32C-129 (4) 780 CMR: STATE BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BUILDING CODE
If it appears that such building or structure would be case of such demolition, the said building official
especially unsafe in case of fire, it shall be deemed shall cause such lot to be leveled to conform with
dangerous within the meaning hereof, and the adjacent grades by a inorganic fill. The costs and
building official may affix in a conspicuous place charges incurred shall constitute a lien upon the land
upon its exterior_walls a notice of its dangerous upon which the structure is located, and shall be
condition, which shall not be removed or defaced enforced in an action of contract; and such owner
without authority from him. shall, for every day's continuance of such refusal or
neglect after being so notified,be punished by a fine
121.3 Removal or making structure safe: Any in accordance with 780 CMR 118.4. The provisions
person so notified shall be allowed until 12:00 noon of M.G.L. c. 139, § 3A paragraph two, relative to
of the day following the service of the notice in liens for such debt and the collection of claims for
which to begin to remove such building or structure such debt shall apply to any debt referred to in this
or make it safe, or to make it secure, and he shall section, except that the said building official shall
employ sufficient labor speedily to make it safe or act hereunder in place of the mayor or board of
remove it or to make it secure-, but if the public selectmen. During the time such order is in effect,
safety so requires and if the mayor or selectmen so it shall be unlawful to use or occupy such structure
order, the building official may immediately enter or any portion thereof for any purpose.
upon the premises with the necessary workmen and
assistants and catfse such unsafe structure to be made 121.6 Remedy of person ordered to remove a
safe or demolished without delay and a proper fence dangerous structure or make it safe:
put up for the protection of passersby, or to be made Notwithstanding the provisions of 780 CMR 122, an
secure. owner, aggrieved by such order may have the
remedy prescribed by M.G.L. c. 139, § 2: provided
121.4 Failure to remove or make structure safe, that any provision of M.G.L. c. 139, § 2 shall not be
survey board, survey report: If an owner of such construed so as to lunder, delay or prevent the
unsafe structure refuses or neglects to comply with building official from acting and proceeding under
'the�requirements of such notice within the specified 780 CMR 121; and provided, further, that this
time limit, and such structure is not made safe or section shall not prevent the city or town from
taken down as ordered therein, a careful survey of recovering the forfeiture provided in said 780 CMR
the premises shall be made by a board consisting;in 121.5 from the date of the service of the original
a city, of a city engineer, the head of the fire notice,unless the order is annulled by the jury.
department, as such term is defined in M.G.L.
c. 148, § 1, and one disinterested person to be 780 CMR 121.0 UNSAFE STRUCTURES
appointed by the building official; and,in a town of
a surveyor,the head of the fire department and one 121.1 General: The provisions of 780 CMR 121.0
disinterested person to be appointed by the building are established by M.G.L. c. 143, §§ 6, 7, 8, 9 and
official. In the absence of any of the above officers 10.
or individuals, the mayor or selectmen shall
desienate one or more officers or other suitable 121.2 Inspection: The building official
persons in place of the officers so named as immediately upon being informed by report or
members of said board. A written report of such otherwise that a building or other structure or
survey shall be made, and a copy thereof served on anything attached thereto or connected therewith is
such owner. dangerous to life or limb or that any building in that
city or town is unused, uninhabited or abandoned,
121.5 Removal of dangerous or abandoned and open to the weather, shall inspect the same;and
structures: If such survey report as outlined in he shall forthwith in writing notify the .owner to
780 CMR 121.4 declares such structure to be remove it or make it safe if it appears to him to be
dangerous or to be unused, uninhabited or dangerous, or to make it secure if it is unused,
abandoned, and open to the weather, and if the uninhabited or abandoned and open to the weather.
owner continues such refusal or neglect,the building
official shall cause it to be made safe or taken down Sixth Edition 27
or to be made secure; and, if the public safety so
requires, said building official may at once enter the aggnevca LrrcrCOy nc uiay uicu appcai w uic DUI«
structure,the land on which it stands or the abutting Building Code Appeals Board as provided in
land or buildings, with such assistance as he may 780 CMR 122.0.
require, and secure the same; and may remove and In the event an appeal is taken directly to the State
evict, und6r. the pertinent provisions of M.G.L. Building Code Appeals Board from an
c.239,or otherwise,any tenant or occupant thereof, interpretation, order, requirement or direction, said
and may erect such protection for the public by appeal shall be filed as specified in 780 CMR
proper fence or otherwise as may be necessary,and 122.3.1 with the State Building Code Appeals Board
for this purpose may close a public highway. In the not later than 45 days after the service of notice
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DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS
INSPECTOR 212 Main Street 0 Municipal Building
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Northampton, MA 01060
September 3, 1998
Richard Venne
164 North Maple St
Florence,MA 01062
RE: 48 Fruit St-32C-129
Dear Mr. Venue:
On Wednesday, September 2"d,this office received an anonymous call about an unsafe condition at your
property on 48 Fruit Street.
I went to the property and found the two story porch at the rear of the building is in danger of collapsing
and needs to be repaired immediately.
I am including a page from the Massachusetts Building Code referring to this type of dangerous condition.
You have seven days to remedy this situation.
Please contact this office at 587-1240.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely, /
Stanley Szewczyk
Building Inspector
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