Town of Yarmouth, MA
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2022-11-15
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The Code
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Division 1 Bylaws
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Part I Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 8 Agricultural Commission
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Bylaws
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Account Books
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 7 Aging, Council on
- Ch 8 Agricultural Commission
- § 8-1 Appointment and purpose.
- § 8-2 Membership; terms.
- Ch 9 Appropriations and Expenditures
- Ch 12 Auditing
- Ch 16 Capital Budget Committee
- Ch 19 Clerk
- Ch 21 Collector of Taxes
- Ch 23 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 25 Enforcement of Laws
- Ch 27 Finance Department
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Personnel Board
- Ch 37 Planning Board
- Ch 39 Police Department
- Ch 40 Recreation Commission
- Ch 42 Seal
- Ch 44 Selectmen
- Ch 47 Town Meetings
- Ch 49 Treasurer
- Ch 52 Waterways-Shellfish Committee
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- General Legislation
- Ch 58 Airport Approach
- Ch 60 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 62 Amusement Devices, Automatic
- Ch 71 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 76 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 80 Waterfowl
- Ch 81 Explosives and Flammable Materials
- Ch 83 Fees
- Ch 84 Firearms
- Ch 86 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 87 Fire Prevention
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Historic Properties
- Ch 93 Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Checks
- Ch 94 Secondhand Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 95 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 96 Hearings, Public
- Ch 97 Littering
- Ch 99 Loitering
- Ch 101 Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Fire Alarm Systems
- Ch 103 Motorized Devices
- Ch 104 Noise
- Ch 107 Junk Vehicles
- Ch 108 Occupancy of Buildings
- Ch 112 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 113 Marijuana
- Ch 114 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 116 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 120 Polystyrene Reduction
- Ch 123 Streets and Ways
- Ch 127 Swimming Pools
- Ch 133 Tourist Camps
- Ch 135 Single-Use Plastic Containers
- Ch 138 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 140 Waste Collection
- Ch 141 Water Activities
- Ch 142 Water Supply Conservation and Emergencies
- Ch 143 Wetlands
- Ch 144 Yard Sales
- Ch 145 Stormwater Management
- Ch 146 Marijuana Establishments
- Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 148 Eel
- Ch 150 Fisheries
- Ch 153 Herring
- Ch 155 Liquor License Regulations
- Ch 157 Farming
- Ch 159 Sanitary Landfill Fees
- Planning Regulations
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 181 Disposal Area
- Ch 192 Massage Parlors
- Ch 194 Outside Cafes
- Ch 195 Phosphorus Buffer Zone
- Ch 196 Poultry and Swine
- Ch 198 Septic Cleaner Ban
- Ch 199 Sewage Discharge Permits
- Ch 200 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 201 Sewage Flow
- Ch 202 Stables
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools, Public and Semipublic
- Ch 204 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 205 Underground Storage Tanks
- Ch 206 Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Ch 207 Water and Groundwater Resource Protection
- Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 210 Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch 214 Harbor Regulations
- Ch 218 Plot Plans
- Ch 225 Water Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A230 Acceptance of General Laws; Special Acts
- Zoning Bylaw
- Ch ZB Zoning Bylaw
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting
of the Town of Yarmouth 4-8-2008 by Art. 32, approved 8-5-2008. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Selectmen is authorized to appoint
an Agricultural Commission to develop a plan to encourage the pursuit
of agriculture within the Town of Yarmouth and promote agricultural
based economic opportunities within the Town.
The Agricultural Commission shall consist of
five members appointed by the Board of Selectmen with staggered terms
of three-year intervals. The Board of Selectmen, by a majority vote,
may increase the number of Commissioners to seven or nine if it determines
such number would better serve the Town. Members may be removed by
a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen at a public meeting. The
members of the Commission shall serve without compensation.
