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Date of Complaint: l.4 / / I(0
Complainant/Occupant's Name: incid ifili Su le/d0. ic(.
Mailing Address: Sefrak
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Inspection Scheduled on:
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Conditions Found:
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Date/Time of Inspection
Northampton Health Department
212 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
(413)587-1214
Inspection Form
State Sanitary Code 105 CMR 410.000:
ndards of Fitness for Human Habitation
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City/Town: Northampton Apt U
Description
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Phone# 527-p 263?
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Owner
Occupant
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Locks,striker mechanism(4 or more units)
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Title:Health Inspector
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Type of violation
Possible Code
Section(s)
lit Violation
observed
Responsible
P
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Description
Owner
Occupant
Locks,striker mechanism(4 or more units)
480
Posting,ID,Exit signs/emergency lights
481,483,484
Handrails,steps,doors,windows,roof-maintenance
500,503
Weather tight elements
501
Rubbish-storage and collection
600,601
Yard maintenance-trash,debris,vegetation
602
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Maintenance of area
500
Doors,lights,windows—weather tight,maintenance;
501,500
Egress—means,obstructed,safe
450,451,452
Handrails—provided,maintenance
503,500
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Lights
254
floor,walls ceiling-maintenance:occupants report
floor reps do maintenance cleaning
500,602(D)
Railings,stairs
503,500
Doors,windows—weather tight,maintenance
501,500
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Location(circle): Front Rear Middle Floor
Level of Unit
Refrigerator,sink,stove,oven-good repair,impervious
and smooth
100
Floor,walls,ceiling-maintenance
500
Outlets,lights
251
Windows,screens—weather tight,lock,maintenance,
provided
501,480,500,
551
Non-absorbent floor
504
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Floor,walls,ceilings
500
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Type of violation
Possible Code
Sectionls)
+/@Description
Observed
P
M
pest!
owner
oirepm
Outlets,lights
250
Windows,screens-lock,weather tight,maintenance,
501,480,500,
551
provided
Floors,walls,ceiling
500
Outlets,lights
250
Windows,screens—weather tight,locks,maintenance,
501,480, 500,
551
provided
Floors,walls,ceiling
500
Outlets,lights
250
Windows,screens—weather tight,locks,maintenance.
501,480, 500,
551
provided
Floors,walls,ceiling
S00
Outlets,lights
250
Windows,screens—weather tight,locks,maintenance,
501,480, 500,
551
provided
Sink,shower,tub—impervious,maintenance
150,500
Lights,outlets
250
Ventilation—natural,mechanical
280
Floors,walls,ceiling—maintenance:
500,504
Maintenance,weather-tight
500,501
Lighting
253
Fuel Type(circle): Public Private
Potable,quantity,pressure
180,354
Responsible for paying MGL ch 186 s 22,metering
er
Fuel Type(circle): Natural Gas Oil Electric Other
Temp.: °f Location taken:
190
"110°f min- 1 - .
Ty• circle): Forced Hot Water Forced Hot Air
Steam Electric
2i 1,201 /1/�f��/
No portable units
Bathroom G�� °f
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"Habitable room and every room with toilet,shower,
tub"
Kitchen 4 a / of
Jy
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BedoRm l66 °f
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• Min 68°f 11:00-6:5959pm
Min 64 K 11: 6:59am
Bedroom 1 °f
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Bedroom 2 °f
• 78 F max in heating season/measure 5 feet wall,5
feet floor
Cooper TM99A-UL Digital Thermometer used to
take temperature readings
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Type(circle): 110 220 Amp:
Amperage,temporary wiring,metering
250,255,256,354
&
ors
Required&operational
482
Note:CO detector not needed for all electric!
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Free of pests/harborage
550
Inspection Date:
NOTE: *indicates that this housing inspection has revealed conditions which may endanger or materially impair
the health,safety,and well-being of any person(s)occupying the premises
Area/Element
Code Citation and Description of Violation
1 Type M Violation
Passible Code
sectionlsl
it Violation
Observed
Responsible
P
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Description
Darner
0ttuwm
Bedbugs/cockroaches/rodents—evidence.
