Everett, MA

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), swimming pools carry their own line in the Building Department Fee Schedule: $15.00 per $1,000 of estimated cost, with a…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), Section 4-2 requires every private swimming pool to be completely surrounded at all times, filled or not, by a fence or wall…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), loud construction work on a building in a residential zoning district is barred all day Sunday and from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-62 bars sounding a vehicle horn longer than three seconds in any minute except as a danger warning, and requires every motor vehicle…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-7 makes it unlawful to disturb the peace with loud or excessive noise, including sound-reproducing devices and amplified sound, and…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 3-5(i) of the Revised Ordinances bars an owner, keeper, or person in control of a dog from causing or permitting it to disturb the peace…

Massachusetts regulates aircraft noise statewide through 740 CMR 24.00, the Logan Airport Noise Abatement rule enforced by the Massachusetts Port Authority. It bars new, noisier…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), a short-term rental operator must supply all parking for guests, because no parking passes will be allowed for short-term…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), an operator must apply to the building commissioner and be listed on the short-term rental registry before offering a unit for…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), every operator who wants to offer a residential unit as a short-term rental must carry liability insurance in accordance with…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), a short-term rental unit pays a 6% tax and a 3% community impact fee on the total rent assessed for any room or rooms, both…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), three or more short-term rental tickets within a six-month period leave the unit ineligible to that operator for six (6)…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a unit is ineligible as a short-term rental when the operator or owner does not live in the unit, the building or the property, unless a local…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, occupancy of a limited share short-term rental is limited to three (3) bedrooms including the operator's own bedroom. A short-term rental means a…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a home share rental must be the operator's primary residence, defined as the unit where the operator resides at least six (6) months out of a…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, home share and limited share short-term rentals face no limit on the number of days per year. Section 12-1014(b)(1) and (c) say so in terms. The…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a booking agent that accepts a fee for booking a short-term rental without a license from the building commissioner faces a fine of up to $300…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12-11 allows one home occupation per dwelling unit, capped at twenty-five percent (25%) of the combined floor area, and requires a permit…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12-11 caps home occupation instruction at two (2) students at a time, allows one (1) client parking space beyond the residence's…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a home occupation can display one (1) flush-mounted wall sign, not over two (2) square feet, showing only the occupant's name and occupation…

Massachusetts has no cottage food statute and no state cottage food licence. A home kitchen selling food is treated as a food establishment, and the permit comes from the local board…

Massachusetts preempts local zoning of family child care for up to six children under MGL c.28A and c.40A §3, requiring state EEC licensing and treating licensed homes as residential…

Massachusetts has no microenterprise home kitchen permit and no home restaurant category. The one route to serving cooked meals out of a private kitchen is the bed-and-breakfast branch…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no person can make a bonfire or any other fire in a public way or in close proximity to any building without a permit from the chief of the fire…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, all future apartment house buildings with more than six housing units need an auxiliary fire alarm system tied to the city fire alarm system…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-62(g)(11) declares all use or display of fireworks a public nuisance, except as provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of…

Massachusetts requires a state fire marshal license and local fire chief permit to store flammable gases including propane above specified threshold quantities.

Massachusetts bans any open-air fire statewide unless the local forest warden or fire chief issues a permit good for no more than two days. Violators face a fine up to $500 plus the…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-62 makes any tree limb over a public sidewalk lower than ten (10) feet, or over a public street lower than fourteen (14) feet, a…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a tree permit from the Tree Warden is required for any project that will remove, damage or disturb a significant tree, a public tree or a public…

The Massachusetts Water Management Act and related MassDEP drought regulations authorize statewide outdoor watering limits during declared drought conditions, applying uniformly across…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no dog can run at large on any street or public place, and no dog is permitted in a public street or place unless restrained by a chain or leash…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, dogs are regulated by conduct, not breed. Section 3-6 lets the police chief or his designee, after a hearing, order a dog confined to its…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no person except the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his agent or designee can feed or bait ducks, geese, swans or any…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 3-32 of the Revised Ordinances says no person shall keep any live fowl or other farm animals except in accordance with regulations…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), the printed use table for a veterinary or pet grooming establishment sits in Section 37 of the Zoning Ordinance, the Everett…

Massachusetts authorizes its chief apiary inspector to require registration of every bee colony kept in the commonwealth, with a fee capped at five dollars per registrant regardless of…

Massachusetts prohibits private possession of most exotic and wild animals statewide. MassWildlife regulates permits, and the list of prohibited species is uniform across the…

Animal cruelty including hoarding is criminalized statewide under M.G.L. Chapter 272 Section 77. Hoarding triggers welfare investigations and felony charges in severe cases.

