[Adopted as Ch. XI, § 2, of the 1973 Bylaws]
[1937: c. V, S. 4]
All conveyances of land, or interests therein, which may hereafter
be authorized by a vote of the Town, or otherwise, shall be signed
by a majority of the Select Board, unless otherwise provided by law
or by vote of the Town, and the Select Board shall see that the instrument
of conveyance is sealed with the Town Seal.
[Amended 4-7-1997 TM,
approved by Attorney General 7-2-1997; 10-15-2001 TM, approved by
Attorney General 2-19-2002]
The Select Board is authorized to accept in the name of the
Town gifts of land, easements, and interests in land for walkway and
sidewalk purposes, storm drainage, including above ground and below
ground purposes, electric, water, and sewer purposes, slope maintenance
purposes, building or signage overhang purposes, and for the purpose
of rounding street corners.
[Added 10-18-1999 TM,
approved by Attorney General 1-5-2000; amended 10-20-2003 TM, approved
by Attorney General 1-22-2004; 11-4-2003]
The Select Board is authorized to accept in the name of the
Town gifts of restrictive covenants on the use of land for open space
preservation and affordable housing purposes and to authorize the
Select Board to accept an affordable housing restriction encumbering
the rental units of the property located at 19 Depot Square, (Assessors
Map 41B, Lot 298), executed on April 22, 2003, and recorded at the
Essex South District Registry of Deeds, on May 2, 2003, book 20728,
page 189).
[Amended 10-16-2006 STM,
approved by Attorney General 1-4-2007]
The Select Board is authorized to grant nonexclusive easements
for walkway and sidewalk purposes, storm drainage, including above
ground and below ground purposes, utility purposes, building or signage
overhang purposes and for the purpose of rounding street corners,
which the Board of Assessor's have determined to have a fair market
value of less than $25,000 or which are less than 5,000 square feet
in size without a Town Meeting vote for such consideration as the
Select Board deems appropriate, including nominal consideration.
