Massachusetts Statutes

Section 56. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, no person shall engage in the business of conducting or maintaining an open-air parking space without a license therefor granted, in the city of Boston, by its commissioner of transportation, and in any…

Section 57. No side walling or siding which is a conductor of electricity shall be installed on any building unless it is properly grounded and approved by the city or town electrician or other officer having similar duties.

Section 58. The board may make such rules and regulations as it deems suitable for the issuance of various types and classes of certificates for the following: (a) a firm engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing and servicing fixed fire extin…

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 sh…

Section 5A. No person shall use, allow to be used, sell or offer for sale any unvented liquid fired space heater. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 6. Any city, town or district officer who wilfully neglects or refuses to comply with any duty or requirement imposed upon him by the preceding sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars.

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 …

Section 7. The marshal shall submit annually, before February fifteenth, a detailed report of all official action in relation to fires to the commissioner of insurance, who shall embody the material portions thereof in his annual report.

Section 8. The marshal shall report to insurance companies, to owners of property, or to other persons interested in the subject matter of an investigation of the cause and circumstances of a fire any information obtained by such investigation which may in his opinion require att…

Section 9. The board shall make rules and regulations for the keeping, storage, use, manufacture, sale, handling, transportation or other disposition of gunpowder, dynamite, crude petroleum or any of its products, or explosive or inflammable fluids or compounds, tablets, torpedoe…

Section 9A. The board shall make rules and regulations for the keeping, storage, manufacture, sale and use of model rocket engines and for the launching, operation and flying of model rockets in accordance with nationally recognized standards for model rocketry as promulgated by …

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— ''Code violation'', a violation of the state building code, 780 CMR or the State Fire Code, 527 CMR. ''Housing court'', the housing court within the …

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 writt…

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 off…

Section 4. The state fire marshal, commissioner of the division of occupational 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. 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 c…