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56 Complaints 1977-1991 Mrs. Sarnia Burt 300 East Street Easthampton, Hass. 01027 November 17, 1977 Resi7Cross Path Road Dear Mrs. Burt: The Northampton Board of Health has, this date, inspected • dwelling owned by you at 56 Cross Path Road, Northampton, assessor's sap 25 B-D, lot 20. The inspec- tion revealed the existence of the following violations of Article II of the State Sanitary Codes 1. the dwelling is open - all doors and windows are siesing or have been broken in 2. the dwelling lacks running water, toilet facilities, electricity, and heating facilities 3. the floor, walls, and ceiling of the dwelling need extensive repair h. there are large quantities of rubbish and junk inside and outside of the dwelling which provide rodent harborage These conditions constitute very serious violations of Article II which render the dwelling unfit for human habitation. Under authority of Section 1278 of Chapter 111 of the General lags of the Cowmenrealth, you are hereby ordered to remove the junk, rubbish, and rodent harborage and to board up the dwelling or otherwise sake it secure within 5 days of the receipt of this notice. In addition, this letter constitutes an official notice that the Northampton Board of Health is considering condemnation of the dwel -log at 56 Cross Path Road, and will do so muss you request a hearing on the matter within 7 days of the receipt of this notice. Please be advised that unless all violations of Article II are corrected within one (1) year's time, the Board of Health can order • condemned dwelling to be demolished. If you have any questions about this matters please contact ma. Thank you, in adverse, for your cooperation. Very truly yours, Peter J. H¢Erlain Health Aunt ors 13nildin6 Inspector Fire mspeotor Certified mail # 864264 CITY/TOWN BOARD OF HEALTH NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 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[WRITE IN BOARD OF HEALTH ADDRESS ANO TELEPHONE NUMBER ABOVE[ ARTICLE II STATE SANITARY CODE ADDRESS: S& e, 6 ,-N at f x • N O. OCCUPANTS_ - q., 1 L_ OCCUPANT: __ _ v _ FLOOR: ___APT. NO.: NO. DWELLING UNITS: __ _ _NO. ROOMING UNITS: NO.STORIES: BASEMENT: _ _________—_ TYPE STRUCTURE: __ FRAME:_k BRICK L. SEMIDETACHED;___ DETACHED:_ NO. OF HABITABLE ROOMS: 3 NO. OF SLEEPING ROOMS: OWNER: �� L�- �+ - "f"'7_ ADDRESS: X= VIOLATION REGULATION BATHROOM YES NO ( 3.1A(a) 3.18(a) Is toilet with seat available? 3.1 A(b) 3.18(b) Is washbasin available? 3.1 A(cl 3.18(c) Is shower or bathtub available? 3.1D 3.2 Are the facilities in a clean, smooth, impervious and sanitary condition? 4.1 (9.1 & 9.2) Is cold water for facilities availabie (with sufficient quantity)? 5.1 (9.1 & 9.2) Is hot water for facilities available (120 F- 140 F) ? 9.1 & 9.2 Are the facilities properly connected to drain line? 7.3&9.3 Is there at least one lignt fixture in good repair? 7.4 &9.3 Is there an electricai outlet in good repair at washbasin? 13.1 & 13.1A Are the windows in good repair weatnertignt and fit for the use intended? 13.1 Are the doors in good :era lr and fit for the use intenoed? {l 13.1 & 13.6 Are the wails in good repair and fit for the use intended? 13.1 & 13.6 Are the floors in good repair and fit for the use intended? 8.1A&8.19 Is there proper ventilation? ' 13.6 Are the floors and walls of nonabsorbent material? 14.5 Are the exterior openings properly screened? REGULATION KITCHEN 2.1 Is the room suitable? & 2.1(a) Is sink available and of sufficient size and capacity? 41(9 I &9.2) Is cold water for the sink available (with sufficient quantity and pressure)? 5.1 (9.1 &9.2) Is hot water for sink available (120 F - 140 F)? 9.1 &9.2 Is sink properly connected to drain lines? 2.1(h) Is there a working stove and oven? 9.3 Is the stove and oven properly connected ano vent ea? 2.2 Are the facilities clean, smooth, impervious, nonabsorbent? 