Chapter 8 - OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

FOOTNOTE(S):

--- (1) --- refcharter or refcross or refstatelaw State Law reference— Offenses punishable by state law shall not be imposed by ordinance, G.L. 1956, § 45-5-6; criminal offenses, G.L. 1956, Title 11.

Sec. 8-1. - Littering.#

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to discard any litter, rubbish, garbage, junk, bottles, cans or other refuse on or along the highways in the town.

(b)

Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 7-9-87)

Cross reference— Comment Text (parent not a footnote)Litter control at Rockland Road athletic fields, § 9-56.

Sec. 8-2. - Loitering about school property.#

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle either alone, and/or in consort with others in or upon any public school buildings or grounds within the town without the express consent of the superintendent of schools, or those in authority under the control of the superintendent of schools.

(b)

Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 11-9-72(1))

Sec. 8-3. - Loitering at buildings.#

No person shall stand or remain on any doorstep or in any doorway or other projection attached to any building, or in any entranceway or passageway leading to the same, or obstruct the passage to the same after any police officer or constable or the owner or occupant of such building shall order him to depart.

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § XI)

Sec. 8-4. - Possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages on town property.#

(a)

No person shall be in possession of alcoholic beverages upon any lands owned or controlled by the town without permission of the town council, nor shall any person consume any alcoholic beverage within or upon any land so controlled or upon any street, highway, sidewalk, or within any motor vehicle parked within or upon any land owned or controlled by the town, or within any motor vehicle parked upon any road, highway or lane within the boundaries of the town.

(b)

Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 8-10-72(2))

Cross reference— Comment Text (parent not a footnote)Possession, consumption of alcoholic beverages on Rockland Road athletic fields prohibited, § 9-55.

Sec. 8-5. - Protection of cemetery property.#

(a)

No person shall remove any stake, post, bound, or fence placed around, within or upon any cemetery; nor mutilate, deface or injure the same or any monument, tree, shrub, or other thing intended for protection, improvement or ornament placed therein; nor commit any trespass or injury within or upon such grounds or any part thereof.

(b)

Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 8-10-72(1))

Sec. 8-6. - Noise control.#

(a)

It shall be a nuisance and unlawful for any person to make, cause or suffer or permit to be made or caused upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him, or upon any public property, public street, alley or thoroughfare in the town unnecessary noises or sounds by means of the human voice, or by any other means or methods which are physically annoying to persons, or which are so harsh, or so prolonged or unnatural, or unusual in their use, time and place as to occasion physical discomfort, or which are injurious to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the town.

(b)

No person operating a business establishment shall send goods or receive deliveries by truck, except in cases of emergency, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., where such sending or receiving involves the creation of physically annoying, harsh and prolonged noises which are injurious to the lives, health, peace and comfort of the inhabitants of the town.

(c)

Any person violating this section shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 9-9-71)

Sec. 8-7. - Swimming restricted.#

(a)

No person, unless properly clothed, shall swim or bathe in any public place in this town.

(b)

Any person violating this section may be punished in accordance with section 1-4

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 4-15-65; Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § IV)

Sec. 8-8. - Malicious mischief.#

Any person who shall wantonly, maliciously or mischievously disfigure, deface or damage any post, railing, lamppost, lamp, signboard, tree box, mailbox, newspaper box or any other property not protected by statute belonging to the town or any inhabitant of the town shall be punished in accordance with section 1-4.

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 4-15-65, § 1; Ord. of 6-9-77(3), § III)

Sec. 8-9. - Nuisance prohibited.#

No person shall deposit the contents of any cesspool, privy vault, slaughterhouse offal or offal of any kind in any place, public or private, where it may create a danger to health or otherwise create a nuisance by offensive odors.

Comment Text (parent not a footnote)(Ord. of 4-15-65, § 3)