550
Laundry roams:several floors have broken/missing wall
tiles
500
Inspection Date:
NOTE: *indicates that this housing inspection has revealed conditions which may endanger or materially impair
the health,safety,and well-being of any person(s)occupying the premises
Area/Element
Code Citation and Description of Violation
erral: ❑ Electric X Fire ❑ Plumbing X Building ❑ Other
s inspection report is signed and certified under the pains and penalties of perjury.
pector Signature: --c(----��
:upant or Occupant's Representative Signature
Time:to be determined
Inspection Date:
NOTE: *indicates that this housing inspection has revealed conditions which may endanger or materially impair
the health,safety,and well-being of any person(s)occupying the premises
Area/Element
Code Citation and Description of Violation
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CITY of NORTHAMPTON
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS:Donna
uk Inspector ChEdmund S ah. Levin, MD Suzanne ftq Dlemor-Dun,e(W sruk,lnspenor-Edmused.Smtth.Inspector Suzanne Smith, MD
penor—Jermijer Brown.RN Nurse
CORRECTION ORDER
The State Sanitary Code, Chapter d under muhm Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation
105 CMR 410.00
April 6, 2016
David Shea
12 Park Street
Easthampton, MA. 01027
Dear Property Owner/Manager:
An authorized inspection was made by a designee of the Northampton Health Department of your
property located at 236 South Street, Apt.1 L, Northampton, MA on April 5, 2016.
You are hereby ORDERED to correct these violations within the noted time limit. Failure to comply within
the allotted time period may result in a criminal complaint against you.
You have a right to request a hearing before the Board of Health. This request must be made by you, in
writing, and filed within 7 days after the violation has been corrected. If you request a hearing, all
affected parties will be informed of the date, time, and place of the hearin of their right to inspect
and copy all records concerning the matter to be heard. The petitioner ha
the hearing. ,p C si:fined at
Sincerely,
Daniel Wasiuk, nPleaRff s actor
City of Northampton Health Department
C:Madeline Sutherland, Occupant
7010 2780 0003 5601 5108
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105 CMR 410
State Sanitary
Code
Regulation M
Description
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Conditions
may
endanger or
impair health,
safety or
well-being
Compliance
Date
Days from
inspection date
Re-
Inspection
Violation
Corrected
Yes/No
very
liable
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410 201
410.201: Temperature Requirements
Temperature readings inside dwelling unit at
3:45pm (upstairs thermostat control set at 62F);
- Kitchen: 58.5 F
- Front room: 59 F
- Toilet room: 58.7 F
- Living room: 57.7 F
Temperature readings inside dwelling unit at
4:10pm (upstairs thermostat control set at 68F);
- Kitchen: 60.2 F
- Front room: 61.4 F
- Toilet room: 60.7 F
- Living room: 61.8F
Additional findings:
Statement from owner to occupants of dwelling
found upstairs (adjacent to thermostat control
device) indicates the temperature to be set at
62F at all times.
Occupants of unit 1 L, stated that during times
when the thermostat has been set higher than
62F On order to provide higher level of heat
during cold days/nights), other tenants turn-down
thermostat because their own unit(s)experience
hJl h levels of heat rise.
X
Owner's
responsibility
to repair
within 7 days
REINSPECTION DATE: APRIL 18, 2016
NOTE: Failure to provide and maintain proper
heat as required by 105 CMR 410.201, may
result in dwelling unit being unfit for human
habitation. Condemnation and Order to Vacate
may be issued.
Danial Wasiuk, Health Inspector
City of Northampton Health Department
Northampton, MA 01060
RE: Apartment SL-236 South Street
April 15,2016
Mr.Wasiuk,
Since receiving your Correction Order on Saturday—April 9'h,the following(in summary) has been
done:
Sunday-April 10`h
I communicated with tenants from 1R, 2L and 2R to get their subjective feedback regarding the heat. All
other tenants in the building were very comfortable.
Monday—April 11th
Tenant Madeline complained that the temperature in her apartment was not meeting"Sanitary Code"
and that the heating system was obviously broken at 7:27 AM. I immediately contacted:
Phillips Heating and Plumbing
45 Payson Ave. (Across from Town Hall)
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413) 527-0340
I was concerned that the system was broken and asked Phil Hurteau if he could possibly do an
emergency assessment of 11 to make certain that the unit was receiving heat. Although he was booked
solid, he agreed and would try to assess it for me. I tented all the tenants in 11 that I was attempting to
get someone to do a temperature safety check.
Phil was able to come to the property around 10 AM. Given that we were both concerned about the
tenants safety we agreed that it was imperative to check for heat delivery to the unit. Upon entering
apartment 1R, I did not feel as warm as my previous visits. I had been in and out of that apartment in
November and December and did a radiator check of Madeline's bedroom on January 6th and 10ih.
