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Article 17 General Bylaws,Chapter 147,Article III §147-6 Deposit of Snow on Town Ways and Property; To see if the Town will vote to continue participation Violations and Enforcement. in the Community Septic Management Program and the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust for the purpose No person other than an employee in the service of the of making loans to residents of the Town for repairing Town or an employee in the service of an independent and/or upgrading residential septic systems pursuant to contractor acting for the Town shall pile, push, plow, agreements between the Board of Health and residential or otherwise deposit snow or ice on to a Town way, property owners, including all costs incidental and private way open to public use designated by the Select related thereto, or to take any other action relative Board for purposes of G.L. c. 40, §6C, bikeways, thereto. parks, parking areas or other Town owned property so as to impede the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic Submitted by the Board of Health on such ways or interfere with the public use of such property.Whoever violates this section shall be punished Explanation: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by a fine of two hundred dollars for each offense. The through the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust, has provisions of this Chapter shall be enforced by the provided approximately $660,000.00 at 0% interest Mashpee Police Department, the Director of Public to the Town of Mashpee to assist homeowners in Works, or his/her designee. The provisions of MGL complying with failed Title V systems since 1998. The C. 40, §21D, providing for noncriminal disposition loans are available to homeowners at 5% interest, to of violations shall be applicable and the person taking cover any ongoing costs of the program. Loans must cognizance of any violation hereof may issue to the be secured by a betterment assessed by the Town on the offender a written notice as provided for in said §21 D property being improved by the loan. The repayment as an alternative to District Court criminal proceedings of the loans to the town with the 5% interest is being or other available enforcement remedies. repaid through previously issued property betterments. In order for the town to be able to re-loan funds to future or take any other action relating thereto. additional septic projects, the town must annually reauthorize/re-approve participation in the Community Submitted by the Department of Public Works Septic Management Program. Failure to reauthorize participation in the Program will restrict the town from Explanation: This Article would amend the re-loaning funds to homeowners with failed septic Town's general bylaws to prevent contractors from systems. The repaid monies will be held in an account plowing snow from private property onto Town roads, with the principal amount repaid to the Massachusetts particularly from commercial parking lots. Clean Water Trust as scheduled. The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of The Board of Selectmen recommends approval of Article 18 by a vote of 5-0 Article 17 by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends approval of The Finance Committee recommends approval of Article 18 by a vote of 6-0 Article 17 by a vote of 6-0 Motion Made By Selectman Weeden: Motion Made By Selectman Sherman: I move that the Town vote to approve Article 18 as I move that the Town vote to approve Article 17 as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the phrase"or take any other action relating thereto." phrase"or take any other action relative thereto." Motion passes unanimously at 8:37 PM Motion passes unanimously at 8:36 PM Article 19 Article 18 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer the sum of$195,000 from the Waterways Improvement To see if the Town will vote to amend the General Fund to the Engineering/Permitting/Dredging and Bylaws as follows: Associated Expense Account or take any other action relating thereto. 68