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Town of Nantucket 2016 Annual Town Meeting Warrant with Finance Committee Motions
compliance with the numbering format of the Code of the Town of Nantucket); and to further
authorize the Board of Selectmen to file a Home Rule Petition with the General Court to
effectuate the purposes and intent of the zoning amendment should it be deemed necessary
and/or prudent to do so by the Board of Selectmen:
Chapter 125 Solid Waste Disposal
Article I. General Provisions
§125-2.1 Prohibitions on sale and use of balloons.
A ban on the sale and/or use of No person shall sell, use or distribute any type of balloon
(including, and not limited to, plastic, latex or Mylar balloons) to be inflated with any type of
lighter than air gas (including, and not limited to, helium gas). No person shall dispose of any
balloon People importing such novelties from off-island, but disposing of them on-island in any
manner, including by release into the air, other than being contained in a plastic trash bag and
transported to the Landfill. Any person violating this Bylaw shall be fined pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 1, Article II by Noncriminal Disposition at $50 per offense. This Bylaw
may be enforced by any police officer of the Town of Nantucket.
ARTICLE 63
(Bylaw Amendment: Town Property, Conveyance of)
To see if the Town will vote to repeal Chapter 46 (Town Property, Conveyance of),
section 46-4 (Acquisition of land for Town offices); said section reads as follows:
§46-4. Acquisition of land for Town offices.
All acquisitions by the Town of Nantucket, whether by purchase or by lease, of vacant or
improved land outside the downtown core district, the acquisition of which is for the
construction and/or renovation for use as Town offices, shall require a vote of the Town
Meeting; no offices presently within the downtown core district shall be relocated to any site
outside the downtown core district without a vote of the Town Meeting.
Or to take any other action related thereto.
(Board of Selectmen)
FINANCE COMMITTEE MOTION: Moved that Chapter 46 (Town Property, Conveyance of),
section 46-4 (Acquisition of land for Town offices) is hereby repealed.
ARTICLE 64
(Bylaw Amendment: Personal Watercraft/Flyboarding)
To see if the Town will vote to:
Exempt PWCs engaged in a flyboard operation from §137-18.
Define new terms related to flyboarding and specify their exemption.