[Adopted 10-29-1996,
approved 2-13-1997; last amended 6-7-2011, approved 9-15-2011 (Art. 112 of the 2011 General By-Laws)]
A. Violations.
(1) Alcoholic Beverages Public Building or Public Way (Open Container
Law): $200.
(2) Junk or Unregistered Vehicles on Property: not less than $50 nor
more than $300 per day, per vehicle.
(3) Diving off Town Bridges: $25.
(5) Padanaram Bridge Activity Violations: $50.
(6) Depositing Rubbish on Public Way or Public Place: $250.
(7) Removing, Defacing Public Safety Signs: $150.
(8) Lighting of Object on Streets or Sidewalks: $25.
(9) Pumping Water onto Streets: $25.
(10) Soliciting within Town without a Permit: $50.
(11) Obstructing Private Way: $25.
(12) Animals within Street Lines (deleted 6/5/12): $25.
(13) Riding Cycles on Sidewalks: $20.
(14) Not Covering any Substance to be Transported: $200.
(15) Non-removal of Snow from Sidewalks: $25.
(16) Littering: $200 for the first offense; $250 for the second offense;
$300 for each subsequent offense.
(17) Obstruction of Public Way: $25.
(18) Violation of Rules & Policies Regarding Water Use Restrictions:
$50 first offense; $100 subsequent offense.
(19) Violation of Rules for Collection & Disposal of Solid Waste:
$20.
(20) Illegal Disposal of Rubbish: $300.
(21) Scenic Roads (Removal of each tree or stone wall): $300.
(22) Prohibited Dumping: $100.
(23) Prohibited Hazardous Waste Facility: $100.
B. The above-described
violations are enforceable by the Police Department.
A. Violations.
(1) Signs Without Permit: $50.
(2) No Occupancy Permit: $50.
(3) Failure to Maintain Parking Lot: $30.
(4) Improper Use of Parking Spaces: $30.
(5) Site Triangle Violation: $30.
(6) Prohibited Occupancy of Mobile Home/Trailer: $25.
B. The above-described
violations are enforceable by the Building Commissioner.
A. Constructing a well without a permit: $50 first offense; $100 second
offense.
C. Dartmouth Food Establishment Regulations.
(1) The following fines and penalties concerning Food Establishment Regulations
adopted by the Dartmouth Board of Health pursuant to Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 31, which regulations are on file
at its offices:
(a)
Violations related to foodborne illness interventions and risk
factors: $250.
(b)
Repeat critical violations related to good retail practices:
$150.
(c)
Repeat non-critical violations related to good retail practices:
$75.
(2) Definitions of these violations are contained in the Federal Food
Code and 105 CMR 590.000 and the Dartmouth Food Establishment Regulations.
E. Violation of minimum housing standards. Whoever fails to comply with
an order issued pursuant to the provisions of 105 Code of Massachusetts
Regulations 410.00, Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation,
by failing to correct a Housing Code violation shall be subject to
a penalty of $50 for each violation. Each day's failure to comply
with an order shall constitute a separate violation.
F. The above-described violations are enforceable by the Board of Health
or their duly authorized Agent, including Police Officers.
A. Violations.
(1) Violation
of Zoning By-Law (see section 27.400 of the Zoning By-Law): $300.
(2) Violation
of variance condition or provision (see section 27.400 of the Zoning
By-Law): $300.
(3) Violation
of special permit condition or provision (see section 27.400 of the
Zoning By-Law): $300.
B. The above-described violations are enforceable by the Building Commissioner,
Building Inspectors, the Zoning Enforcement Officer, Assistant Zoning
Enforcement Officers and by Police Officers.
False Alarm By-Law Fine: $25 for third false alarm in fiscal
year; $50 for the fourth through ninth false alarm in a fiscal year;
$75 for the 10th false alarm and each false alarm in the fiscal year;
$25 for alarm installed after February 22, 1985, without required
automatic shut-off device; $25 each day for failure to correct improper
installation within 30 days after notice. The Police Department is
hereby authorized and shall enforce this By-Law.
A. Failure to obtain or renew any permit required by the Board of Health
not listed elsewhere in the schedule of violations: $50; $100 (second
offense).
These violations refer to air and noise pollution at commercial
and residential properties.
A. Dust, Odor, Construction and Demolition violation, 310 CMR 7.09:
$150.
B. Noise violation, 310 CMR 7.10: $150.
A. These violations refer to the Title 5 and Dartmouth Supplemental
Regulations to Title 5 and Regulations and the State Environmental
Code Title V: Minimum Standards for the Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary
Sewage: 310 CMR 15.00.
(1) Failure to complete and submit a septic system inspection report,
Title 5, 310 CMR 15.301: $200.
(2) Failure to maintain a septic system to prevent overflow, backup or
discharge to the surface or surface water, Title 5, 310 CMR 15.303:
$200.
(3) Failure to report the pumping of a sewage disposal system component,
Title 5, 310 CMR 15.351: $200.
(4) Failure to connect to town sewer or to obtain a variance from the
requirement within one year of its availability, Dartmouth Supplemental
Regulations to Title 5, 15.004: $200.
(5) Failure to maintain an alternative system in compliance with approval
conditions: $200.
B. The above-described violations are enforceable by the Board of Health
or their duly authorized Agent, including Police Officers.
