§ 190-1. Statutory authority.

The Scenic Roads Act, MGL c. 40, § 15C, allows Town Meeting, upon recommendation or request of the Planning Board, Conservation Commission, or Historical Commission to designate any road within the Town, other than a numbered route or state highway, as a scenic road.

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 prior written consent of the Planning Board after a public hearing duly advertised twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area, as to time, date, place and purpose, the last publication to occur at least seven days prior to such hearing; provided, however, that when a public hearing must be held under the provisions of this section and under MGL c. 87, § 3, prior to the cutting or removal of a tree, such hearings shall be consolidated into a single public hearing before the Tree Warden and the Planning Board, and notice of such consolidated public hearing shall be given by the Tree Warden or his deputy as provided in said MGL c. 87, § 3.