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 200 Wells
- 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 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
- § 200-1 Wells to be covered or filled.
- § 200-2 Violations and penalties.
- 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 Special Town Meeting 11-12-1974
by Art. 2 as Art. XIV, Sec. 1, of the 1975 Bylaws. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Earth removal — See Ch. 97.
Water supplies — See Ch. 254.
Owners of land on which is located an abandoned well or a well in use
shall provide a covering for such well, capable of sustaining a weight of
three hundred (300) pounds per square foot, or shall fill the same to the
level of the ground.
The penalty for a violation of this section shall be a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.).
