Town of Southborough, MA
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2023-03-25
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 153 Trees
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration
- Ch 6 Boards, Commissions and Authorities
- Ch 9 Committees
- Ch 16 Finance
- Ch 19 Flood Insurance
- Ch 27 Officers and Employees
- Ch 31 Personnel
- Ch 36 Select Board
- Ch 39 Town Flag
- Ch 41 Town Meetings
- Ch 42 Town Elections
- Ch 43 Rules and Regulations of Public Bodies
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 50 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 51 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
- Ch 52 Amusement Devices
- Ch 53 Marijuana Establishments
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 63 Demolition Delay
- Ch 68 Cemeteries
- Ch 81 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 85 Earth Removal
- Ch 91 Fees
- Ch 95 False Alarms
- Ch 96 Fire Department
- Ch 103 Gas Installations
- Ch 110 Hunting
- Ch 117 Loitering
- Ch 118 Registered Sex Offender Restrictions
- Ch 124 Numbering of Property
- Ch 127 Parades
- Ch 130 Noise
- Ch 131 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 133 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 136 Property Maintenance
- Ch 143 Secondhand Sales
- Ch 152 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 153 Trees
- § 153-1 Intent and purpose.
- § 153-2 Applicability.
- § 153-3 Tree Warden.
- § 153-4 Public shade trees.
- Ch 154 Stormwater and Erosion Control
- Ch 155 Swimming Pools
- Ch 160 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 162 Water
- Ch 163 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 165 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 170 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 174 Zoning
- Division 2: Select Board Regulations
- Ch 181 Fees
- Ch 195 Pedestrians
- Ch 207 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 3: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 223 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 225 Illicit Discharge
- Ch 226 Stables
- Ch 228 Water Supply
- Division 4: Miscellaneous
- Ch 234 Fees
- Ch 244 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 249 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Appendix
- Ch A252 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Southborough 3-23-2019 ATM by Art. 28. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent of this Bylaw to sustain environmental health,
enhance economic wellbeing and quality of life for the citizens of
the Town of Southborough. Public trees make an important contribution
to the character and heritage of Southborough's neighborhoods. This
Bylaw establishes policy for ensuring the health and longevity of
the Town's existing and future trees, and is enacted in furtherance
of the Town Meeting votes of May 29, 1975, on Article 63, and May
19, 1976, on Article 37.
The Town follows the provisions of Massachusetts General Law
Chapter 87 (M.G.L. c. 87), Shade Trees, to the extent applicable.
This Bylaw shall be consistent with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 40,
§ 15C, entitled "Scenic Road Designations; Improvements;
Fines," as amended.
The care and management of public trees shall be the responsibility
of the Tree Warden, or that official's designee. The Tree Warden is
responsible for planting, maintaining and removing trees from streets,
parks and other designated public places in accordance with M.G.L.
c. 87, § 2.
It shall be the policy of the Town of Southborough to encourage
the conservation of public shade trees (as defined in M.G.L. c. 87
§ 1) and to establish a planned program of planting trees
as defined in MGL c.87, § 7. The Tree Warden shall determine
the type and size of the tree with the goal to have a native public
shade tree planted in a location at the discretion of the Tree Warden.
