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adopted April 2006 - Approval by Attorney General not required. -
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Attorney General approved 8/17/87 -
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Attorney General approved March 29, 2001 -
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Attorney General approved June 15, 1971 -
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Attorney General approved May 8, 1997. Amended August 3, 2009 -
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Attorney General approved April 5, 1982. Amended December 29, 2011, and May 5, 2012 -
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Adopted 2012 -
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Attorney General approved August 19, 1981 -
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Attorney General approved July 13, 2000 -
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Attorney General approved December 21, 1987. Amended January 31, 1995, August 12, 2010, and April 8, 2014 -
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Attorney General approved August 13, 1990. Amended May 10, 2007 -
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Adopted 20/18/2005 -
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Attorney General approved April 5, 1982. Amended September 9, 2000 -
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Attorney General approved May 2, 1972 -
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Revised September 9, 1994 -
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Attorney General approved May 20, 1975 -
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Attorney General approved May 28, 2004 -
Dump
Attorney General approved April 5, 1982 -
Events
Pending AG Approval voted at ATM 4/8/25 -
Finance Committee
Attorney General approved March 11, 1977. Amended July 16, 1993, and February 23, 2000 -
Financial Management Team
Attorney General approved May 15, 2003 -
Firearms
Attorney General approved March 7, 1974 -
Gas Inspector
Attorney General approved June 1, 1967 -
Historic District
Attorney General approved January 31, 1983 -
Historic District Expansion
Attorney General approved July 13, 2000 -
Jake Brakes
Attorney General approved September 18, 2017 -
Leaf Blower Combustion Power
Annual Town Meeting April 2025 Attorney General Approved July 2025 -
Map and Lot Sign Numbers
Attorney General approved December 1, 1987. Amended April 14, 2015 -
Motor Vehicles
Attorney General approved April 5, 1982. Amended May 10, 2007 -
Motor Vehicles, Speed
Attorney General approved April 5, 1982. -
Mullin Rule
Approved April 11, 2023 -
Nuclear Armaments
Attorney General approved July 19, 1983 -
Noise
Attorney General approved July 24, 1998 - Outdoor Lighting
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Parks and Recreation
Attorney General approved June 5, 2012 -
Personnel
Attorney General approved April 8, 1997 -
Personnel Board, Establishment
Attorney General approved June 12, 1984. Amended April 2017 -
Personnel Board, Members
Adopted June 5, 2018. Approval by the Attorney General is not required -
Plastic Checkout Bags
Adopted April 2016. Approval by the Attorney General is not required -
Quorum, Town Meetings
Attorney General approved March 15, 2006 -
Recreational Vehicle Fines
Attorney General approved April 24, 1998 -
Removal from Office
Attorney General approved February 6, 1979 -
Revolving Funds
Attorney General approved June 20, 2017 -
Roads
Attorney General approved March 16, 1977 -
Scenic Roads
Adopted February 5, 1974 - Scenic Roads II/ Shade Trees
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School, Martha's Vineyard Regional High, Debt
Attorney General approved June 10, 1980. Amended March 3, 1992 -
Short Term Rental (PDF)
Attorney General Approved July 7, 2024 -
Sleeping and Obstructing
Attorney General approved August 14, 1970 -
Subdivision Control Laws
Adopted April 1973. Amended June 2004 -
Tanks, Underground
Attorney General approved June 10, 1980 -
Tanks, Underground Fuel Storage
Attorney General approved August 27, 1980 -
Tax Collector, Fees
Attorney General approved 4/13 1989 -
Tax Collector, Licensing
Attorney General approved August 27, 2022 -
Tenting, Fines
Attorney General approved August 19, 1981 -
Town Buildings
policy -
Trapping
Attorney General approved August 24, 1989 -
Treasurer
Attorney General approved August 24, 1989 -
Truant Officer
Adopted July 3, 1893 -
Uncle Seth's Pond
Attorney General approved April 24, 1998 -
Utilities
Adopted May 17, 1983 -
Violations
Attorney General approved April 5, 1982 - Warrants; Town Meetings
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Waste, Solid
Attorney General approved April 5, 1982 -
Waste, Solid, Fines
Attorney General approved August 19, 1981 -
Water Source
Attorney General approved May 13, 2016 -
Water Resources Protection Bylaw
Attorney General approved August 1, 2019 -
Wetlands Protection Bylaw
Attorney General approved June 3, 2004 -
Wetlands Protection Bylaw Regulations
Adopted June 13, 2006. Last revised June 28, 2016 -
Yard Sales, Permits and Fines
Attorney General approved April 24, 1998 -
Zoning
Last amended April 2024
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