Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 45 - Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain
Section 11 - Restrictions on Height of Buildings on Parkways

Section 11. In a city which by a vote of its city council, or in a town which by vote of a town meeting, accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the park commissioners may, in accordance with section thirty-seven of chapter eighty-two, establish a building line distant at no point more than twenty-five feet from any exterior line of a way under their control or the part of a public way on which a park abuts; and the extreme height to which buildings upon such ways may be erected shall be seventy feet exclusive of such steeples, towers, domes, cornices, parapets, balustrades, sculptured ornaments, chimneys and roofs as such board may approve.

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Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts

Chapter 45 - Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Board of Park Commissioners; Membership; Tenure; Vacancies; Removals

Section 3 - Acquisition of Property for Parks

Section 4 - Connecting Ways; Extent of Power of Eminent Domain

Section 5 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Park Commissioners

Section 5a - Leasing of Concessions; Bids

Section 6 - Funds Received for Betterments; Disposition

Section 7 - Erection of Buildings in Parks

Section 8 - Use of Parks by Military Forces

Section 9 - Annual Reports of Park Commissioners

Section 11 - Restrictions on Height of Buildings on Parkways

Section 12 - Authorization for Improvement of Open Spaces

Section 13 - Trespassing in Parks; Destruction of Park Property; Penalty

Section 14 - Playgrounds; Acquisition; Use; Management

Section 15 - Playgrounds for Minors

Section 16 - Procedure for Accepting Law Requiring Playgrounds for Minors

Section 17 - Temporary Playgrounds

Section 17a - Use of Streets for Recreation or Playground Purposes

Section 18 - Persons Entitled to Use Playgrounds

Section 18a - Chain Link Metal Basketball Nets Prohibited

Section 19 - Acquisition of Property; Use

Section 20 - Method of Acquisition

Section 21 - City or Town Forests; Management

Section 22 - Buildings; Erection; Lease

Section 23 - Limitation on Use of Funds

Section 23a - Petition for Shore Reservation

Section 23b - Submission of Plans and Estimates of Cost of Shore Reservation

Section 23c - Taking or Acquisition of Land for Establishment of Shore Reservation

Section 24 - Penalty for Violation of Rules and Regulations Made Under Authority of Chapter

Section 25 - Posting of Emergency Numbers at Ice Skating Facilities