Town of Westminster, MA
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2023-05-06
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DIVISION 1: THE BYLAWS
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PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
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Chapter 161 Sewers
- DIVISION 1: THE BYLAWS
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Advisory Board
- Ch 6 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 Board and Committee Rules
- Ch 13 Board of Health
- Ch 15 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 16 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 19 Clerk, Town
- Ch 21 Conservation Commission
- Ch 22 Counsel, Town
- Ch 25 Elections and Town Meetings
- Ch 28 Finances
- Ch 44 Personnel Board
- Ch 47 Public Works Commission
- Ch 53 Select Board
- Ch 58 Treasurer and Collector
- Ch 61 Water Commission
- Ch 65 Zoning Board of Appeals
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 67 Alarm Systems
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 75 Boats and Boating
- Ch 81 Buildings and Land
- Ch 88 Cross-Connection Control
- Ch 92 Dances; Places of Public Assembly
- Ch 97 Earth Removal
- Ch 100 Emergency Radio Communications
- Ch 102 Farming
- Ch 104 Firearms
- Ch 110 Garage Sales
- Ch 113 Gas, Plumbing and Wiring
- Ch 116 Graffiti
- Ch 122 Ice-Covered Surfaces
- Ch 123 Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 125 Junkyards
- Ch 131 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 134 Littering
- Ch 136 Low-Impact Development
- Ch 141 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 148 Rapid Entry Systems
- Ch 157 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 161 Sewers
- Ch 161 Art I Definitions
- § 161-1 Terms defined.
- § 161-2 Word usage.
- Ch 161 Art II Building Sewers and Connections
- § 161-3 Permit required for connection.
- § 161-4 Notification of new or changed discharge required.
- § 161-5 Classes of permits.
- § 161-6 Application for permit; fees; required approvals.
- § 161-7 Use of old building sewers.
- § 161-8 Low building drains.
- § 161-9 Costs and expenses to be borne by owner; Town to be held harmless.
- § 161-10 Each building to have separate sewer; exception.
- § 161-11 Installation requirements.
- § 161-12 Connection of sources of runoff or groundwater prohibited.
- § 161-13 Connection standards.
- § 161-14 Inspection required.
- § 161-15 Guarding of excavations; restoration of streets.
- Ch 161 Art III Use of Public Sewers
- § 161-16 Discharge of unpolluted drainage.
- § 161-17 Hazardous discharges.
- § 161-18 Permission required to discharge industrial wastewaters.
- § 161-19 Costs for additional treatment or damages.
- § 161-20 General discharge prohibitions.
- § 161-20.1 Specific local limitations.
- § 161-20.2 Precedence of other standards.
- § 161-20.3 Accidental discharge.
- § 161-21 Action by Sewer Commission.
- § 161-22 Grease, oil and sand interceptors.
- § 161-23 Preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities.
- § 161-24 Installation of control structures.
- § 161-25 Sampling standards.
- § 161-26 Monitoring of industrial discharges.
- § 161-27 Future connections.
- § 161-28 Adoption or amendment of rules and regulations.
- § 161-29 Individual septic systems.
- Ch 161 Art IV Protection from Damage
- § 161-30 Damage prohibited.
- Ch 161 Art V Powers and Authority of Inspectors
- § 161-31 Entrance permitted; inquiries limited.
- § 161-32 Observance of safety rules; liability.
- § 161-33 Use of easements.
- Ch 161 Art VI Industrial Pretreatment Program
- § 161-34 Authorized agent.
- § 161-34.1 Reporting requirements.
- § 161-34.2 Self-monitoring regulations.
- § 161-34.3 Pretreatment of industrial wastewater.
- § 161-34.4 Confidential information.
- § 161-34.5 Publication of users in significant violation.
- Ch 161 Art VII Violations and Penalties
- § 161-35 Violations.
- § 161-36 Civil penalties.
- § 161-37 Criminal penalties.
- Ch 161 Art VIII General Provisions
- § 161-38 Repealer.
- § 161-39 Severability.
- § 161-40 Effect on City of Fitchburg ordinance.
- § 161-41 When effective.
- Ch 169 Stormwater Management
- Ch 173 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 182 Taxicabs
- Ch 190 Trees
- Ch 193 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 196 Vehicles, Motor and Recreational
- Ch 198 Water
- Ch 200 Wells
- Ch 202 Wetlands
- Ch 205 Zoning
- DIVISION 2: SELECTMEN'S REGULATIONS
- Ch 209 (Reserved)
- Ch 219 Vehicles and Traffic
- DIVISION 3: PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REGULATIONS
- Ch 228 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 231 Subdivision of Land
- DIVISION 4: BOARD OF HEALTH REGULATIONS
- Ch 238 (Reserved)
- Ch 240 Hydronic Heaters, Outdoor
- Ch 241 (Reserved)
- Ch 242 (Reserved)
- Ch 243 Portable Bathrooms
- Ch 245 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems
- Ch 248 Smoking
- Ch 250 Tobacco and Nicotine-Delivery Products
- Ch 251 Toxic and Hazardous Wastes
- Ch 254 (Reserved)
- Ch 255 Wells, Private
- APPENDIX
- Ch A256 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A257 Special Acts and Resolves
- Ch A258 Officers, Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch A259 Fees
- Ch A260 Policies and Procedures of the Select Board
- Ch A261 Miscellaneous
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting ATM 5-1-2021 by Art. 22.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewage disposal — See Ch. 245.
Toxic and hazardous wastes — See Ch. 251.
Water supplies — See Ch. 254.
[1]
Editor's Note: This Article also repealed former Ch. 161,
Sewers, adopted 4-25-1987 as Art. 41.
