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 188 Marijuana
- 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
- 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
- § 188-1 Public consumption forbidden.
- § 188-2 Recreational marijuana establishments prohibited.
- § 188-3 Enforcement.
- § 188-4 Penalty.
- 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 5-21-2018 ATM by Art.
34.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 96.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This article also repealed former Ch.
188, Public Consumption of Marihuana and Tetrahydrocannabinol, adopted
5-18-2009 by Art. 37.
No person shall smoke, ingest or otherwise use or consume Marijuana
or tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined in MGL c. 94G, § 1,
as amended) while in or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, footway,
passageway, stairs, bridge, park, playground, beach, recreation area,
boat landing, public building, school house, school grounds, cemetery,
parking lot or any area owned by 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.
Consistent with MGL c. 94G, § 3(a)(2), "marijuana
establishments" as defined in MGL c. 94G, § 1 shall be prohibited
within the Town of Easton.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
This chapter may be enforced through any lawful means in law
or in equity including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal
indictment or complaint pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter
40, Section 21, as amended, or by noncriminal disposition pursuant
to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 21D, as amended,
by the Select Board, the Town Administrator, or their duly authorized
agents, or any police officer.
The fine for violation of this chapter shall be $300 for each
offense.
