801.00 Taxi Licenses
801.01 Except otherwise provided by law the Selectmen may grant licenses to owners of vehicles upon such rules and regulations as said Board may deem proper, not inconsistent with these By-laws, to use such vehicles for the conveyance of persons or property for hire, and may designate stands and locations upon the streets of the Town where such vehicles may stand or wait for employment.
801.02 Every such license shall be granted to expire on the thirty first (31st) day of December next ensuing after the date of its issue and it may be revoked at any time for cause satisfactory to said Board. Each license may cover one or more vehicles belonging to the same owner shall bear upon its face the date of its issue, the date of expiration, the name and address of the owner of the vehicle or vehicles to whom the license is issued, and a description of each vehicle so licensed sufficient for its identification. A separate number shall be designated for each vehicle so licensed and the owner shall before using such vehicle for hire, have such a number plainly marked upon each side thereof excepting only in case of motor vehicles duly registered under the laws of the Commonwealth, and in
such cases the license issued hereunder shall contain the motor numbers of each motor vehicle.
The fee for each license shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each vehicle covered thereby and no license shall be transferred except with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, duly endorsed thereon.
(Article 28 of the 2004 Annual Town Meeting held on June 7, 2004)
801.03 No person shall hold himself out as the owner, driver or operator of any vehicle used for the purpose mentioned in this article unless such vehicle is duly licensed as provided in the two proceeding sections.
A. No person shall drive a vehicle transporting persons for hire
within the limits of the Town without first obtaining a special license from the Police Chief, which may be revoked by him for cause. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid before securing a special license which may be issued after application is made on forms provided by the Police Chief and accompanied by two (2) unretouched photographs.
(Article 28 of the 2004 Annual Town Meeting held on June 7, 2004)
B. Every owner, driver or person having charge of a vehicle for hire for transportation of passengers shall place upon the back of the front seat a card having plainly printed thereon rates of fare, including any charge for waiting time, established and charged for the particular vehicle. A certified copy of such card shall be filled with the Board of Selectmen
C. No owner, driver or person having charge of a vehicle licensed under Section 1 shall demand or receive a higher rate than that printed on the card referred to in Section 3B, nor shall be demand or receive a higher rate than that established by the Selectmen.
D. An application for a license as owner of a motor hackney carriage shall present for examination in the case of each car a valid certificate of registration issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the date of which together with the car number shall be entered on the application, and also on the license, if granted, by the Board of Selectmen.
E. Upon any change in the certificate of registration of a motor vehicle hackney carriage, issued by the Registrar of motor vehicles, licensed owners shall immediately present such certificate with the hackney carriage license to the office of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
F. The owner of a licensed hackney carriage must keep, on a form approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Police Chief, a record of all trips made by said vehicle and containing all information requested on the form approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Police Chief for a period of each calendar day, said forms to be held for ninety days. Said forms shall be produced upon demand of the Board of Selectmen, Police Chief or any Police Officer.
G. An owner, or association of owners, maintaining a two-way radio service shall record all requests for service as received, and shall retain a record of these calls for not less than ninety days. Records shall contain not less than the following information: date and time of call received, address of caller, destination and number of cab to which the call was assigned.
H. No advertising matter shall be permitted in or upon hackney carriages without the permission of the board of selectmen.
I. All hackney carriages must be kept in good condition, suitable for occupancy and mechanically fit for the safety of the passengers. The interior and exterior shall be clean and sanitary at all times.
J. Every taxi cab licensed under this section shall have the trade name of the owner and the name of the city or town in which it is licensed painted on the sides thereof in letters not less than four inches high and one half inches wide. (c272 s22 C40 GL)
K. The hackney license issued by the Police Department to operate a hackney carriage shall be displayed, in full view of passengers, by the vehicle operator.
L. All motor vehicles licensed under the license granted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Saugus shall have Massachusetts registration plates indicating the word “TAXI”.
M. Every licensed hackney carriage shall have affixed on the rear, thereof, plainly visible to the public, a single metal medallion of a style approved by the Board of Selectmen and the Police Chief, bearing the Police number or hackney number issued for said hackney carriage. The medallion shall be firmly fastened to the body of the vehicle in such manner that it will not easily become detached. Under no conditions will the medallion be attached to the Mass. Registration plate or to the bumper of the taxicab. Said medallion shall correspond to the registration plate and vehicle identification number of the taxicab.