7.2(a) Is there one light fixture in good repair? 7.2(b) Are there two electrical outlets in good repair? 7.2(c) Are the windows (if kitchen exceeds 70 sq. ft.) equal to at seat 10% of the floor area? ' 13.1 & 13.1A Are the windows in good repair,weathertight and fit for the use intended? 14.5 Are the exterior openings properly screened? 13.1 Are the doors in good repair and fit for the use intended? 13.1 Are the walls in good repair and fit for the use intended? 13.1 Are the ceilings in good repair and fit for the use intended? i 13.1 Are the floors in good repair and fit for the use intended? 13.6 Is the floor impervious and easily cleanable? 1 2.1(c) Is there adequate space and facilities for Instal ing of Refrigerator? 8.1A. 8.18(a) Is there sufficient ventilation? 1 9.3(a) 9.3(b) Are all owner installed appliances properly installed? I I 9.4 y� Are all occupant installed appliances properly installed? 3EGULATION. '.1(a) ?.1(b) 7.1(b) 3.1A, 8.18(e) 13.1A 13.1 13.1 13.1 14.5 LIVING ROOM Is there sufficient natural light? Are there two separate electrical outlets in good repair? Is there one outlet and one light fixture in good repair? Is there proper ventilation ? Are the windows in good repair, weathertight and fit for the use intended? Are the walls in good repair and fit for the use intended? Are the ceilings in good repair and fit for the use intended? Are the floors in good repair and fit for the use intended? Are all exterior openings screened? X• VIOLATION YES NO REGULATION 7.1(a) 7.1(b) 7.1(b) 8.1A, 8.18(e) 13.1A 13.1 13.1 13.1 14.5 11 REGULATION SLEEPING ROOM # 1 (Identify) Is there sufficient natural light? Are there two separate electrical outlets in good repair? Is there one outlet and one lioht fixture In good repair? Is there proper ventilation? Are the windows in good repair, weathertight and fit for the use intended? Are the walls in good repair and fit for the use intended? Are the ceilings in good repair and ft for the use intended? Are the floors in good repair and fit for the use intended? Are all exterior openings screened? Is there adequate space for the number of occupants? 7.1(a) 7.1(b) 7.1(b) 8.1A. 8.18(e) SLEEPING ROOM .- 2 (Identify) Is there sufficient natural light? Are there two separate electrical outlets in good repair? Is there one outlet and one light fixture in good repair? Is the proper ventilation? Are the wi dows in good repair, weathertight and fit for the use intended? Are the walls in good repair and fit for the use intended? Are the ceilings in goacarepair and fit for the use intended? Are the floors in good repair. nd fit for the use intended?/ Are all exterior openings screen ? Is there adequate space for the num of occupan REGULATION SLEEPING ROOM #3 (Identity) 7.1(a) Is there sufficient natural light? 7.1(b) Are there two separate electrical outlet n good repair? 7.1(b) Is there one outlet and one fight fixt e in good repair? 8.1A, 8.13(e) 3.1A 13.1 Is there proper ventilation? Are the windows in good repair,weathertight and it for the use intended? Are the walls in good repair and fit for the use intended 13.1 3.1 Are the ceilings in good repair and or the use intended? Are the floors in good repair and fit for the use intended? 14.5 11 Is there adequate space for the numbe r of occupants? Are all exterior openings screened? X =VIOLATIONS :GULATIONS COMMON AREA AND EXITS YES NO 5 Are interior common areas properly illuminated at all times? 1 7 Are there operational and sufficient and prooerly located light switches and fixtures? Li A Are the windows in good repair, weathertight and fit for the use intended? i.1151 Are the doors in good repair. weathertignt and fit for the use intended. 15 Are all doors screened as required? 