[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Chelmsford
1926. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1967 ATM by Art. 51]
No person or persons shall congregate noisily in or about the streets,
stores or public places of the town or disturb the public quiet by the unauthorized
ringing of bells or blowing of horns unnecessarily or deface, pull down or
injure any building, fence or sign or other structure in the town or trespass
on any property or wrongfully remove therefrom any tree, plant, shrub, fruit
or vegetable or create any disturbance of or in any lawful meeting of the
citizens of this town.
[Amended 1967 ATM by Art. 51]
A.
No person shall stand or loiter in or on any street,
sidewalk or public place in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage
of travelers thereon, nor shall any person on such street, sidewalk or public
place, after being directed by a police officer to move on and disperse, on
the same or subsequent day, reassemble to loiter or remain so as to obstruct
the free passage of travelers or motor vehicles.
B.
It shall be the duty of any police officer of the town
to order any persons offending against the provisions of the preceding subsection
to move on and disperse and, if the persons so ordered or requested do not
forthwith obey, to remove them or to arrest and cause them to be brought before
the Justice of the District Court of Lowell and a complaint made against the
provision of the preceding subsection.
C.
The penalty for any violation of this section shall be
$50 for a first offense and $100 for subsequent offenses.
[Amended 10-21-1999 ATM by Art. 42]
[Amended 10-21-1999 ATM by Art. 42]
No person shall swim or bathe in any public or exposed place in a nude
condition. The penalty for any violation of this section shall be a fine of
$50.
A.
No person shall behave in any indecent or disorderly
manner or use profane, indecent, threatening or insulting language in any
public place or on any sidewalk or street of the town or near any house to
the annoyance or disturbance of any other person.
B.
The penalty for any violation of this section shall be
a fine of $100.
[Added 10-21-1999 ATM by Art. 42]
[Added 1951 STM by Art. 1]
A.
No person, except an officer of the law in the performance
of his or her official duties, shall enter upon the premises of another with
the intention of peeping into the windows or other openings of a building
or spying upon, in any manner, any person or persons therein.
B.
The penalty for any violation of this section shall be
a fine of $50.
[Added 10-21-1999 ATM by Art. 42]
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