Environmental Rules in Quincy, MA (2026)

Quincy Municipal Code §§ 300-7, 300-14

No person shall dump, discharge, or cause or allow to be discharged any pollutant or nonstormwater discharge into the MS4, into a private stormwater system that connects to the MS4, into a watercourse, or into the waters of the commonwealth or the United States. ... Any person who violates any provision of this article, regulation, order or permit issued thereunder shall be punished by a fine o...

Quincy Municipal Code § 300-18

Any activities that result in a land disturbance of one acre or greater within the City of Quincy. "Land disturbance" shall mean any action that causes vegetation clearing (including tree cutting) or a change in the position, location, or arrangement of soil, sand, rock, gravel or similar earth material; and (3) Any activities that result in a land disturbance less than one acre if the proje...

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 40 (Wetlands Protection Act - Flood Plain and Coastal Storm Flowage)

Section 40. No person shall remove, fill, dredge or alter any bank, riverfront area, fresh water wetland, coastal wetland, beach, dune, flat, marsh, meadow or swamp bordering on the ocean or on any estuary, creek, river, stream, pond, or lake, or any land under said waters or any land subject to tidal action, coastal storm flowage, or flooding, other than in the course of maintaining, repairing...

Quincy Municipal Code (Zoning) § 8.1.9(3), Floodplain Overlay District — Special Permit

In the FPOD, the Board of Appeals, (or, in the case of the QCD-10 or QCD-15 Districts, the Planning Board) may grant a special permit for any use or structure allowed in the underlying district, subject to the following; provided, however, that Urban Renewal Uses are exempt from this requirement: 1. The request has been referred to the Planning Board, the Health Commissioner, the City Engine...