3.1 Are the ceilings in good repair and fit for the use intended? TELL 3.1 Are the walls in gooc repair and fit for the use intended? 3.1 Are the floors in good reoair and fit for the use intended? 5.8 & 15.9 Are all common areas clean? 3.1 Are the stairways in good repair and fit for the use intenced? 3.3&13.4 Are handrails in good repair and fit for the use intended? 3.5 Are all required balusters or other devices in place? 8.4 I Is every entry door of a dwelling unit fitted with a proper lock? 8.3 Does the main entry door of a dwelling close and lock automatically? I 8.6 Is the building properly posted with the name of owner? 3.2 Are the common bathroom facilities clean? ''✓ A_. .....,.. ...f4Tr'ant and temper-Iv maintained exits? I REGULATIONS EXTERIOR 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.3.13.4& 13.5 13.4 15.4 15.3 15.10 13.1 Are light fixtures and switches properly located? Is the chimney in good repair? Are the porches in good repair? Is the foundation in good reoair? Are the stairs in good repair? Are the structural elements in good repair? Are all required hand railings and balusters in place and in good repair? Are there walls or protective railings as reouired? Is the storage of rubbish and garbage proper (occupants)? Are there sufficient and properly located receptacles? Are the private passageways or rignts of way clean and sanitary? Are the gutters and down spouts in good repair and fit for the use intended? P GULATIONS GENERAL X^VIOLATIONS YES .1 3(a) B 9 8 Are all required services are available and working? Are the heating facilities in good repair? Is heat being supplied at proper terperatures. 68 F -78 F)? Are hot water heating facilities in good repair? Are all required facilities property installed and vented? All space heaters in use meet the proper requirements? 1.1, 14.2& 14.3 i.7 Is there no temporary wiring in use? Location? Is the electrical service safe and adequate? The dwelling is free of insect/rodent presence? Is the dwelling unit maintained in a clean and sanitary condition by the occupants? I IEGULATION I OTHER ONE OR MORE OF THE VIOLATIONS CHECKED ABOVE IS A CONDITION WHICH MAY MATERIALLY IMPAIR THE DETERMINED BY REGULATION HEALTH ON 29.2OF THE CODE OR THE AUTHORIZED NSPECTOR. OCCUPANT AS • INSPECTOR TITLE 7 1 7� -_- __- /D`3(7)�`---� ? TIME P.M. DATE THE NEXT SCHEDULED REINSPECTION IS: DATE A.M. P.M. TIME IME E FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE LEGAL REMEDIES TENANTS MAY USE IN ;DER TO GET HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS CORRECTED. Rent Withholding (General Laws Chapter 239 Section 8A) If Code Violations Are Not Being Corrected you may be entitled to hold back your rent payments.You can do is without being evicted if: A. You can prove that your dwelling unit or common areas contain code violations which are serious enough to endanger or materially impair your health or safety and that your landlord knew about the violations before you were behind in your rent. B. You did not cause the violations and they can be repaired while you continue to live in the building. (For this it is C. You are prepared to pay any portion of the rent into court if a judge orders you to pay it. best to put the rent money aside in a safe place.) Repair and Deduct (General Laws Chapter 111 Section 127 L). The law sometimes allows you to use your rent money to make the repairs yourself. If your local code nforcement agency certifies that there are code violations which endanger oro materially lly imp to uou this ltmedy safety u well-being and your landlord has received written notice of the violations, you may he owner fails to begin necessary repairs (or to enter into a written contract to have them made) within five days Ifter notice or to completerepairs within 14 days after notice you can use up to four months' rent in any year to Hake the repairs. 