N. No plate number, other than said medallion number, Massachusetts registration plate and taxi company telephone number shall be painted or affixed to the rear of any hackney carriage.
O. The driver of a hackney carriage shall display on the inside of the vehicle, in clear view of all passengers, a card indicating the current rate of fare as approved by the Board of Selectmen.
P. The driver of a hackney carriage shall display on the inside of the vehicle, in clear view of all passengers, a card approved by the Board of Selectmen, notifying the passengers that drivers shall not demand more than the fare recorded on the taxi-meter regardless of the number of passengers conveyed.
Q. No driver having charge of any licensed taxicab shall take up or carry any other passenger after the taxicab has been occupied or engaged by any prior passengers, until such prior passenger shall have discharged said taxicab, without the consent of such prior passenger. Any such prior passenger shall not be obliged or be requested to pay extra fare or fee for refusing such consent.
R. No person in charge of a hackney carriage, known as a taxicab, shall allow anyone to ride upon the drivers seat, or adjacent to the drivers seat, of the same.
S. In the event the rear compartment of the taxicab is fully occupied by the passengers, all of whom have entered the vehicle at the same time, and there exists need of seating one or more person of such group which has engaged the taxicab, such latter person may ride upon the drivers seat or adjacent to the drivers seat of the taxicab.
T. No taxicab shall be licensed as a hackney carriage until the taxi-Meter attached thereto has been inspected and approved by the Sealer of Weights and Measures. No owner or driver shall permit at any time to be used for conveyance of passengers for hire with a broken or unsealed meter. After sundown the face of every taxi-meter shall be illuminated by a suitable light. Every taxi-meter shall be in full view of all passengers in the taxicab. Upon order of the Board of Selectmen and the Police Chief a licensee shall have his taxi-meter re-inspected.
U. To increase the fee of obtaining a hackney license to $10.00 starting April 1. 1991.
V. “To limit the number of passengers being transported by a taxi to the number of seat belts or child restraint systems available.”
802.00 Junk Licenses
802.01 The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles and may make such additional rules, regulations and restrictions as they deem proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of law or of these By-laws.
802.02 The Board of Selectmen may license suitable persons to be junk collectors, to collect from place to place in this Town by purchase of otherwise, any article mention in 802.01.
802.03 No collector of junk shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter, exchange or otherwise, any of the articles mentioned in Section 4, of a minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
803.00 Function Rooms
Except as otherwise provided by law, and not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the By-laws of the Town of Saugus, the Board of Selectmen may grant licenses or permits to the owners of buildings, or parts of buildings, or any real property which may be used as a FUNCTION ROOM as hereinafter defined. Except in case of premises where an All Alcoholic Common Victualers license has been duly issued and continued to be operative, all such buildings or premises to be used as function rooms shall be licensed by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with such reasonable terms and regulations as the said Board may promulgate as being in the best interests of the Town of Saugus.
The term Function Room shall mean and include any hall, room or real property that is used or intended for use at a rental fee, or for any gain or reward to the owner or owners thereof, or their assignees, for any of the following: public or private banquets, feasts, dances, socials, card parties, wedding parties, engagement parties or other parties, public or private testimonials, any public or private catered function.
Every license or permit issued in accordance with this section shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) day of December next ensuing after the date of issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked, by the Board of Selectmen, after a public hearing called for that purpose, reasonable notice having been given not less than seven (7) days next prior to such public hearing.
A fee for such license or permit shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen, except that societies, associations, corporations and other non-profit organizations organized solely for religious, fraternal or charitable purposes shall not be required to pay a fee for such license or permit.
804.00 Vendors, Hawkers, Peddlers
Every transient vendor, hawker and/or peddler with a valid State License before making sales of goods, wares or merchandise in the Town, shall make an application to the Board of Selectmen for a license, and shall accompany such license application with a fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
No such person, whether principal or agent, who engages in temporary transient business, shall offer for sale, or sell any article in an open area, way or vacant lot; and without limiting the generalities of the foregoing, such items as wreaths, flowers, Christmas trees or decorations, fruits, vegetables, unless such person has first obtained a license therefor from the Board of Selectmen. Fee for said license shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per year. No such person, whether principal or agent shall offer for sale, sell or store or warehouse Christmas trees or wreaths from within any building, dwelling or similar structure and the Chief of the Fire or Police Departments authorized hereunder shall expire annually on December 31st. Religious, fraternal and charitable organizations, as determined by the Board
of Selectmen shall be exempt from this section. Any transient vendor or hawker and peddler who obtains a permit from the Board of Health shall be exempt from provisions of this By-Law. ( NOTE As per A.G. 9/6/91 letter to Town Clerk... "The provisions of this by-law shall not be considered applicable to 'hawkers and peddlers' who need not be licensed pusuantpursuant to G.L. c. 101, s 17 or s 22.")
