Town of Georgetown, MA
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2023-05-01
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Part I: By Laws
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Chapter 68 Firearms, Fireworks and Hunting
- Part I: By Laws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Alarm Systems
- Ch 10 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 15 Animals
- Ch 19 Auditing
- Ch 25 Boats
- Ch 29 Building Construction
- Ch 33 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 42 Commissions and Councils
- Ch 44 Community Preservation
- Ch 49 Earth Removal and Importation
- Ch 53 Electrical Standards
- Ch 55 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 57 Erosion and Stormwater Control
- Ch 63 Finances
- Ch 65 Fingerprint-Based Background Checks
- Ch 68 Firearms, Fireworks and Hunting
- Ch 68 Art I Fireworks and Firearms
- § 68-1 Discharge restricted.
- Ch 68 Art II Hunting and Firearms
- § 68-2 Owner's consent required.
- § 68-3 Nonapplicability.
- § 68-4 Violations and penalties.
- § 68-5 Repealer.
- Ch 80 Junk Dealers
- Ch 85 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 89 Littering
- Ch 93 Mutual Aid
- Ch 97 Officers and Employees
- Ch 99 Parks, Recreation Facilities and Beach
- Ch 101 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 105 Personnel Policies
- Ch 109 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 113 Police Department
- Ch 121 Revolving Funds
- Ch 125 Selectmen, Board of
- Ch 130 Solicitation and Canvassing
- Ch 134 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 141 Town Meetings
- Ch 142 Transfer Stations
- Ch 150 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 156 Water
- Ch 161 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 165 Zoning
- Part II: Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 215 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 220 Littering
- Ch 223 Meetings
- Ch 245 Utility Cuts and Street Openings
- Ch 250 Vehicles and Traffic
- Part III: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 353 Fees
- Ch 360 Scenic Roads
- Ch 365 Subdivision Regulations
- Part IV: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 405 Body Art Regulations
- Ch 410 Deviation Regulations
- Ch 415 Dumpster Regulations
- Ch 420 Flood Hazards
- Ch 424 Food Regulations
- Ch 435 Massage Regulations
- Ch 439 Milk
- Ch 447 Nuisances
- Ch 452 Percolation Tests
- Ch 457 Rental Occupancy
- Ch 462 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 466 Solid Waste
- Ch 470 Swine
- Ch 473 Tobacco Products
- Ch 475 Underground Storage Tanks
- Ch 480 Wells, Private
- Part V: Other Regulations
- Ch 510 Building and Occupancy Permits
- Ch 515 Curb Cut Permits
- Ch 535 Lufkins Brook Conservation Area
- Ch 550 Park and Beach Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch 600 Acceptance of General Laws
- Ch 610 Officers, Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 615 Other Town Actions
- Ch 620 Special Acts
- Ch 630 Status of Streets
- Ch 640 Town Land
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Georgetown: Article I, 3-13-1913
Annual Town Meeting (Article 4, Section 10, of the 1973 Bylaws and Regulations);
Article II, 5-3-1975 Annual Town Meeting, Art. 30. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-13-1913 ATM (Article 4, Section 10,
of the 1973 Bylaws and Regulations)]
No person shall discharge any gun or firearm, or set fire to any material
known as "fireworks" or other combustible matter, or throw any such lighted
fireworks in any of the public ways or streets of the town, except on such
occasions and of such kind as the Board of Selectmen may, by public notice,
permit; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any person
in the exercise of a duty required or justified by law.
[Adopted 5-3-1975 ATM, Art. 30]
No person shall hunt or fire or discharge any firearm on any private
property except with the written consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof,
and such written consent shall be carried at all times by any person hunting
and upon request shall be shown to any police officer or the property owner
or his agent.
This Article shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property
nor apply to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties.
Any person violating any provision of this Article shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $50 for each offense.
Any existing Article relating to hunting and the discharge of firearms
which may be inconsistent with this Article is hereby repealed.
