[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Northfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-6-2019 ATM by Art. 32]
The use and operation of heavy commercial vehicles having a carrying capacity of more than 2 1/2 tons is hereby prohibited through the residential sections of the following streets and portions thereof. This restriction shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles going to or coming from places upon sections of such streets for the purpose of making deliveries of goods, materials, or merchandise to or similar collections from abutting land or buildings or adjoining streets or ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained; or to vehicles used in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of such streets or public utilities therein; or to federal, state, municipal or public service corporation vehicles.
A. 
Gulf Road, entire length.
[Adopted 1-24-2022 STM by Art. 14]
The keeping of more than one unregistered motor vehicle, assembled or disassembled, except by a person licensed under MGL c. 140, § 59, on any premises shall not be permitted, unless said motor vehicles are stored within an enclosed building.
A special permit to keep more than one unregistered motor vehicle on any premises not within an enclosed building may be granted by the Selectboard, but only after a duly called public hearing to which all abutters to the premises have received notice, and if the Board finds that such keeping is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of this bylaw, will not adversely affect the neighborhood and will not be a nuisance.
All such special permits granted shall limit the number of unregistered motor vehicles to be kept on the premises by the permit holder, shall not run with the land, and shall be limited to a reasonable length of time.
This article shall not apply to motor vehicles which are designed and used for farming purposes, nor to landowners or tenants who store motor vehicles out of sight of abutters and public ways.
Whoever violates any provisions of this article of the by-laws shall be fined a penalty of $25 per day for each day of violation per excess vehicle, not to exceed $500 for each day, commencing 10 days following date of receipt of written notice from the Selectboard.
However, if the unregistered motor vehicles are deemed by the Board of Health or Police Department to be a threat to public health or safety, and after proper notice to the property owner to remove the vehicles and upon failure of the property owner to act within a reasonable time, the Selectboard reserves the right to act to enforce removal of the unregistered vehicles.