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 II: General Legislation
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Chapter 73 Fences
- 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 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
- § 73-1 Fences or barriers erected across driveways or other access to be visible.
- § 73-2 Failure to comply; violations and penalties.
- 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
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Blackstone 3-28-1953
by Art. 35, as Section XIV of the Revised Bylaws; amended
in its entirety 4-24-1982 ATM by Art. 28.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Anyone choosing to erect or to maintain a fence or barrier across a
driveway or other visible access usable by road vehicles shall ensure that
such barrier is clearly visible. Barriers inherently difficult to see, such
as those made of a single strand of chain, cable or similar material, shall
be made easily visible by brightly colored attachments of at least 1/2 square
foot in area per six linear feet of barrier.
Failure of a property owner to render a fence or barrier visible to
the satisfaction of the Police Chief within 30 days of written notice of noncompliance
shall be subject to a penalty of up to $50 per day thereafter.