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 17-116(n) of the Revised Ordinances holds a fence, hedge, wall, sign or other structure or vegetation to 2 1/2 feet above the adjacent…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 17-7(b) of the Revised Ordinances bars any fence under eight feet high that carries barbed wire or razor wire on top, and subsection (1)…

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 49 establishes a statewide spite fence statute treating fences over six feet erected maliciously to annoy a neighbor as a private nuisance subject to…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no one can build, extend or alter a driveway without a driveway permit under Section 17-116, and the ordinance bans parking within the front yard…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-63.1 bars parking, storing or abandoning a wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle on private or public property unless it is…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 18-131 bars parking in an intersection, on a sidewalk or crosswalk, within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of an intersecting…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, only commercial vehicles actually engaged in loading and unloading can park in a loading zone during its designated time. A loading zone is in…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 18-139(d) bars any vehicle or trailer with six wheels or more, or any truck with a capacity of one ton or over, from parking on any…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), Section 37 of the Zoning Ordinance treats an accessory electric car charging station as allowed in every column of the Everett…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 18-139(f) bars any vehicle that is not validly registered in the City of Everett, according to Registry of Motor Vehicles records, from…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, the chief of police announces a snow or weather emergency, and Section 18-144 then bans stopping, standing or parking on the designated emergency…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission designates residential parking sticker areas where only vehicles displaying a valid residential…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Zoning Section 16 bars parking or storing a trailer or mobile home on dwelling or apartment district premises except in a garage or at least 20…

Massachusetts caps what a tow company can charge you after a nonconsensual tow. Under 220 CMR 272.03(1) the maximum charge for towing a passenger automobile up to five miles is $132.00…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a dwelling district puts garages and sheds 2 feet minimum from the side lot line and 4 feet minimum from the rear lot line. Apartment districts…

The 2024 Affordable Homes Act amended MGL Chapter 40A to require all Massachusetts municipalities to allow accessory dwelling units by-right in single-family zoning districts…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), Section 4-1 of the Revised Ordinances sets the plumbing and gas permit fee at $40.00 for up to 3 fixtures or appliances plus…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), Section 4-4 incorporates the Stretch Energy Code into the Revised Ordinances by reference. It applies to residential and…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), Section 4-55 requires all persons doing electrical work in the city to obtain a permit from the inspector of wires before…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, every building erected or raised by alterations or additions to five or more stories, or fifty feet or more in height, must carry an automatic…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 10 of the Zoning Ordinance makes it unlawful to use any part of a newly erected building or structure until the Inspector of Buildings…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 30 of the Zoning Ordinance puts Day Care Centers and school age child care programs in the Lower Broadway Economic Development District…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 10-35 requires every premises to be rat-free and rat-proof. Occupants must start eradication when infestation is evident, owners must…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12-41 bars anyone from going from place to place selling fruits, vegetables, meat, butter, cheese or fish from a cart, wagon or other…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, the City Council sets a designated area around each special event, measured in feet from the event area. Inside it, no vendor can present goods…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12-28 requires a written permit from the chief of police before anyone goes door to door or uses a public way to solicit charitable…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no one can operate an outdoor dining area without first obtaining an outdoor dining permit under Division 11 of Chapter 12. The department of…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no fire source can be kept inside a permitted outdoor dining area, and the ordinance names fire pits, outdoor heaters and ovens. Section…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, the City Council can declare any event a special event and fix its area, name, dates and times. During one, no vendor can sell from public or…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 17-19 of the Revised Ordinances requires a City Clerk permit to block a street for a block party. The application is due 14 days ahead…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 18-181 requires a permit from the chief of police for any funeral, procession or parade containing two hundred (200) or more persons or…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no one inside a permitted outdoor dining area can smoke, vape, or use any tobacco or marijuana product. The ban is a permit condition under…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-1.1 makes it unlawful to consume or use marihuana on any public way, in parks and playgrounds, or in any place the public can access…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-1 of the Revised Ordinances bars drinking alcohol or holding an open or partially consumed container on any public way, in any park or…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-5 makes anyone who owns, rents or controls a property responsible when an open house party with minors present involves alcohol or…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-15 bans soliciting money in an aggressive manner in a public area, inside public transportation vehicles and terminals, within thirty…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-16 bans loitering in a public place in a way that obstructs streets, sidewalks or lawful business, and police can order a person to…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 18-201 requires pedestrians to obey officers directing traffic, and whenever an officer is directing traffic or a traffic control signal…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no construction or other development is permitted in a special flood hazard area without a special flood hazard permit. Applications go to the…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, special flood hazard boundaries are defined by the 1%-chance base flood elevations on the FIRM dated July 8, 2025. Where FEMA has no data, the…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a property owner cannot allow anyone to dock a commercial passenger vessel at the property unless that party first holds a commercial passenger…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Chapter 15A bars anyone from dumping or discharging any pollutant or non-stormwater flow into the municipal storm sewer system, a watercourse or…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, any activity disturbing ten thousand square feet of land or more that drains to the municipal storm sewer system needs approval from the Planning…

