Permits for Signs and Other Structures Projecting into Ways

[General Laws, Chapter 85, Sections 8 and 9.]

Section 8. The municipal board or officer having charge of the laying out of public ways may grant permits for the placing and maintaining of signs, advertising devices, clocks, marquees, permanent awnings and other like structures projecting into or placed on or over public ways in its town, and may fix the fees therefor, not exceeding one dollar for any one permit, and may make rules and regulations relating thereto, and prescribe the penalties for a breach of any such rules and regulations, not exceeding five dollars for each day during which any such structure is placed or maintained contrary to the rules and regulations so made, after five days' notice to remove the same has been given by such board or officer, or by a police officer of the town. All such structures shall be constructed, and, when attached to a building, shall be connected therewith, in accordance with the requirements of the inspector of buildings, building commissioner or other board or officer having like authority in the town.

[1915, c. 176, Sects. 1, 2; 1917, c. 344, V, Sects. 9,10.]

Not Applicable to Certain Structures

Section 9. The preceding section shall not apply to signs or other structures projecting into or over the way a distance of less than six inches, nor to poles, wires, conduits, and appurtenances of railroad, railway, telegraph and telephone, water, gas, electric light, heat and power companies.

[1915, c. 176, Sect. 3; 1917, c. 344, V, Sect. 11.]