804.01 This by-law prohibits commercial transient vendors and transient operators from selling food or drinks of any kind within 2,000 feet of a food and drink concession stand that services the general public and is operated by a nonprofit with the purpose of financially supporting a given facility and or the operation of the nonprofit. This prohibition shall be in effect from the time the nonprofit concession is open until one hour after it is closed.
(Article 23 of the Annual Town Meeting of May 4, 2009 held on May 4, 2009)
805.00 Valuable805.00 Valuable Second Hand Items
A. Dealers in Gold, Silver and Other Valuable Secondhand
Items License Required.
No person who makes a business of purchasing or purchasing and selling, or who keeps a place of business in the Town of Saugus for purchasing or purchasing and selling, either gold or silver, coins, stamps, other precious metals, art objects, painting, jewelry, rugs or other secondhand items such as antiques and/or furniture, furs, computer equipment, video equipment and other electronic devices shall engage in such business or open such place of business for the said purposes unless duly licensed by the Board of Selectmen.
B. Application for License: Term of License: Fee.
Each application for a license shall set forth the name of the party licensed, the nature of the business and the building or place in which it is to be carried in and shall continue in force until the first day of January next ensuing unless sooner revoked by the Board of Selectmen. Each license shall specify the kind and character of the business to be carried on and the fee for such license shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen.
C. Record of Purchases.
Every dealer or keeper of a shop shall record, in legible written English language, at the time of purchase, the description of the item purchased, the price paid for the item, the name, age, and residence, giving a street and number of the person from whom the purchase was made. Such name, age and residence being obtained by the production of a photo identification issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passport or out of state driver's license containing a photo of the seller. At the time of purchase the day, date and hour of the purchase shall also be recorded. Further, a statement shall be taken from the seller of the item, as to the manner in which such item was obtained by the seller, which statement shall be entered on such record. No entry on such record shall be changed, erased, obliterated or defaced. Such
record shall be maintained on a form approved by the Chief of Police and shall be in duplicate form. The original shall be delivered to the desk officer on duty at the Saugus Police Department at the close of every business day. The duplicate copy shall be kept in some suitable place by the owner or dealer shall be available for inspection by any person authorized by the Board of Selectmen.
A.
B. Articles Purchased To Be Kept For Two Weeks Before Resale Or
Removal From City.
No such item purchased or received by any dealer or keeper of a shop shall be removed from the town or sold or otherwise disposed of nor its identity changed for at least thirty (30) days from its date of purchase unless permission in writing has been obtained from the Chief of Police or his designee who may request to observe of photograph such item.
E. Purchase From Persons Under Eighteen Years Of Age Prohibited.
No dealer or keeper of a shop shall directly indirectly receive or buy any such items from any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
F. Display of License.
Each such dealer or keeper of a shop shall have conspicuously
displayed his license at the place where he does business.
G. Revocation of License.
A violation of any provision of the license or subsequent rule or regulation that may be passed shall be sufficient cause and reason to revoke said license. The right is granted to the Board of Selectmen at any time for any other cause sufficient to revoke said license.
H. Penalty for Violation of Article
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this Article shall be fined not less that five dollars ($5.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
I. Examination and inspection of Records, Articles and
Merchandise
The Chief of Police or his designees, and any authorized representative of the Saugus Board of Selectmen, or its designees, shall at all times have the authority to inspect or examine all books kept by the keeper or dealer of a shop as well as to inspect and examine all articles and merchandise therein.
J. Hours of Operation.
No dealer or keeper of a shop shall purchase or conduct business except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.
806.00 Coin Operated Amusement Devices
806.01 A By-Law regulating the use of coin operated amusement
devices in the Town of Saugus excluding coin operated music devices.
A. The term "automatic amusement device" shall have the
following meaning:
Any machine whereby upon the deposit therein of a coin
Or token any apparatus is released or set in motion or
put in position where it may be set in motion for the purpose of playing any game involving in whole or part, the skill of the player, including but not exclusively, such devices as are commonly known as pinball machines or electronic videogames.
