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Westport Town
Announcements
As
of Tuesday, October 29, 2024
2023/2024
Transfer Station vehicle stickers required by Friday July 1, 2023.
The Westport Board of Health began issuing new Transfer Station
stickers on Monday, July 3, 2024 for the next
fiscal year. Everyone using the Transfer Station is required to purchase
a new sticker every year. Present stickers
expire on Friday June 30, 2023.
Fee Increases Effective May 01, 2023
Regular Sticker - $50
Senior Sticker - $40
Day Pass Fee - $15
The cost of the sticker is $ 50 for seniors aged 65 and over, the
cost is $20. Additional stickers may be purchased on the same day only
for the same household for $10 per vehicle. Residents must present their
vehicle registration.
Stickers may be purchased at The Board of Health, Town Hall Annex,
856 Main Road. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Stickers may also be purchased at the Transfer Station by check
only.
CLICK HERE for
rules and regulations regarding the use of the Transfer Station
Dog licenses due
by April 1, 2024.
4/01/2024 – Westport Town Clerk announces that Dog
Licenses that are due each year by April 1st are
now available in her office at Town Hall. A valid rabies certificate must
be presented in order to obtain a license.
Male and Female Dogs - $15.00
Spayed and Neutered Dogs - $10.00
As of July 1st,
there will be a $15.00 Late Fee Imposed for dogs not yet licensed this
year.
The Clerk’s office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday,
and on the first Monday of the month from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
By mail: include check
payable to: "Town of Westport," and include Rabies Certificate,
spay or neutered certificate, and self-addressed, stamped return envelope
and mail to: Town of Westport, 818 Main Road, Westport, MA 02790.
Certificate will be returned.
Also:
$50.00 - 4 dog kennel
$75.00 - 10 dog kennel
$100.00 - more than 10 dog kennel
Knubble Beach - Purple Marker
Cherry & Webb Beach - Red Marker
East Beach - Blue Marker
2024 Beach Passes available
for Westport beaches.
Click here for
application PDF.
Westport Beach Committee
and Town Clerk’s office take action to address town beach pass
hullabaloo.
Increased
cost ($65) for Horseneck Beach passes drives Westport residents to
Cherry & Webb Beach, compounding lack of parking space on busy
weekends.
You
must be a town resident or property owner to obtain a town beach pass for
Cherry & Webb Beach, East Beach, and Knubble
Beach.
All
year-round residents must provide a current and valid vehicle
registration.
Above: entrance to Cherry & Webb Beach.
Photo
| EverythingWestport.com
And
the Town Clerk’s office is being provoked by angry folks who don’t
qualify for town beach passes.
Newly
issued regulations seek to promote civility and better control of the
issuance of highly-sought-after beach passes to Westport town
beaches.
Click here to review new rules.
The new
regulations seek to clarify who is eligible, thereby avoiding angry
confrontations with town employees who issue the passes.
Proof
of eligibility is the burden of the applicant.
Starting
immediately, individuals seeking a beach pass must file an application
with check or money order only (no cash please) and either mail
(self-addressed, stamped return envelope must be included) or drop off
the application at the Town Clerk’s office.
"All
submitted documents will be returned to the applicant in their
self-addressed, stamped return envelope." -
Town Clerk Marlene Samson.
Applications
can be obtained from the Town Clerk’s office, Council on Aging, Westport
Public Library or obtained on-line by clicking here.
Simply
put you “must have a residence
in Westport year-round and claim your residency here, or you must be a
property owner listed on the current real estate tax bill or spouse
thereof.”
Commercial
properties don’t qualify.
Fees
remain the same; $35 per vehicle, seniors 65 and older pay just $15.
Horseneck
Beach is a state beach – daily and season passes are issued only by the
State
at the beach parking lot.
Boat excise tax bills are due April 15, motor
vehicles by April 8th for 2024.
01/01/2024 - The town
will mail out motor vehicle excise tax bills and they are due on or
before May 14. Taxpayers are asked to contact the collector’s office if
they did not receive a bill. Those in need of
abatement may contact the assessor's office directly. The assessor's
office is closed on Thursdays. Any motor vehicle excise bill not paid in
full by May 14 will be subject to a $10 demand fee and 12 percent per
annum interest.
Boat excise
tax bills are due today. Outstanding bills will be subject to a $10
demand fee, interest of 12 percent per annum and a $20 or a 20 percent
penalty, whichever is greater.
Real estate
and personal property tax bills are due May 1. Any bill not paid in full
will be subject to a 14 percent per annum interest charge. There is no
grace period. Demand bills will be sent out soon after the due date,
adding the $10 demand fee along with interest. Those making a late
payment may call for interest figures.
Bills may be
paid online at http://www.westport-ma.com/ for a 35-cent-per-transaction fee. To pay online, go to the website
and under the headings, select Departments and scroll down and select Tax
Collector. Instructions to sign up and pay online may be found there. No credit
card payments are accepted.
If mailing in a bill, enclose the remittance
portion of the bill or the whole bill if a receipt is needed. A
self-addressed stamped envelope is required if requesting a receipt. If
paying in person, taxpayers should bring the entire bill if a receipt is needed.
A mail slot in the office door is available for
anyone wishing to drop off a payment.
Westport
residents need Yard Sale Permits.
Westport Residents who are planning to hold a yard sale must
obtain a Yard Sale Permit from the Building Department, Town Hall Annex,
856 Main Road. Permits are $5.00 per day. Under the Town Bylaws and
Regulations, a Yard Sale Permit may be issued to any one person for only
three days in any one month or four days in any one year in conformity
with the Zoning Regulations and for any one premise zoned residential.
The Police Department or Zoning Enforcement Officer will be checking to
see if a Yard Sale Permit is on premises, and the permit must be
presented if requested. Any person who violates any provision of the
Bylaw shall be liable to a fine of $50.00 for each violation. Each day
shall constitute a separate offense.
For further information, please contact the Building Department at
(508) 636-1035 or (508) 636-1036.
Note: Posted Yard Sale Signs Must Be Removed At The
End Of The Sale.
Westport Property and GIS Maps
are On-Line
Citizens, town employees and
other interested persons may now research properties on Westport by using
the on-line property viewer and the interactive mapping capability of the
town’s new geographic information system (GIS) website. The site allows
to search for and display the assessors’ map of a parcel of land and to
add additional information such as soil types, wetlands, zoning and
aerial photos to that map. Users may also view an interactive map of the
entire town, adding their desired information, then zooming to an area of
interest.
The site includes a wide range of
environmental and regulatory information. The information is not to be
used for legal determination or to settle property disputes. It will be
useful to anyone interested in their own property, to anyone interested
in developing a property, and to those interested in the physical and
cultural characteristics of Westport.
The site is accessed via a link
on the town’s website: http://www.westport-ma.com/ where a tip sheet is also
available. A video tutorial will be available in the
near future via the town website. The project, which will be
improved an updated yearly, is a joint effort of
the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors, with funding from the data
processing department.
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