Massachusetts regulates all tidelands and coastal development statewide under Chapter 91 (MGL c.91) and 310 CMR 9.00, requiring state licenses for structures and fill in tidelands…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a dwelling unit must be certified by the Health Department as meeting Article II of the State Sanitary Code, Minimum Standards of Fitness for…

For nonpayment of rent, Massachusetts requires a 14-day notice to quit under M.G.L. c. 186 § 11 (leases) or § 12 (tenancies at will). After the notice expires, the landlord must bring…

MGL Chapter 239 sets uniform statewide summary process eviction procedures for residential tenancies, establishing notice requirements, court process, and tenant defenses applicable in…

Massachusetts has no general statute requiring advance notice before a landlord enters. M.G.L. c. 186 § 15B(1)(a) instead limits when a lease may permit entry, to inspect, make…

Massachusetts strictly limits late fees. Under M.G.L. c. 186 § 15B(1)(c), no lease or rental agreement may impose any interest or penalty for late rent until the rent is at least 30…

To end a tenancy at will (month-to-month), Massachusetts requires written notice equal to one full rental period or 30 days, whichever is longer, under M.G.L. c. 186 § 12. Fixed-term…

Massachusetts prohibits rent control statewide. Voters abolished it through a 1994 ballot referendum codified as Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40P, the Massachusetts Rent Control Prohibition…

Massachusetts has one of the nation's strictest security deposit laws. A landlord may collect no more than one month's rent as a security deposit, must hold it in a separate…

Massachusetts requires 20 years of continuous adverse possession to claim title to land. Under M.G.L. c. 260 § 21, an action to recover land must be brought within 20 years after the…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, an owner must request a legal use of status from the Building Department before renting a vacant dwelling unit. The certificate application fee…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, code complaints run through Chapter 13A of the Revised Ordinances and the Code Enforcement Task Force. Section 13A-8 sets what follows a…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-62 lists the conditions the City Council declares public nuisances: animals at large, waste left more than ten consecutive days…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-7 sets guideline response times for code compliance complaints: within twenty-four hours to one week for high risk cases, seventy-two…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13A-62 declares blighted premises and dilapidated structures public nuisances, and Section 13A-61 bars anyone from maintaining one. The…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, once the police chief calls a snow emergency, owners of land or buildings abutting a paved sidewalk must clear it within 12 hours of the…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 16-29(d) requires every owner of a vacant lot or other vacant property to appoint an agent responsible for keeping it free of litter and…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, bass-heavy sound is reached by Section 13A-62's plainly audible test: a stereo or similar device played between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM is a…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no person can deliver merchandise to or remove merchandise from a business establishment between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except in emergencies…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, the Zoning Ordinance lists a smoke shop, hookah bar, cigar bar and/or vape shop as a specifically prohibited use in the Commercial Triangle…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, no one can purchase, barter, collect or store junk, old metal, rags or other secondhand articles without a license from the City Council under…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, only the City Council can grant, suspend or revoke a pawnbroker license, and licenses are restricted to one for each ten thousand residents of…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a towing yard counts as an open-air parking lot, and no one can operate it without a license granted by affirmative vote of the Everett City…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a Tattoo Studio or Body Piercing Studio cannot open as a by-right storefront. Section 21A of the Everett Zoning Ordinance allows either use only…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Zoning Section 4 bars any industry, trade or commercial use in a dwelling district, and a residential garage must be one in which no business…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Zoning Section 21A bars adult bookstores, clubs, theaters and video stores from locating within 1,000 feet of each other or of schools, parks and…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12-2007 bars every retail establishment from providing a disposable plastic shopping bag at the point of sale. Stores can sell reusable…

In the City of Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the Zoning Ordinance prohibits the operation of any marijuana establishment in all zoning districts of the city. The one…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 31 of the Zoning Ordinance keeps a registered medical marijuana dispensary 500 feet from residential zoning districts, 1,000 feet from…

Massachusetts preempts local bans on personal cannabis cultivation under MGL c.94G §7, allowing adults 21+ to grow up to six plants per person and twelve per household statewide.

