Town of Easton, MA
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2022-11-28
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Division 2 Bylaws
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 18 Agricultural Commission
- 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
- § 18-1 Purpose.
- § 18-2 Composition.
- 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
- 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 5-16-2011 by Art. 34.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Agricultural Commission is created to promote, preserve,
encourage and facilitate agricultural activities within the Town of
Easton. The Commission's activities include, but are not limited
to the following:
A.
Development of long and short range plans and strategies to facilitate,
preserve, promote and encourage agriculture;
B.
Actions as a mediator, facilitator, promoter, advocate, negotiator
and educator for agricultural activities;
C.
Promotion of preservation of prime agricultural lands and working
farmlands;
D.
Providing of advice to the Select Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board
of Appeals, Conservation Commission, Board of Health, Community Preservation
Committee and Historical Commission on projects and activities that
involve or affect agriculture or agricultural lands within the Town;
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
E.
Pursuit of initiatives, grants and other opportunities for assistance
in the promotion, facilitation and encouragement of agricultural activities
in the Town of Easton.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 19; 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
The Commission shall consist of five members, appointed by the
Select Board. Potential members shall demonstrate an interest in carrying
out the Purpose of the Commission, as set forth above. In appointing
the members of the Commission, the Select Board may consider a candidate's
actual experience in agricultural activities. The term of office shall
be three years, provided that appointments of the initial members
of the Commission shall be as follows: three members for a term of
three years; two members for a term of two years; and two members
for a term of one year. Vacancies shall be filled based upon the unexpired
term of the vacated position so as to maintain staggered terms. The
Commission shall make recommendations to the Select Board for the
filling of any vacancy.