B. Licenses shall consist of the following classes:
Class I - Billiard, electronic wall games, video games,
pinball machines, batting machines, and other amusement
devices not classified excluding music machines.
C. Fees
Class I $100.00 per machine
Licenses shall become renewable on the last day of
December of each year and issued by the Board of
Selectmen.
D. A License for any public premise to operate automatic
amusement devices in the Town of Saugus shall be required.
E. Applications shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen to be presented to the Board of Selectmen. The applicant shall be the owner or manager of the establishment requesting the license.
F. Licenses shall be issued with a majority vote of the Board of Selectmen.
G. There shall be no more than one (1) license not to exceed
two (2) machines per premises except in compliance with Section 1H of this By-Law.
H. Permits may be issued for more than two (2) devices, to
placesd that have certificates of public inspection issued by the Building Department of the Town of Saugus.
I. Automatic amusement devices licensed under this By-Law
shall be so installed on the premises described in the
application as to be in open view at all times while in
operation and shall at all times be available for inspection. All machines shall have the owners name, address, and telephone number attached in clear view.
J. Any applicant who has been denied a license shall not be
allowed to reapply for the premises within the calendar year.
K. No person keeping or offering for operation or allowing to be kept or offered for operation any automatic amusement device shall permit the same to be used for the purpose of gambling.
L. No machine shall be operated within 500 foot radius of a
school, while school is in session from the hours of 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM with the exception of premises licensed to serve alcoholic beverages.
M. Any machine(s) which is in violation of this By-Law may be confiscated from the premises by order of the Board of Selectmen.
806.02 Every vendor or owner of automatic amusement devices
licensed in the Town of Saugus shall on the last day of December each year file with the Clerk of the Board of Selectmen, a statement listing the principals of the corporation or business. The fee for each vendor for filing shall be $50.00 annually.
806.03 Any vendor violating any provision of this By-Law shall
be subject to an automatic thirty (30) day suspension of his license for all machines licensed in the Town of Saugus. Said suspension shall result in machines being removed from the premises. All Licenses shall be prohibited from conditioning the playing of automatic amusement devices.
806.04 Licenses may be revoked for cause by the issuing authority.
Any license revoked shall be granted a hearing before the Board of Selectmen. Upon written request a hearing before the Board of Selectmen shall be required before reinstatement of any license.
806.05 Any violation of this By-Law shall be subject to a fine of
two hundred dollars ($200.00) per offense, after having been notified of the offense by the issuing authority.
806.06 The invalidity of any section or provision of this By-Law
shall not invalidate any other section or provision thereof.
806.07 This By-Law shall take effect December 31, 1993.
807.00 Local Licenses and Permits; Denial, Revocation or
Suspension for Failure to Pay Municipal Taxes or Charges
(a) The tax collector or other municipal official responsible for
records of all municipal taxes, assessments, betterments and other
municipal charges, hereinafter referred to as the tax collector,
shall annually furnish to each department, board, commission or
division, hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority, that
issues licenses or permits including renewals and transfers, a list
of any person, corporation, or business enterprise, hereinafter
referred to as the party, that has neglected or refused to pay any
local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal
charges for not less than a twelve-month period, and that such party
has not filed in good faith a pending application for an abatement
of such tax or a pending petition before the appellate tax board.
(b) The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend any license or
permit, including renewals and transfers of any party whose name
appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the tax collector; provided, however, that written notice is given to the party and the tax collector, as required by applicable provisions of the law, and the party is given a hearing, to be held not earlier than fourteen days after said notice. Said list shall be a prima facie evidence for denial, revocation or suspension of said
license or permit to any party. The tax collector shall have the right to intervene in any hearing conducted with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only for the purposes of such proceeding and shall not be relevant to or introduced in any other proceeding at law, except for any appeal from such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit denied, suspended or revoked under this section shall not be reissued or renewed until the license authority receives a certificate issued by the tax collector
that the party is in good standing with respect to any and all
local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal
charges, payable to the municipality as the date of issuance of
said certificate. The Licensee shall be responsible for the payment
of the publication of the legal notice of any hearing scheduled
under the provisions of this section. Said costs shall be added to
any sums due from the licensee under the provisions of this By-Law.
