Town of Franklin, MA
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2023-01-09
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Division 2: Bylaws
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Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
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Chapter 209 Burying
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 8 Aging, Council on
- Ch 16 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 18 Cultural District Committee
- Ch 25 Human Resource Management
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Town Properties
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Amusement Devices
- Ch 56 Bazaars
- Ch 63 Buildings
- Ch 65 Collection Containers
- Ch 71 Demolition Delay
- Ch 73 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 75 Dogs
- Ch 82 Fees, Municipal Service
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 Fire Alarms
- Ch 85 Smoke Detectors, Installation of
- Ch 86 Fire Lanes
- Ch 91 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 104 Junk, Accumulation of
- Ch 105 Junk, Secondhand Goods, and Antique Dealers
- Ch 108 Library Board of Directors
- Ch 110 Licenses
- Ch 121 Pawnbroking
- Ch 125 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 128 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 130 Property Owner Public Safety Notification
- Ch 131 Public Way Access Permits
- Ch 132 Plastic Checkout Bags
- Ch 135 Poles and Wires
- Ch 139 Sewers
- Ch 143 (Reserved)
- Ch 147 (Reserved)
- Ch 151 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 153 Stormwater Management
- Ch 155 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 160 Taxpayers, Delinquent
- Ch 165 Transient Vendors
- Ch 168 Vacant Properties
- Ch 170 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 174 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 179 Water
- Ch 181 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 185 Zoning
- Division 3: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 193 Animals
- Ch 196 Bare Feet
- Ch 198 Biotechnology Regulations
- Ch 200 Blasting and Sanding, Abrasive
- Ch 202 Body Art
- Ch 205 Building Material Disposal
- Ch 207 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 209 Burying
- § 209-1 Burying prohibited; exception.
- § 209-2 Filing of plan of site.
- § 209-3 Fee.
- § 209-4 Checking of soil conditions.
- § 209-5 Height above water table.
- § 209-6 Proper cover.
- § 209-7 Burying on property edges prohibited.
- § 209-8 Certain objects prohibited.
- § 209-9 Termite prevention.
- § 209-10 Revisions.
- Ch 214 Dispensing Containers
- Ch 218 Dumpsters
- Ch 222 Floor Drains
- Ch 226 Food-Service Establishments
- Ch 230 Hazardous Materials Enclosures
- Ch 232 Infectious Waste Transport
- Ch 235 Laundromats
- Ch 238 Manicurist Establishments
- Ch 240 Massage Therapy/Facility
- Ch 244 Mobile Food Units
- Ch 246 Motor Oil Sellers
- Ch 250 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 254 Smoking
- Ch 255 Solid Waste Collection
- Ch 258 Stables
- Ch 260 Tanning Facilities
- Ch 261 Tobacco Products
- Ch 262 Tobacco Products and Smoking
- Ch 263 Water
- Ch 264 Violations and Penalties
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Rules and Regulations
- Ch 271 Conservation Commission Bylaws
- Ch 273 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 305 Taxis
- Appendix
- Ch A310 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Franklin 7-17-1973.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be no burying on land with a private water supply and septic
tanks, except where large amounts of land are available with considerable
distance from water and leaching fields.
A plan of every site shall be placed on file with the Board of Health
office, with specific measurements from lot lines.
[Amended 12-9-1987 by Bylaw Amendment 87-116]
The fee for inspection shall be as established in Chapter 82, Fees, of the Code the Town of Franklin, upon application; fee for Health Agent.
Soil conditions have to be checked; no water areas.
Four feet above water table (backhoe).
Proper cover shall be six inches of gravel; loamed properly; restricted
for building.
There shall be no burying on property edges.
No saturated creosote objects, such as railway ties, etc., shall be
buried.
For termite prevention, a long-residue pesticide shall be used; DDT
is best, but a license must be obtained.
This chapter may be revised at any time at the discretion of the Board
of Health.
