By-Laws & Halifax Town Code
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Chapter 1: General Provisions
Chapter 3: Council on Aging
Chapter 7: Boards and Commissions (Board of Health, Planning Board, Board of Appeals, Park Commission)
Chapter 13: Committees (Finance Committee, Municipal and School Building Committee, Holidays in Halifax Committee, Communications Center Committee, Beautification Committee, Agricultural Commission)
Chapter 20: Elections
Chapter 23: Finances
Chapter 32: Officers and Employees
Chapter 34: Permits (Trenches)
Chapter 35: Wage and Personnel
Chapter 37: Purchasing
Chapter 42: Selectmen
Chapter 45: Town Clerk
Chapter 47: Town Meeting
Chapter 49: Town Treasurer (Treasurer-Collector)
Chapter 50: Tree Warden
Chapter 52: Town Vehicles
Chapter 54: Alarm Systems
Chapter 55: Alcoholic Beverages and Marihuana
Chapter 62: Boats and Waterways
Chapter 66: Numbering of Buildings
Chapter 72: Cemeteries
Chapter 82: Dogs and Other Animals
Chapter 88: Fees (Ambulance, Recycling, Household Hazardous Waste)
Chapter 91: Fire Protection
Chapter 104: Historic District
Chapter 106: Historic Structures (Demolition)
Chapter 112: Junk Dealers and Collectors
Chapter 132: Handicapped Parking
Chapter 137: Right-To-Farm
Chapter 141: Casual Sales (Yard Sales, Tag Sales)
Chapter 144: Soil Removal
Chapter 146: Stormwater Management
Chapter 147: Streets and Sidewalks (Street Acceptance, Excavations, Miscellaneous Provisions)
Chapter 148: Stretch Energy Code
Chapter 149: Swimming Pools
Chapter 156: Trailers
Chapter 161: Unregistered Vehicles
Chapter 163: Water Use
Chapter 164: Wetlands Protection
Chapter 164: Wetlands Protection - Associated Regulations and Relevant Documents
Chapter 167 - By-Law: Zoning
Chapter 167 - Zoning Map: Zoning Map
Chapter 173: Reserved
Chapter 183: Licenses of Delinquent Taxpayers
Chapter 193: Traffic Rules and Orders
Chapter 203: Board of Health - Building Construction
Chapter 204: Board of Health - Fees
Chapter 206: Board of Health - Hot Tubs
Chapter 208: Board of Health - Land Development
Chapter 216: Waste Disposal
Chapter 218: Board of Health - Water
Chapter 231: Plumbing Fees
Chapter 232: Recycling
Chapter 233: Reduction of Single Use Plastic Bags
Chapter 235: Subdivision of Land
Chapter 236: Registration and Maintenance of Foreclosed Properties
Narrative and Table of Contents
Acceptance of General Laws: History of Town Meeting Actions accepting particular statutes in the Massachusetts General Laws