Town of Hopedale, MA
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2021-05-22
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Part II: Regulatory Legislation
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Chapter 320 Streets, Sidewalks, Public Places and Parks
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Article V Public Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Accountant, Town
- Ch 9 Aging, Council on
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Assessors
- Ch 26 Capital Program Committee
- Ch 32 Claims; Legal Actions
- Ch 37 Conservation Commission
- Ch 35 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 41 Constables
- Ch 45 Continuation Schools
- Ch 49 Contracts; Procurements
- Ch 53 Coordinator, Town
- Ch 57 Counsel, Town
- Ch 62 Development and Industrial Commission
- Ch 68 Disabilities Commission
- Ch 74 Economic Development and Industrial Corporation
- Ch 79 Finance Committee
- Ch 83 Fire Department
- Ch 88 Forest Warden
- Ch 95 Gas Inspector
- Ch 100 Health, Board of
- Ch 104 Historical Commission
- Ch 108 Housing Authority
- Ch 121 Meetings, Town
- Ch 130 Officer and Employee Regulations
- Ch 137 Personnel
- Ch 142 Planning Board
- Ch 145 Planning District, Regional
- Ch 151 Police Department
- Ch 158 Records and Reports
- Ch 159 Revolving Funds
- Ch 163 Road Commissioners
- Ch 170 School Committees
- Ch 174 School Districts, Regional
- Ch 185 Water and Sewer Commissioners
- Ch 191 Wire Inspector
- Part II: Regulatory Legislation
- Ch 203 Alarms Systems
- Ch 207 Animals
- Ch 212 Beano
- Ch 220 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 224 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 241 Fire Prevention
- Ch 245 Fires, Setting of
- Ch 256 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 264 Junkyards; Junk Vehicles
- Ch 270 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 272 Local Historic Districts
- Ch 281 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 293 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 298 Property, Municipal
- Ch 304 Public Transportation
- Ch 312 Solid Waste
- Ch 320 Streets, Sidewalks, Public Places and Parks
- Ch 320 Art V Public Consumption of Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol
- § 320-34 Public consumption restricted.
- § 320-35 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- Ch 322 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 327 Swimming Pools
- Ch 331 Taxation
- Ch 336 Towing
- Ch 340 Trespassing
- Ch 349 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 355 Water and Sewers
- Ch 359 Water Conservation
- Ch 363 Water Rates
- Ch 375 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A380 Annotated List of State Law Acceptances: General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-19-2009 ATM,
Art. 26]
No person shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marijuana
or tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined in MGL c. 94C, § 1,
as amended) while in or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, footway,
passageway, stairs, bridge, park, playground, recreation area, public
building, schoolhouse, school grounds, cemetery, parking lot, or any
area owned or under the control of the Town within the limits of the
Town of Hopedale; or in or upon any bus or passenger conveyance operated
by a common carrier; or in a motor vehicle while it is in, on or upon
any public way or any way to which the public has a right of access
within the limits of the Town of Hopedale; or in any place to which
the public has a right of access.
[Amended 5-22-2021 ATM by Art. 1]
This bylaw may be enforced through any lawful means in law or
in equity, including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal
complaint pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21, or by noncriminal
disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D, by the Select
Board or its duly authorized agents, or any police officer. Whoever
violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $100 for the first offense; $200 for the second offense;
and $300 for any third or subsequent offense. Any penalty imposed
under this bylaw shall be in addition to any civil penalty imposed
under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
