Town of Blackstone, MA
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2022-05-24
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Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 5 Administration of Government
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Article II Town Officers
- Special Note
- Ch SN Special Note
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Art II Town Officers
- § 5-20 Powers of Selectmen.
- § 5-21 Issuance of licenses and permits by Selectmen.
- § 5-22 Sale of Town property.
- § 5-23 Resignations.
- Ch 19 Housing Authority
- Ch 29 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 33 Police Department
- Ch 34 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 39 School District, Regional
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Advertising, Political
- Ch 53 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 57 Building Construction
- Ch 58 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 60 Cats
- Ch 63 Dogs
- Ch 69 Fees
- Ch 73 Fences
- Ch 77 Fire Prevention
- Ch 89 Loitering
- Ch 92 Licensing Procedures
- Ch 93 Fingerprint-Based Criminal Record Background Checks
- Ch 95 Littering and Refuse Disposal
- Ch 97 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption or Use of
- Ch 98 Noise Control
- Ch 101 Sales, Casual
- Ch 105 Sewers
- Ch 109 Soil Removal
- Ch 110 Stormwater Management and Land Disturbance
- Ch 111 Discharge of Water to Public Ways
- Ch 112 Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks
- Ch 114 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 115 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 117 Waste Disposal
- Ch 118 Water Supply Protection
- Ch 119 Wetlands
- Ch 123 Zoning
- Division 3: Selectmen's Regulations
- Ch 131 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 145 Personnel Policies
- Ch 149 Recycled Product Procurement Policy
- Ch 151 Selectmen, Board of
- Ch 157 Vehicles and Traffic
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 162 Aging, Council on
- Ch 164 Animals
- Ch 171 Fire Department
- Ch 177 Health, Board of
- Ch 181 Housing Authority
- Ch 183 Landfill
- Ch 185 Massage Therapy
- Ch 188 Sewage Disposal Systems, Sanitary
- Ch 188A Tobacco
- Ch 188B Trash Haulers
- Ch 189 Utilities
- Ch 190 Scenic Roads
- Ch 191 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 192 Swine
- Appendix
- Ch A200 General Laws Accepted or Rejected
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
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Editor's Note: See also the Charter, Art.
III.
The Selectmen shall have the general direction
and management of the property and affairs of the Town in all matters
not otherwise specifically provided for by law or by this Division
2 of the Code.
A.
The Selectmen shall not grant a license or permit
for the permanent establishment of any enterprise not in a commercial
zone, whether it is commercial, fraternal or non-profit-making without
first conducting a public hearing at which the owners of adjoining
properties shall have the right to be heard. Notice of said hearing
shall be published one time only and at least seven days before such
hearing in that newspaper having the largest circulation in Town.
B.
The Selectmen may grant a license or permit in a commercial
area upon application, and said license shall be subject to reasonable
conditions issued in the best interest of the Town by the Board of
Selectmen. A public hearing will not be required for said license.
In all cases of disposal by sale of Town property
as provided by law or by vote of Town Meeting, the Selectmen shall
publish notice of said sale one time only 10 days prior to the date
of the sale in that newspaper having the largest circulation in Town.
All resignations of elected and appointed Town
officers shall be sent to the Town Clerk who shall forthwith notify
the Selectmen and/or the appointing authority and any board, committee
or commission which may be affected by said resignation.
