[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Mansfield 5-19-2015 ATM by Art. 21. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall smoke, ingest, or otherwise use or consume marijuana
or tetrahydrocannabinol (as defined in MGL c. 94C, § 1,
as amended) while in or upon any public place or any place to which
the public has a right of access, including, but not limited to, public
ways, private ways, sidewalks, parking lots, parks and commons, playgrounds,
recreation areas, beaches, boat landings, cemeteries, municipal buildings
and schools and grounds or athletic fields appurtenant thereto, or
premises licensed by the Town, and including any motor vehicle or
bicycle or other passenger conveyance operated by a common carrier,
when parked or moving upon any of the above places or locations.
For the purpose of this bylaw, "marijuana" shall be any substance
so defined by MGL c. 94C, § 1, as amended.
The enforcing person shall make a record of the incident, such
record to include the following information (to the extent that it
is available): name and address of the person violating the bylaw;
name and address of landlord, if applicable; date; time; motor vehicle
registration number, if applicable; and location of the violation.
This bylaw may be enforced through any lawful means in law or
in equity, including, but not limited to, enforcement by criminal
indictment or complaint pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21,
or by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D,
by any police officer. Any person found to be in violation of this
bylaw, or who refuses to give the above-noted information or if any
information proves false, shall be liable to a fine of $300 for each
such violation. Any penalty imposed under this bylaw shall be in addition
to any civil penalty imposed under MGL c. 94C, § 32L.
