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Town of Marblehead, MA
Essex County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Marblehead 3-18-1958 by Art. 86. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Blasting — See Ch. 20.
Building construction — See Ch. 30.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 162.
Street excavations — See Ch. 255, Art. III.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 258.
[Added 3-13-1962 TM by Art. 38]
A. 
The owners of any land which has been excavated shall, within five days after such owners have been notified in writing by the Board of Selectmen that in their opinion such excavation constitutes a hazard to public safety, erect barriers or take other suitable measures to protect the public from such hazard.
B. 
Whoever violates any provision of this By-Law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $200 for each offense.
A. 
No person shall remove any soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use unless such removal is authorized by a permit issued by the Board of Selectmen, except in conjunction with construction of a building on the parcel or the construction of a way, the plan and profile of which has been approved by the Board of Survey, and except for the continued operation on the same parcel of an existing sand and gravel pit.
B. 
No such permit shall be issued until an application therefor is filed with said Board; said Board shall hold a public hearing on the application, and notice of the filing of such application and the date and time of the public hearing thereon shall be advertised in a paper published in the Town seven days at least before the public hearing.