(Article 27 of the 2004 Annual Town Meeting held on May 24, 2004)
(c) Any party shall be given an opportunity to enter into a
payment agreement, thereby allowing the licensing authority to
issue a certificate indicating said limitations to the license
or permit and the validity of said license shall be conditioned
upon the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure
to comply with said agreement shall be grounds for the
suspension or revocation of said license or permit; provided,
however, that the holder be given notice and a hearing as
required by applicable provisions of law.
(d) The Board of Selectmen may waive such denial, suspension or
revocation if it finds there is no direct or indirect business
interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders,
if any, or members of his immediate family, as defined in Mass.
Gen. Laws Chapter 268, Section 1 in the business or activity
conducted in or on said property.
This section shall not apply to the following licenses or
permits:
· Open burning; Mass. Gen. Law chapter 101, section 33
· Bicycle permits; Mass. Gen. Law chapter 85, section 11A
· Sales of Articles for Charitable Purposes; Mass. Gen. Law
chapter 101, section 33
· Children Work Permits; Mass. Gen. Law chapter 149, section 69
· Clubs, Associations Dispensing Food or Beverage Licenses;
Mass. Gen. Law chapter 140, section 21E
· Dog Licenses; Mass. Gen. Law chapter 140, section 137
· Fishing, Hunting, Trapping License; Mass. Gen. Law Chapter
207, section 28
· Marriage Licenses; Mass. Gen. Law Chapter 207, section 28
· Theatrical Events, Public Exhibitions Permits; Mass. Gen. Law chapter 140, section 181
808.00 Trailer, Auto, Tourist Camps, Motel Motor Court
808.01 For the purpose of this ordinance, certain words and
phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed, is herein set out, unless it shall be apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
808.02 Tourist Camp and Park Site defined. A "tourist camp or
Park Site" is any place where two (2) or more overnight cabins, tents or trailers are located, or any premises designed or intended for the purpose of supplying to the public a location for overnight cabins, so called, tents or trailers.
808.03 Over-night Cabin, Tent and Automobile Trailer defined. An
"overnight cabin, tent and trailer" under this ordinance are construed to mean any building, tent, or structure, house car or automobile trailer, used for, or adaptable to use for, living quarters.
A. Motor Court and Motel defined. A group of furnished cabins,
attached or unattached, one story in height, with an outside entrance located along a public highway, where motorists may obtain overnight lodgings.
808.04 Unit defined. A "unit" is a section of ground in any tourist camp used, or designed for use, as a location for a single overnight cabin, house car, tent or trailer.
808.05 Restricted Areas. No tourist camp or trailer park shall be permitted to be located upon any land, park or beach land owned or controlled by the Town of Saugus, except on such spaces as shall be especially provided for the same.
808.06 Overnight Cabin, Tent and Trailer Regulations. No unit shall contain less than six hundred (600) square feet in area, and no unit shall be permitted to accommodate more than one (1) overnight cabin, tent or trailer.
The provisions of this section shall not, however, be construed to
prohibit any property owner, residing upon his land from accommodating auto trailers of non-paying guests; nor shall be construed as abrogating the right of any property owner to erect overnight cabins as they are commonly known, under the above unit rules and under such sanitary restrictions as the Town may establish. In such cases permits must be obtained. See Section Seven (7).
808.07 Tourist Camp Permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to
establish, or maintain, or to permit to be established or maintained upon any property owned or controlled by him, a tourist camp in the Town of Saugus, unless there exists a valid permit therefor granted by the Board of Health and existing in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. The application of such a permit shall be accompanied by plans of the proposed or existing tourist camp, showing the location of all buildings, driveways, toilet facilities, baths, laundry facilities, slop sinks and other improvements, and such permit may be granted to anyone meeting the requirements as outlined. A minimum annual permit fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per ten units or fraction thereof per tourist camp shall be paid before such permit shall be issued.
808.08 Plumbing and Sanitary Requirements. All tourists camp units
shall be provided with a minimum for each sex of one (1) toilet, one (1) bath tub or shower, for every ten (10) units, or fraction thereof; a two compartment laundry tub, a slop sink and a wash basin with running water, for every ten (10) units of fraction thereof.
808.09 Garbage/Trash. A sufficient number of tightly covered
containers for Garbage/Trash disposal shall be installed. Garbage/Trash so collected shall be disposed of without delay by the Management.