[Added 10-21-2014; amended 6-5-2018 ATM by Art. 24; approved 9-10-2018]
Critical: $150 per violation
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Non-Critical: $75 per violation
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Section 7. Imminent Health Hazard
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Section 6. General Requirements
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Section 8. Occupancy Limitations
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Section 9. Animals and Smoking
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Section 10. Guest Room Requirements:
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Section 10. Guest Room Requirements:
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Subsection A.)7.a.),b.) and 8.
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Subsection A.)1.-6, and 9.-10., B.)1.-6., C.)1.7., D.)1.-3.
and E.)
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Section 11. Safety Requirements
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Section 12. Public Indoor Areas
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Section 14. Ice and Ice Dispensing:
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Section 13. Exterior Premises
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Subsection A.)3. and B.)
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Section 14. Ice and Ice Dispensing:
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Section 15. Personnel Health and Cleanliness:
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Subsection A.)1.,2. and C.)
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Subsection A.)1.,2. and B.)1.-3.
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Section 15. Personnel Health and Cleanliness:
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Subsection C.)
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Section 16. Housekeeping and Laundry Facilities
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Section 17. General Safety and Sanitary Conditions
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Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate
finable offense. To the extent that any particular Section or Subsection
of the Guest Establishment Regulations is incorporated by reference
into the Dartmouth Board of Health Inn and Innholder Regulations,
then the above-listed fine for said Section or Subsection shall also
apply to and be utilized in the enforcement of said Inn and Innholder
Regulations.
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[Added 6-2-2015 ATM by
Art. 30, approved 9-3-2015]
Every violation of the Dartmouth Select Board Regulations Regarding
Hawkers and Peddlers shall result in a fine of $20; provided that
each item or piece of merchandise that is sold in violation of these
Regulations shall be a separate violation; further provided, that
each day of a continuing violation of these Regulations shall be a
separate violation; further provided, that each house, business or
property at which a peddler engages in door-to-door peddling in violation
of these Regulations shall be a separate violation. Each violation
of these Regulations shall be enforced by the Town police officers,
and may be enforced through the non-criminal method of disposition.
[Added 10-18-2016 ATM
by Art. 7, approved 3-22-2017]
A. Category 1 violations - $50/$100/$200/$300 for first/second/third/subsequent
violations in a calendar year.
(1) Harvesting or landing shellfish, eels or sea worms on a closed day
for the given species.
(2) Use of any unauthorized implement, device, method or storage basket/container
for harvesting shellfish, eels or sea worms.
(3) Improper placement or number of eel pots.
(4) Failure to visibly display relevant recreational permit or commercial
license while harvesting or landing shellfish, eels or sea worms.
(5) Dry-digging during periods of insufficient air temperature.
(6) Harvesting oysters or quahogs in insufficient water depth.
(7) Any other violation of the Shellfish Regulations not otherwise specifically
categorized herein.
B. Category 2 violations - $100/$200/$300 for first/second/subsequent
violations in a calendar year.
(1) More than two holders of any recreational permits or commercial licenses
for scallops harvesting from the same vessel or other watercraft.
(2) Using SCUBA or other underwater breathing gear in the harvesting
of shellfish, eels or sea worms.
(3) Harvesting or landing shellfish, eels or sea worms as a household
member who has not been listed as such.
(4) Harvesting or a landing shellfish, eels or sea worms by an unsupervised
household member.
[Added 10-17-2017 ATM
by Art. 14, approved 1-29-2018]
Violations of Dartmouth Prohibited Products Regulations: $300
per violation. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute
a separate finable offense.
[Added 6-5-2018 ATM by
Art. 24, approved 9-10-2018]
Every violation of the Dartmouth Board of Health Land Development
and Reuse Regulations shall result in a fine of $300 per violation;
provided, that each day of a continuing violation shall constitute
a separate fineable offense.
[Added 6-5-2018 ATM by
Art. 24, approved 9-10-2018]
Every violation of the Dartmouth Board of Health Composting
Regulations shall result in a fine of $300 per violation; provided,
that each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate
fineable offense; further provided, that nothing shall prevent a single
action or inaction from constituting multiple separate and distinct
violations for which fines shall be issued.
[Added 6-5-2018 ATM by
Art. 24, approved 9-10-2018]
Every violation of the Dartmouth Board of Health Garbage Regulations
shall result in a fine of $300 per violation; provided, that each
day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate fineable
offense; further provided, that each truckload of a continuing violation
shall constitute a separate fineable offense; further provided, that
nothing shall prevent a single action or inaction from constituting
multiple separate and distinct violations for which fines shall be
issued.
[Amended 6-5-2018 ATM
by Art. 24, approved 9-10-2018]
Every violation of the Dartmouth Board of Health Domestic Animal
Regulations shall result in a fine of $50 per violation; provided,
that each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate
fineable offense; further provided, that nothing shall prevent a single
action or inaction from constituting multiple separate and distinct
violations for which fines shall be issued.
[Amended 6-5-2018 ATM
by Art. 23, approved 9-10-2018]
Every violation of the Dartmouth Select Board Regulations for
Review of Petitions for the Collocation of Wireless Transmissions
Equipment in Public Ways, and every violation of any term or condition
of any license that is issued pursuant to said Regulations, shall
result in a fine of $300 per violation; provided, that each day of
a continuing violation shall constitute a separate fineable offense;
further provided, that nothing shall prevent a single action or inaction
from constituting multiple separate and distinct violations for which
fines shall be issued.