3. Retaliatory Rent Increases or Evictions Prohibited (General Laws Chapter 186,Section 18 and Chapter 239 Section 2A). The owner may not increase your rent or evict you in retaliation for making a complaint to your local code enforcement agency about code violations. If the owner raises your rent or tries to evict within six months after or you have unrelated tmade our complaint. Youemaysbe able have to the landlord for damages if the she tries or hi eviction which is 4. Rent Receivershi p (General Laws Chapter 1111 Sections 127C-H). The occupants and/or the board of health may petition the District or Superior Court to allow rent to be paid into court rather than to the owner. The court may then appoint a "receiver'. who may spend as much of the rent money as is needed to correct the violation. The receiver is not subject to a spending limitation of four months' rent. 5. Breach of Warranty of Habitability. You may be entitled to sue your landlord to have all or some of your rent returned if your dwelling unit does not meet minimum standards of habitability. 6. Unfair and Deceptive Practices (General Laws Chapter 93A1. Renting an apartment with code violations is a violation of the consumer protection act and regulations for which you may sue an owner. THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ABOVE IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF THE LA, ADVISABLE FORE YOU DECIDE E YOU WITHHOLD YOUR RENT OR TAKE ANY OTHER LEGAL ACTION, IT IS NEAREST LEGAL ATTORNEY. YOU CANNOT NN O AFFORD D TOIS CONSULT AN ATTORNEY, YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN CONTACT THE RENE (NAME) (ADDRESS) (TELEPHONE NUMBER) November 18, 1977 lrs. Kacia Burt 300 oast Street Sasthampton, Mass. 01027 Ref 56 Cross Path Road Dear Mrs. Burt, This office has r@propertyu numerous Path Road, Northampton. condition of your property 56 It is our understanding that you have inherited this problem from the state of Jacob Pietrusski. There is no question that the residence and barn is in a very dangerous condition. The Board of Health and the Fire Department have been notified of this , and legal action must be taken. would shope that hsome agreeable terms can be establi I shed. Very truly yours. Cecil I. Clark BUILDING INOPJCTOR CC/ljw r d S2c Y Ky C. t, r • • b }� yy'4 fi r - r • GO! pLAIN,c RECORD pate me salt& ComPlamani Address Nainre of COMP) tion of Premises Loca owner Address Occnnam Takeoby pate of inspection WSpECdOR:rq Referred t0 0 Tim itor A' Inspector OF HEALTH • IYCE.Chairman R.PARSONS tcERLAIN.Health Agent . George F. Reynolds Cross Path Road ,rthampton, MA 01060 ily 27 , 1990 CITY OF NORTHAMPTON MASSACHUSETTS 01060 OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH 210 MAIN STREET 01060 M13)586-6950 Ext.213 ear Mr . Reynolds: he Northampton Board of Health in receipt of a petition from esidents of the Riverbank Road neighborhood concerning excessive ust generated by the horse training activities on your property t56 Cross Path Road Assessors Ma• 25 Lot 20 . The dust is lowing from the dirt training track into the adjacent yards and wellings and onto clothes hanging on the line . Similar omplaints have been received over the fast few summers . his excessive dust problem is a public health nuisance which lust be abated. Jnder authority of Massachusetts General Laws , Chapter 111 , Section 123 you are hereby ordered to abate the nuisance within seven 7 da s of the receipt of this notice . Abatement could be accomplished through the regular use of 1 . water to dampen the track, 2 . Calcium Chloride or a dust control agent , 3 . or any other method which permanently controls the generation of dust on the track. The Northampton Board of Health appreciates yours anticipated cooperation in this matter. If you have any 4 this order please contact the Board of Health