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a permanent non-illuminated window sign in a non-residential district cannot exceed thirty percent of the total glass area of the windows tied to…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, signs associated with a political campaign are exempt from the Chapter 12A sign ordinance as long as they are temporary and removed within thirty…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12A-64 prohibits signs with blinking, flashing or fluttering lights and signs with illuminated devices that change in light intensity…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12A-65 sets distance and size limits for billboards and off-premise signs visible from any public way. The code uses the term public way…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 12A-63 bars flashing lights and simulations of traffic signals or emergency vehicle lights, restricts red and green lights that could…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Zoning Section 17(N) requires any lighting at an off-street parking facility to be installed so that it prevents direct light from shining onto…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-4 sets playground hours from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. unless the playground commission authorizes other hours. Entering without right…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 17-15 of the Revised Ordinances requires a permit from the city before any sign, awning, canopy or other structure projects into or over…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 17-18 of the Revised Ordinances says no person shall stand on any sidewalk or public way in such a manner as to obstruct free passage for…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 13-16 of the Revised Ordinances makes it unlawful to loiter in a public place in a way that obstructs a street, sidewalk or building…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, the city services commission must collect acceptable solid waste and provide for its disposal, and every household and business must keep proper…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, trash and recycling containers go at the outer edge of the sidewalk no later than 7:00 a.m. on collection day and no earlier than sunset the day…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, every residence on city or contractor collection needs enough container capacity between pickups, oversized items follow separate Article III…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, every dumpster needs a Board of Health permit and a plot plan, sits where the Board of Health and Fire Department approve, and cannot be placed…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, only authorized persons may remove recyclable material. Beverage container collectors need a City Clerk permit, and anyone taking other…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 16-22 makes it unlawful to throw, discard, place or deposit litter in any manner or amount on any public or private property except in…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, items too large for a container, such as appliances, furniture and mattresses, can be disposed of only as Article III of Chapter 16 provides…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 16-51 classes garden and lawn waste, meaning grass, leaves, brush, tree trimmings, and vine or shrub trimmings, as acceptable waste the…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County), the Zoning Ordinance lists a Data Center as a use in the Everett Docklands Innovation District under Section 37. A project…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 20-13 requires the person to whom water service is furnished to keep the service pipes within the premises in good order and repair…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 24 of the Zoning Ordinance caps lot coverage in the Telecommunications Overlay District at 60 % of the total lot, counting structures…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a structure in a dwelling district cannot exceed the average height of buildings within 200 feet of the lot, three stories, or 45 feet maximum…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, a dwelling district requires a front yard of 20 feet minimum, side yards of 4 feet minimum with a total of 16 feet, and a rear yard of 25 feet…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Section 32.E of the Zoning Ordinance lets the planning board waive dimensional limits, including setbacks, height, floor area ratio and parking…

In the City of Everett, Massachusetts, Zoning Section 4 allows residential occupants to sell used household goods on their premises, but a garage sale cannot continue for more than…

Massachusetts has no statewide omnibus drone statute, so recreational flying follows federal FAA rules. But across the roughly 450,000 acres the Department of Conservation and…

Massachusetts sets a statewide minimum wage of $15.00 per hour under MGL Chapter 151, and generally preempts cities from adopting higher local minimum wages.

Massachusetts provides paid family and medical leave through the PFML program under MGL Chapter 175M, plus paid sick time under the Earned Sick Time Law for most employees.

Massachusetts requires a License to Carry under MGL Chapter 140 Section 131 to carry concealed handguns, with applications processed by local police chiefs subject to suitability…

Massachusetts requires a valid License to Carry under MGL Chapter 140 Section 131 to transport loaded handguns in a vehicle, with strict storage rules applying to long guns and…

Beyond frost depth and snow load, the Massachusetts design criteria table sets weathering, termite risk, ice barrier, flood and air freezing index values that apply to every home built…

Massachusetts sets one frost line depth for the whole state: 48 inches. Footings must bear below that depth anywhere in the Commonwealth, and cities and towns do not set their own…

Massachusetts publishes a ground snow load for every one of its 351 cities and towns in a single state table, ranging from 25 psf on the Cape and Islands to 60 psf in the hill towns.