Phil checked all the radiators in the common areas for heat (we did not enter any of the bedrooms). Of
the four radiators he checked, he found the air values on three radiators to be set to ZERO. This
included the kitchen,the porch entrance room and the living room. The bathroom radiator was not at
ZERO. It was very hot to touch(Phil nearly burnt his hand because he expected it to be cold like the
others). Invoice attached.
Phil turned the radiators on and I informed the tenants that my plumber would be on site on the
following two days and would need access the situation further. Tenant Elliot requested that we use the
interior hallway door for access if the plumber needed to get in to the apartment(I think this was due to
the cat).
Tuesday—April 12`"
I asked my plumber:
Greg Mongeon Plumbing& Htg
26 Trumbull Road
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: (413) 584-2820
to replace ALL the air valves on the radiators in 2R. (He had evaluated the radiators in the apartment in
February when I first heard that 2R was getting too warm due to the manipulation of the thermostat).
I also personally evaluated the air valves in 1L. I turned all of the radiators in that apartment ON and
called for heat. ALL the radiators got"piping' hot(I did not check the radiator in Aiden's room at her
request as she stated that she has not been having any issues with the heat). I demonstrated that the
radiators were getting hot to the tenants after they were turned ON.
Also the thermostat on the second floor landing was noted to be set at 68° F on numerous random
checks. The ambient temperature reading on the thermostat was also 68° F.
Wednesday—April 13th
I contacted the tenants in 1L to check their comfort level. They claimed it was only 65 degrees in the
apartment. I immediately went over and found that the thermostat had been reset to 65 degrees. With
this downward adjustment(from 68°F)the furnace did not need to re-fire for much of the morning. I
reset the thermostat to 68° F and requested everyone's cooperation until this issue is resolved.
Even valves tves were I not clogged,that requested that plumber Greg Mongeon replace rALLL the air valves that the delivered to the
air valves were not clogg q
Thursday—April 14th
I did a spot check of the thermostat at 7:30 AM in anticipation of a temperature survey to be conducted
by a licensed contractor. I found the thermostat set to 68° F and it was showing an ambient
temperature of 68° F. Interestingly I encountered tenant Madeline in the common area leading to the
thermostat at that time She stated she had just woken up and that her apartment was comfortable. I
trust she must have been heading to the laundry area and not to the second floor landing.
At 10:00 AM I met with Dick Bart an experienced,licensed contractor at the apartment for the purpose
of conducting a temperature survey. Please see the attached report.
It is not my intent to elaborate on the contentious relationship that has developed between the
apartments on 1L and 2R but this heating situation clearly developed after Ja a a port that it was toots 1“when the
moved into it Until that time no issues with the heat existed except getting
warm. (as I previously mentioned the past 12 years has been very harmonious).
Shortly after IL moved in one of my tenants(Matt- IR)complained to me that he was waking up cold on
three consecutive days(on January 5th). Matt and his girlfriend had been with me for over four
years. Upon his investigation he found that the furnace was being turned OFF at the thermostat each
morning. He offered to keep an eye on things to help figure out who was doing this and also put up a
sign indicating that the heating system should not be turned OFF.
After it happen again on January 6th contacted John this situation
whosery serviced / been related boiler last
year.the John was boiler to come way,
year. John was able to come by on that day(January 6th)and evaluated the heating system. We
determined that the boiler was working and the thermostat was cycling on and off appropriately.
also evaluated the pipes leading to apartment 1L and found them to be appropriately hot. It was his
professional opinion that there was no way the boiler would have the capacity to turn off the
thermostat.I additionally called Honeywell who confirmed that this was true.Clearly somebody had
been tampering with the thermostat. Invoice attached.
On that day(January 6'") I was able to also evaluate the radiator in the Madeline's room to make certain
that it was warm and found that it was. Subjectively the apartment was warm. I brought this to the
attention of the roommate(Elliott)who was the one who allowed me to enter the apartment at that
time. I did notice that there was no bed in Madeline's bedroom and saw a pillow, a blanket and a mat in
the corner on the floor.
I issued a memo to all tenants on January 6th that turning off the heat places the tenants and building at
risk. And stressed that with tenants working together and communicating on this topic a happy medium
can be achieved. Since I could not be there all the time, Matt (and his girlfriend Amber)agreed medium to di keep
an eye on the situation for me and let me know it the problem re-occurred. They reported no further
issues.
Of course, no one admitted to tampering with the thermostat and it was not clear what was happening.
