Section 59 – Display of Street Address Number on Buildings; Use in Enhanced 911 Service
Section 59. Every building in the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, dwellings, apartment buildings, condominiums, and business establishments shall have affixed thereto a number representing the address of such building. Said number shall be of a nature and size and shall be situated on the building so that, to the extent practicable, it is […]
Section 60 – Novelty Lighters; Application of Section
Section 60. (a) For the purposes of this section, ”novelty lighter” shall mean a mechanical or electrical device manufactured for the purpose of producing a flame to light cigarettes, cigars or pipes and which, due to the physical or audio features of the device, excluding its capability of producing a flame, would reasonably be expected […]
Section 2 – Local Code Enforcement Officers; Written Notice of Code Violation; Fine; Hearing; Appeal
Section 2. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any local code enforcement officer, empowered to enforce violations of the state building code or the state fire code may, as an alternative to initiating criminal proceedings, give to the offender a written notice of a code violation. Such notice shall contain the […]
Section 3 – State Code Enforcement Officers; Written Notice of Code Violation; Fine; Hearing; Appeal
Section 3. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any state code enforcement officer empowered to enforce violations of the state building code or state fire code may, as an alternative to initiating criminal proceedings, give to the offender a written notice of a code violation. The notice shall […]
Section 4 – Standardized Notice of Violation Forms
[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.] Section 4. The state fire marshal, commissioner of the division of professional licensure, the chief administrative justices of the district and housing court departments, respectively, and the president of the Massachusetts Municipal Association board of directors shall jointly […]
Section 5 – Fines, Penalties, Assessments
Section 5. All fines, penalties or assessments in actions under this chapter, brought by a local code enforcement officer, shall be paid to the general fund of the city or town in which the violation occurred. Such city or town shall earmark such fines, penalties or assessments collected for enforcement, training and education of fire […]
Section 46 – Inflammable Stove Polish and Foundry Paste; Regulations; Penalties
Section 46. No person shall manufacture, store, keep for sale, sell or transport any compound for use as a stove polish containing any liquid or compound whatsoever which will emit a gas that will flash at a temperature of less than one hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit, except that foundry paste which contains inflammable compound, […]
Section 50 – Search Warrants for Explosive, Inflammable and Combustible Substances Kept Contrary to Statutes or Regulations
Section 50. Upon complaint made to a court or justice authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant has probable cause to suspect and does suspect that gunpowder, dynamite or any other explosives, crude petroleum or any of its products, or explosive or inflammable fluids, or any of the articles named in section […]
Section 51 – Forfeiture of Explosive, Inflammable and Combustible Substances; Sale or Destruction; Proceeds
Section 51. Articles seized under the preceding section may, after due notice and hearing, be adjudged to be forfeited, and may be ordered to be sold or destroyed in such manner as the court or magistrate may direct, and the proceeds, if any, paid into the county treasury.
Section 52 – Matches Kept for Sale or Use in Store
Section 52. Whoever keeps matches for sale or use in any store unless the same are in unbroken cases or in a metal or other fireproof receptacle with the cover closed, except when it is necessary to obtain access thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.