Office. Very truly yours, � v Peter J. McErlain Health Agent PJM/np Certified Mail 890 359 291 CC: Councillor Leonard Budgar • WE THE UNDERSIGNED RESIDENTS OF RIVERBANK ROAD IN NORTHAMPTON DO HEREBY PETITION THE NORTHAMPTON BOARD OF HEALTH TO INVESTIGATE THE HEALTH HAZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WE ARE SUBJECTED TO. OVER THE YEARS MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN PHONED INTO YOUR OFFICE AND NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MR. GEORGE REYNOLDS OF CROSS PATH ROAD HAS A HORSE RACING TRACK ON HIS PROPERTY WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN TWO FEET OF THE NEAREST RESIDENCE. ALMOST DAILY A PICKUP TRUCK IS DRIVEN AROUND THE TRACK DRAGGING A SCRAPING DEVICE TO LOOSEN THE SOIL. LATELY THEY HAVE STARTED THE PRACTICE OF DRAGGING THE HORSES AROUND THE TRACK IN BACK OF THE TRUCK WHICH CREATES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DUST. WE HIS NEIGHBORS HAVE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY OVER THE YEARS TO REASON WITH MR. REYNOLDS BUT TO NO AVAIL. WE REALIZE WE ARE ZONED AS FARMLAND, BUT IF THIS WERE FARMED GROWING A CROP THE SOIL WOULD BE TILLED ONCE OR MAYBE TWICE A YEAR NOT DAILY. WE WILL GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN OFFER US CONCERNING THIS MATTER. i) ISE ► . 3 r• ar 1 CAA Sri • C Se ✓ CI 1 V3 .r �-e_< 6 wGC Ida*LI,, 2G Aio.A2vwy?in, ( :L i . . �ly r ) ivt( bo E a 'cifdi /v(G /J f�,f cefib jr/G1`r -✓i./. l r; k e�§rte UU., Name of Complainant Address BOARD OF HEALTH CITY HALL COMPLAINT RECORD ' / 1 Axe Date Time ±zq N il4,4 �1 / dL �7 Nature of Complain _ Tel. Location of Premises Owner Address Occupant Taken by iVV P Date of inspection INSPECTOR'S REPORT Referred to / Time //:3°Aft( V Action Taken Inspector /V 0/541+[. `'r —Printed on Recycled Paper— /eR OARD OF HEALTH i T.JOYCE.Chairman A C.KENNY.M.D. SAD.R.PARSONS J.McERLAIN.Health Agent April 16, 1991 Mr. George F. Reynolds 56 Cross Path Road Northampton, MA 01060 CITY OF NORTHAMPTON MASSACHUSETTS 01060 OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH 210 MAIN STREET 01060 14131 586-6950 Ext.213 Dear Mr. Reynolds: On July 28, 1990, you received a written order from the Northampton Board of Health concerning the abatement of a public health nuisance (excessive dust) on your property at 56 Cross Path Road. You have apparently made little or no effort to control the dust, as the Board of Health has again this spring received numerous complaints about the excessive dust problem. On April 11, 1991, a representative of the Board of Health observed a severe dust problem associated with activities at the horse training track on your property, 56 Cross Path Road (Assessor's Map 25, Lot 20) . This severe dust problem is a public health nuisance which must be abated. Under authority of Massachusetts General Laws, Ch. 111, Sec. 123 & 125A, you are hereby ordered to cease the generation of excessive dust within ten (10) days of the receipt of this notice. Dust abatement measures must be utilized whenever activities on the track pose a potential to generate dust. You are entitled to written request for such The Board of Health Please contact the Board this matter. PJMcE/cdh a hearing on this matter, provided that you file a a hearing with the office of the District Court. appreciates your anticipated cooperation in this matter. of Health office if you have any questions concerning CERTIFIED MAIN # P 890 359 635 Very uly yours, Peter J. McErl.ain Health Agent BOARD OF HEALTH CITY HALL COMPLAINT RECORD Name of ..-7./5 N Eymotl%v Complainant /90 Ac !/ifee9,✓r fC Address iPtYN_ o creemNG D�Sr �Piv, n� C Nature of Complaint CoMPCdN / l N6 / ijp05 (4/04.)‘,0 ra c� Avm //VS- G 70 PF/sue OCCV29,vc:= J'r L A s T> 54' Location of Premises Date imeZ lirdl Tel. 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