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MGL c, § 1 Public shade trees; definition. All trees within the public way or in the boundaries thereof shall be public shade trees [If] it is doubtful whether the tree is within the highway, it shall be taken to be within the highway and to be public property until the contrary is shown. MGL c, § 3 Cutting of public shade trees. Except as provided by section five, public shade trees shall not be cut. Section 3: Cutting of public shade trees; public hearing; damages to fee owner Section 3.

Except as provided by section five, public shade trees shall not be cut, trimmed or removed, in whole or in part, by any person other than the tree warden or his deputy, even if he be the owner of the fee in the land on which removing shrubs fallout 4 tree is situated, except upon a permit in writing from said tree warden.

Chapter SHADE TREES. Section 1 Public shade trees; definition. Section 2 Powers of tree wardens. Section 3 Cutting of public shade trees; public hearing; damages to fee owner. Section 4 Cutting down or removing public shade trees; approval of selectmen or mayor.

Section 5 Cutting down, trimming or removing bushes and small trees. Cutting or removal of trees or the tearing down or destruction of stone walls within the layout of the scenic road in violation of this Section may be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred dollars (), as set forth under the Scenic Road Act, MGL Ch. 40, SecC.

CUTTING OR REMOVAL OF TREES - Cutting or removal of trees shall mean the removal of one or more trees, trimming of major branches or cutting of roots. After a road has been designated as a scenic road any repair, maintenance, reconstruction, or paving work done with respect thereto shall not involve or include the cutting or removal of trees, or the tearing down or destruction of stone walls, or portions thereof, except with the prior written consent of the planning board, or if there is no.