Madeline firs[admitted to me that she had been turning up the heat when she felt cold (early Feburary)
and roughly at that time the 2R apartment was stating that the thermostat was being turned up greater
that 66° F (set as high as 72° F). Upon hearing this I requested that plumber Greg Mongeon make
contact with the folks in 2R to check radiator problems. Invoice attached.
i have tried to be as responsive and accommodating to Madeline's needs especially when it comes to to
her heat. Most recently she appears to have become vacate the apartment prematurely and wanted her portion tof the security dep s tsunbundled and with me as she
returned to her. After several inquiries about getting her deposit back early, I was firm in asserting that
there were no provisions for subleasing in the lease and that I would return the deposit for the
apartment within 30 days of the termination of the lease. This was on March 28th.
I one tampers with thelthermostat.If I survey will go
provide you with providing u further information,mation, pleadse do no no
hesitate to contact me.
I would appreciate the knowing the date and time of the next inspection so I can once again ask for
everyone's cooperation.
Resp f
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u y,
owe—
vid Shea
ceilidoc @aol.com
413-537-7292
Attachments:
Invoice—John Geryk Plumbing—January 6, 2016
Invoice—Greg Mongeon Plumbing—February 3,2016
Invoice—Phillip's Plumbing—April 11,2016
Bart Construction Temperature Survey—April 14, 2016
RICHARD BART CONSTRUCTION
129 MAIN STREET, HAYDENVILLE, MA 01039
413 374-5005 rihart129@Verizon.net
MA CSL #CS-023568, UNRESTRICTED
April 14,
Job # 73,
2016
Dave Shea, 236 South Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Document apartment temperature in all rooms of unit It using
State standard procedure. unit.Verify hall temperature
and
thermostat setting at location of Ver fyboileopeation.
Instrument used is CEN-TECH class 2 laser with wavelength 635-
660 nm. Instrument calibrated on 4-13-2016.
Iperature Survey*
lard Bart License: CS-023568
iouth Street
tment 11
/2016- 10:00 AM
mostat setting: 68° F Temp 1 Temp 2 Radiator setting
75.6 8
Entrance Rm 79.5 79.0 5
hen 78.4 77.2 8
' Room 1 (MS) 76 9 76.5 6
I Room 1(EF) 76 2 76.8 1
1 Room 1(AABB) 75.4 74.1 8
broom 72.1 70.9 8
ing Room
67.5
ermostat area (after survey)
)n Tuesday 4/12 the tenants of 1L were advised that
evaluation of the apartment was planned on
hursday morning. All tenants in the building were
dvised to keep the thermostat set to 68°F the day
prior. A spot check of the thermostat was made at 7:30
OM on the morning of the survey and the thermostat
vas set to 68o F and the ambient temperature reading
Nas noted on the thermostat to be at 68°F. The system
Nas observed for 30 minutes until the ambient temp
dropped netting a call for heat from the furnace. The
furnace fired appropriately. The survey was conducted
at 10 AM. The thermostat was set to 68° F and it read
68° F at the beginning of the survey and at the
conclusion of the survey. A digital thermometer
confirmed the ambient temperature to be 67.5°F
proximal to the thermostat at the conclusion of the
survey. There was no call for heat during the survey.
The roommate Elliot was present during the entire
survey.
ARD OF HEALTH
MEMBERS
IA C.SALLOOM,CHAIR
ZANNE SMITH,M.D.
JANNE LEVIN,M.D.
STAFF
Ilth O'Leary,ITS.,Director
Wasiuk,Health Inspector
own,R.N.,Public Health Nurse
td Smith,Health Inspector
eather McBride,Clerk
H, 2016
Shea
rk Street
ampton, MA 01027
CITY OF NORTHAMPTON
MASSACHUSETTS 01060
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE
FILE UPI
212 MAIN STREET
NORTHAMPTON,MA 01060
OMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS
Property Owner:
Aril 5, 2016, an initial Housing Inspection was made at the property located at 236 South Street,
IL owned or operated by you. Violations were observed and an enforcement letter with
action orders was mailed to you on 2/6/16.
ial re-inspection was conducted on 4/20/16.
notations noted in the (initial inspection date) enforcement letter were found to be corrected and
efore, please note that you haves pl=ed with all of the correction orders issued in the inspection
Drt.
s letter was signed under the pains and penalties of perjury. If you have any questions regarding
matter, please contact me at my office.
oriel Wasiuk, Ith Inspector
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