Town of Greenfield, MA
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2023-02-15
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Division 1: Town Council Orders
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Part III: General Legislation
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Chapter 274 Food Establishments
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 1: Town Council Orders
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 13 Civil Defense
- Ch 18 Emergency Services
- Ch 22 Eminent Domain
- Ch 27 Finances
- Ch 45 Maintenance Department
- Ch 49 Meetings
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Precinct Meetings
- Ch 60 Procurement
- Ch 68 Town Council Parking Permits
- Ch 71 Town Property
- Ch 75 Veterans' Assistance Fund
- Part II: Boards, Commissions, Committees and Other Governing Bodies
- Ch 103 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 110 Capital Improvement Planning Committee
- Ch 114 Cemetery Commission
- Ch 117 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 118 Council on Aging
- Ch 123 Disability Access, Commission on
- Ch 132 Historical Commission
- Ch 136 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 160 Parking and Traffic Commission
- Ch 164 Planning Board
- Ch 173 Recreation Commission
- Ch 177 Redevelopment Authority
- Ch 182 School Committee
- Ch 186 Sustainable Greenfield Implementation Committee
- Ch 193 Ways and Means Committee
- Part III: General Legislation
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Ch 205 Alarms
- Ch 209 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 213 Animals
- Ch 217 Assemblies, Public
- Ch 224 Building Construction
- Ch 230 Contractors
- Ch 235 Curfew
- Ch 241 Demolition Delay
- Ch 244 Development Review
- Ch 248 Drainage
- Ch 252 Electioneering
- Ch 254 Electrical Standards
- Ch 256 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 259 Excavations
- Ch 265 Farming
- Ch 270 Firearms
- Ch 274 Food Establishments
- Ch 274 Art I Single-Use Expandable Polystyrene Foam Packaging
- § 274-1 Definitions.
- § 274-2 Prohibited use.
- § 274-3 Regulations.
- § 274-4 Enforcement.
- § 274-5 Violations and penalties.
- § 274-6 When effective.
- Ch 282 Junk Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 288 Licensing
- Ch 293 Littering
- Ch 300 Mercury Thermometers
- Ch 307 Native American Burial Grounds
- Ch 315 Nuclear-Free Zone
- Ch 322 Parks and Recreation Facilities
- Ch 328 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 333 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 337 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 346 Public Lands
- Ch 353 Safe City
- Ch 355 Sewer Use
- Ch 359 Signs
- Ch 364 Smoking
- Ch 368 Soil Removal
- Ch 372 Solid Waste
- Ch 377 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 381 Stormwater Management
- Ch 385 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 389 Surveillance and Trespassing
- Ch 394 Tag Sales
- Ch 400 Trees
- Ch 408 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 410 Vendors
- Ch 412 Wages
- Ch 415 Water
- Ch 419 Wells
- Ch 423 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 431 Vacant and Foreclosing Property
- Division 2: Rules and Regulations of Other Bodies
- Ch 507 Board of Health
- Ch 515 Conservation Commission
- Ch 520 Council on Aging
- Ch 538 License Commissioners
- Ch 550 Planning Board
- Ch 555 Police Commissioners
- Ch 565 Rules of Procedure, City Council
- Ch 590 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A600 General Law Acceptances and Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Greenfield as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-15-2016 by Order No. FY 16-170 (Ch. 28 of the 2002 Bylaws)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All food- and beverage-related wrappings, bags, boxes and
containers.
Ready for immediate consumption.
Any restaurant, food operation, public or private, or any
other place, other than a private residence, where food and drink
are prepared or served, with or without charge for consumption on
or off the premises, including any catering establishment or any eating
place, whether fixed or mobile, restaurant, bar, cafe, cafeteria,
public or private school, hospital, private club, coffee shop, sandwich
stand, or any other type of food service operation.
Single-use expandable polystyrene foam products, including
cups, bowls, plates, takeout containers and trays.
No retail food and/or beverage establishment located and doing
business within the Town of Greenfield shall sell or convey food or
beverage directly to consumers within the Town of Greenfield if such
food and/or beverage is placed, packaged, or wrapped in styrofoam.
The Department of Health of the Town of Greenfield may issue
and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement
and carry out the provision of this article.
The Health Department or any entity serving as such or its authorized
agent may enter any retail food or beverage establishment in the Town
of Greenfield where there is just cause to suspect the use of any
packaging prohibited by this article and abate or cause to be abated
such use.
Any retail food and/or beverage establishment failing to comply with § 274-2 of this article shall be penalized by a noncriminal disposition as provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D of $25 for each day such violation continues to exist.
This article shall become effective four months from the date
of passage.
