 34
(Art. 23 of the 1922 Bylaws). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the context
otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
Any beach under the care and control of the town and beaches
within the limits of the town to which the public has a right of access.
Any conservation land under the care and control of the town.
Any public park under the care and control of the town.
Any playground under the care and control of the town.
Any private parking area throughout the town to which the
public has the general right of access.
Any public parking area under the care and control of the
town.
All ways to which the public has the right of access.
Any town forest under the care and control of the town.
No person shall drink or consume alcoholic beverages as defined in MGL c. 138, § 1 while on, in or upon the public ways and places set forth in § 96-1 above, whether in or upon a vehicle, motor vehicle or on foot, or place to which members of the public have access as invitees or licensees or park, town forest, public parking areas or playgrounds, or any beach within the limits of the town to which the public has a right of access, or private land or place without the consent of the owner or person in control.
Possession of an open can, bottle or other container which upon
analysis by the Department of Public Health, is determined to contain
an alcoholic beverage as defined in MGL c. 138, § 1, shall
be prima facie evidence of drinking or consuming said alcoholic beverage.
All alcoholic beverages being used in violation of this chapter shall
be seized and safely held until final adjudication of the charge against
the person or persons arrested or summoned before the court.
A Police Officer may arrest without a warrant anyone who violates
this chapter. Whoever violates any provisions of this chapter shall
be liable to a penalty of not more than $50 for each violation. [NOTE:
In his letter approving this bylaw the Attorney General stated: "Any
arrest power exercised (under this bylaw) should be restricted to
common law rights of arrest."]
