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 224 Sewer District; Board of Sewer Commissioners
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Article II Definitions
- 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
- 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 224 Art II Definitions
- § 224-3 Word usage; meanings.
- 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
For the purpose of this chapter certain terms and words shall
have the following meanings, as stipulated herein or in the Sewer
Use Regulations.[1] Words used in the present tense include the future; the
singular number includes the plural; the plural the singular; the
words "used" or "occupied" include the words "designed," "arranged,"
"intended," or "offered," to be used or occupied; the words "building,"
"structure," "lot," "land," or "premises" shall be construed as though
followed by the words "or any portion thereof"; and the word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory. Terms and words not
defined herein but defined in the Sewer Use Regulations shall have
the meanings given therein unless a contrary intention clearly appears.
The Select Board, as authorized by the May 17, 2010 approval
of Article 21 of the Easton 2010 Annual Town Meeting and as set forth
in MGL c. 83.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
A local sewer district, hereinafter called "the District,"
adopted by the May 17, 2010 approval of Article 19 of the Easton 2010
Annual Town Meeting, the boundaries of which are delineated on the
plan entitled: "Town of Easton, Massachusetts, Proposed Sewer District,
May 17, 2010" on file at the Easton Town Clerk's Office. The
Sewer District boundaries are defined as those areas of the Town known
as "wastewater needs areas" determined and described in the Easton
Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan. Said District may be amended
from time to time by Town Meeting.
Wastewater from homes, public buildings, commercial and industrial
establishments, or any combination thereof, and shall include any
surface or groundwater that may be present therein which enters the
sewer system by natural means.
The public, physical infrastructure that is constructed,
operated and maintained by the Town within the District, including
the necessary equipment and appurtenances, to collect, transmit and
treat sewage and dispose residual product.