808.10 Record of Guests. Persons, firms or corporations conducting overnight cabins, camps or lodging places shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained therein a card on which shall be inscribed the true name of each and every person renting or occupying such cabin, camp or room. Such card shall be signed by the person renting such cabin, camp or room or by someone under his direction. Cards shall be maintained, for a period of not less than three (3) years, and in consecutive serially numbered fashion. The proprietor or his agent shall write opposite each name the number of the name of each cabin, camp or room assigned to and occupied by each guest; also he or his agent shall enter the state license number of any automobile being used or operated by the registrant.
The proprietor or his agent shall keep and preserve the record showing the date of registration and the time when the registrant entered and quit the cabin, camp or room. Any violation of this section of the By-laws shall be subject to a fine of twenty dollars ($20.00). A copy of this By-law shall be conspicuously placed in each cabin, camp or lodging place as mentioned above.
808.11 Lighting. Every tourist camp shall be adequately lighted
by electricity.
808.12 The Board of Health of the Town of Saugus shall have the
power to promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance.
809.00 Sealing Fees for Weighing and Measuring Devices
Device |
Fee $ |
Over 10,000 lbs. |
75.00 |
5,000 to 10,000 lbs. |
45.00 |
1,000 to 5,000 lbs. |
30.00 |
100 to 1,000 lbs. |
20.00 |
More than 10 lbs. Less than 100 lbs. |
10.00 |
10 lbs. or less |
10.00 |
Avoirdupois each) |
1.00 |
Metric (each) |
1.00 |
Apothecary (each) |
1.00 |
Troy (each) |
1.00 |
Each Indicator |
5.00 |
Each 100 Gals. or Fraction Thereof |
1.50 |
1 Gallon or less |
.25 |
More than 1 gallon |
.50 |
Oil, Grease (Inlet 1/2 " to 1") |
6.00 |
Gasoline (Inlet more than 1/2" to 1") |
12.00 |
Inlet more than 1" |
|
Vehicle Tank Pump |
12.00 |
Vehicle Tank Gravity |
20.00 |
Bulk Storage |
25.00 |
Company Supplies Prover |
15.00 |
Each Stop on Pump |
.50 |
Taxi Meters |
12.00 |
Odometer-Hubdometer |
6.00 |
Leather Meas. (Semi-Ann.) |
3.00 |
Fabric Measuring |
5.00 |
Wire-Rope Cordage |
5.00 |
Yard Sticks |
1.00 |
Tapes |
1.00 |
Milk Jars (Per gross) |
6.00 |
Dry Measures |
.50 |
Adjusting fee's for Liquid Measuring |
4.00 |
Devices |
|
Adjusting fee's for Weighing Devices |
2.00 |
810.00 Business Establishments Hours of Operation
Section 1. For the purpose of controlling noise and promoting the public peace and to protect public safety and nighttime tranquility, no person, corporation, or business entity who has been issued an
alcoholic beverage license, common victualer license, entertainment license, food service permit, or any retail business shall be open for business between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. without the prior approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Section 2 Said approval may be granted by the Board of Selectmen by majority vote at a public hearing, notice of which shall be published 14 days prior to said hearing. The fee for such permit shall be $50.00 per year and shall be renewed annually.
Section 3. In granting said approval, the Selectmen shall consider the effect the business may have on abutting residences and impact on the community, as it relates to public safety, noise and traffic.
Section 4. This By-Law shall not prohibit the Board of Selectmen from imposing more restrictive hours of operation on licenses issued by them under Section 1.
Section 5. Any person found in violation of this article shall be subject to a fine of $200.00 per day for each day said business is found in violation.
Section 6. This By-law shall take effect upon the renewal of the licenses listed in Section 1 or, if licenses are not renewed annually, on January 1,2004.
(Article 2 of the Special Town Meeting held on October 20, 2003)
810.01 Raffle and Bazaar Permits
The application fee for issuing a Raffle and Bazaar permit in the town of Saugus shall be $50.00, or the maximum fee allowed under the provisions of General Laws Chapter 271, Section 7A, whichever is greater.
(Article 16 of the Annual Town Meeting held on May 23, 2005)
811.0 Fortune Tellers
The Board of Selectmen may issue a license to a person to tell fortunes for money under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 140, Section 1851. The fee for each license granted under said Section shall be Fifty ($50) Dollars.
(Article 10 of the Special Town Meeting of September 26 2005)
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