[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Foxborough
as Art. V, § 1, Para. 1 through 23, of the General Bylaws.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
Three or more persons shall not continue to stand or remain
in a group on any sidewalk or in any public place in such a manner
as to obstruct a free passage for pedestrians.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
No person shall fire or discharge any firearm or other explosive
article within the limits of any park, playground, public way, public
building or other public property except with the consent of the Select
Board. This bylaw shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or
property or to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge
of his duties.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
No person shall coast upon any sled upon any sidewalk of any
street or public place except such streets and places designated for
that purpose by the Select Board.
No person shall ride or lead a horse upon any sidewalk of the
Town.
No person shall play any game in which a ball is used, or shoot
a bow and arrow or air gun, or throw stones or any other missile in
any street or public way.
No person shall throw or deposit upon any public way, any bottle,
glass, metal or any material that could cause damage to any person
or vehicle.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
No person, unless required to do so by law, shall, without a
permit from the Select Board, post or affix in any manner, paint,
print, write or cause to be painted, printed or written any notice,
advertisement, bill, picture, drawing or writings upon any curbstone,
sidewalk, tree, pole, post or hydrant in any street or public place
or upon any walk or fence or any public building.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
No person shall place or maintain over any sidewalk any awning,
shade, shade frame, canopy, sign or signboard without a permit from
the Select Board, but no such awning, shade, shade frame, canopy,
sign or signboard shall be less than seven feet from the ground in
the lowest part or extended beyond the line of the sidewalk.
No person shall operate a bicycle within the limits of the Town
unless such bicycle is registered and unless the registration plate
issued therefor is attached to such bicycle. The Police Department
shall register all bicycles and issue to the owners thereof certificates
of registration, which shall be in effect, unless suspended, so long
as such registrants own said bicycles. Upon sale or transfer of a
registered bicycle, the registrants shall remove the registration
plate and surrender same to the Police Department, or may, upon application
but without payment of additional fee, have said plate assigned to
another bicycle owned by the applicant.
No person shall operate any motor boat on any pond or lake in
the Town at a speed which would endanger the lives and safety or property
of the public, provided that, when within 150 feet of the shore or
any pier or float, the speed shall not exceed six miles an hour. No
person shall operate any motorboat within 150 feet of the shore of
any public or private bathing beach except in an emergency or to launch
or land the motorboat at a public or private beach or pier with the
beach frontage owner's permission. Whoever violates the provisions
of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $20 for
each violation.
The police, at the direction of the Superintendent of Streets,
may, for the purpose of removing or plowing snow from any way, remove
or cause to be removed to some convenient place, including in such
term a public garage, any vehicle interfering with such work and impose
liability for the cost of such removal and of the storage charges,
if any, resulting therefrom upon the owner of such vehicle.
No mercantile/retail use, gasoline station or automobile repair
shop shall operate within the Town within a distance of 200 linear
feet from any single- or multifamily dwelling between the hours of
12:00 midnight and the following 6:00 a.m.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
The Select Board shall impose a general curfew within the Town
or any portion thereof upon such circumstances and for such hours
as the Select Board determines a curfew is needed.
[Amended 1-30-2023 STM by Art. 1]
No person shall throw, place or cause to be placed in any public
place in the Town any obstruction, or any ashes, garbage, carrion,
filth, offal, fuel, building materials, paper, cards, handbills, leaves
or rubbish of any kind, except in such place and in such manner as
shall be prescribed by the Select Board.
No person shall park or leave unattended his/her motor vehicle
within any part of the area posted and marked as a fire lane in any
parking area or parking lot, private or public. Any person violating
this section shall be punished by a fine up to the maximum allowed
by MGL c. 40, § 21.
All buildings on or within 150 feet of a public or private way
shall be numbered, said numbers to be placed upon said buildings by
the owner thereof, and to be so placed as to be visible from such
way.
In case of fire, no person shall interfere with the members
of the Fire Department or remove, injure or in any manner disturb
the machines, hoses, or equipment of the Fire Department, except as
directed by the officer of the Fire Department in command. The Chief
of Police, or in his absence some other police officer, shall be present
at all fires, for the purpose of enforcing this section of the bylaw.
No person, except an officer of the law in performance of his
duties, shall enter upon or remain upon the premises of or looking
into the window, door or other aperture of a house or structure, in
any manner or upon any person or persons therein. Any person found
violating this bylaw shall be subject to arrest without a warrant
in accordance with MGL c. 276, § 28.
Whoever willfully obstructs, interferes with or hinders a police
officer in the lawful performance of his duty shall be punished by
a fine of not less than $50 if convicted.
[Added 5-14-2018 ATM
by Art. 24]
A.
Takeoffs and landings. Except as set forth in Subsection C below, it shall be unlawful for any person to initiate the takeoff or landing of an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system:
(1)
In any zone within the Town of Foxborough within one mile of, and
within two hours before or after, an open-air event sponsored or licensed
by the Town of Foxborough, including, but not limited to, parades,
outdoor concerts, street dances, festivals, art shows, sporting and
recreational events, or large-scale community gatherings; and
(2)
Within two miles and within four hours before or after any major
event held at Gillette Stadium.
B.
GILLETTE STADIUM
MAJOR EVENT
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM
Definitions.
Collectively, the multipurpose stadium located on Route 1,
all lots located in the vicinity of such multipurpose stadium that
permit patrons of licensed events to park motor vehicles, and all
land and improvements thereon located within the immediate vicinity
of such multipurpose stadium that are owned and/or operated by the
owner of such multipurpose stadium.
Any sporting event, concert or other form of entertainment
occurring at Gillette Stadium with ticketed sales or a fan capacity
of more than 1,000 people.
Any device that is intended to navigate in the air without
an onboard pilot and any aircraft that is operated without the possibility
of human intervention from within or onboard the aircraft. The term
"unmanned aircraft" includes any homemade or commercially available
device known as a "drone."
An unmanned aircraft and associated elements, including communication
links and any components that control the unmanned aircraft or that
are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently
in the national airspace system.
C.
Exceptions. The takeoff and landing of an unmanned aircraft or unmanned
aircraft system as proscribed herein (1) may be permitted by the Chief
of Police based on an analysis by the Chief of Police that concludes
there is no public safety risk associated with the permitted activity,
and (2) permission shall not be unreasonably withheld for commercial
flights requested by the owner/operator of the multipurpose stadium
at Gillette Stadium. The burden shall remain with the owner or operator
of the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system to ensure that
any flight activity complies with all FAA and other federal regulations
on flight.