Massachusetts lists a minimum flat roof snow load for every city and town, and requires designers to use whichever is larger: that listed floor or the load calculated from the local…

The Expanded Gaming Act divides Massachusetts into three casino license regions and caps category 1 licenses at one per region. A resort casino can open only in a city or town that…

Massachusetts law bans commercial gambling but carves out G.L. c. 271 § 7A for nonprofit raffles and bazaars: veterans', religious, fraternal, educational, and civic groups that have…

Massachusetts bans gaming for money only in a public conveyance or public place, or in a private place where the player is trespassing. G.L. c. 271, § 2 does not reach cards, dice, or…

Massachusetts legalized sports wagering under G.L. c. 23N, with retail betting live January 31, 2023 and mobile apps following March 10, 2023. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission…

Massachusetts has no comprehensive HOA act. Condominium associations get a powerful statutory lien under M.G.L. c. 183A § 6 that carries a six-month super-priority over a first…

M.G.L. c. 183A, § 10(c) requires a Massachusetts condominium to keep a defined set of records up to date within the Commonwealth and to make them available for reasonable inspection by…

Massachusetts overrides some HOA and condo restrictions by statute. M.G.L. c. 184 § 23C voids deed covenants and condo-document provisions that forbid or unreasonably restrict solar…

Massachusetts gives owners an affirmative right to install electric vehicle supply equipment in their own unit or in a parking area they hold exclusive use of, and M.G.L. c. 183A, §…

Massachusetts gives a condominium's organization of unit owners express statutory power to levy fines, and attaches almost no conditions to it. M.G.L. c. 183A, § 10(b)(5) authorizes…

Massachusetts is not a UCIOA state, and its condominium lien rules sit in a home-grown statute, G.L. c. 183A, § 6. The lien attaches automatically when an assessment falls due and is…

Massachusetts runs the opposite way from states that cap association leasing bans. M.G.L. c. 64G, § 15 provides that nothing in the short-term rental chapter confers a right to lease…

The Massachusetts General Laws contain no sobriety checkpoint statute. A full-text search returns nothing for roadblock, roadblocks or sobriety checkpoint, and the single hit for…

Massachusetts has no statute granting a right to record police. It has G.L. c. 272, section 99, one of the strictest wiretap laws in the country, and the operative word in it is…

Massachusetts has no general stop-and-identify law reaching people on foot. The duty at G.L. c. 90, section 25 attaches only to a person operating or in charge of a motor vehicle, and…

Massachusetts has no clause saying lawful cannabis possession is not grounds for a search, unlike Michigan or Maryland. What it has instead is G.L. c. 276, section 1, which narrows…

Massachusetts treats a golf cart and a low-speed vehicle as different machines with different rights. A true golf cart may be driven on a public way only under one narrow carve-out in…

Massachusetts protects agricultural land use through MGL Chapter 40A Section 3, exempting agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture from most local zoning restrictions on parcels of…

Massachusetts protects farms from nuisance lawsuits under M.G.L. c. 243 § 6: a farm operating more than one year using generally accepted agricultural practices cannot be found a…

M.G.L. c. 184, § 23C makes void any provision in an instrument relative to the ownership or use of real property that purports to forbid or unreasonably restrict the installation or…

M.G.L. Chapter 40A Section 3 protects solar installations from unreasonable local zoning restrictions. State law mandates expedited permitting in many municipalities.

Massachusetts requires purchasers of tobacco and vape products to be at least 21 years of age under MGL Chapter 270 Section 6, predating the 2019 federal Tobacco 21 law.

Massachusetts became the first state to ban all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vapes, under M.G.L. c. 270 § 28, effective June 1, 2020.

Massachusetts Scenic Roads Act protects trees and stone walls along designated scenic roads, requiring public hearing before any removal or alteration.

Massachusetts bars any vehicle from mounting or displaying a flashing, rotating or oscillating light in any direction except under G.L. c. 90, section 7E, and section 7E hands out red…

Massachusetts has no dash camera statute, but G.L. c. 90, section 13B expressly permits a device to be mounted on or affixed to a vehicle windshield, dashboard or centre console so…

Lane splitting is illegal in Massachusetts. G.L. c. 89, § 4A tells the operator of a motorcycle that he shall not pass any other motor vehicle within the same lane, and the ban carries…

Massachusetts bans plate covers by naming the device rather than by regulating tint or reflectivity. G.L. c. 90, § 6 says number plates shall be kept clean with the numbers legible and…

Nothing in the Massachusetts General Laws prohibits a radar detector in a private car. A full-text search of the General Laws returns no hit at all for radar detector, speed measuring…

Massachusetts writes its studded tire rule as a ban on the warm half of the year rather than as a permission for winter. G.L. c. 90, § 16 makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle…

Massachusetts lets you put aftermarket film on the front side windows, the rear side windows and the rear window only if it transmits at least 35 per cent of visible light and reflects…