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780 CMR: STATE BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BUILDING CODE
116.4.2 Fee and costs: AN fees and costs related violations until the lapse of 30 days after the
to the performance of on-site project issuance of the written notice of violation.
representation shall be borne by the owner.
118.5 Abatement of violation: The imposition of
1165 Building official responsibility: Nothing the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the
contained in 780 CMR 116.0 shall have the effect of legal officer of the jurisdiction from instituting
waiving or limiting the building official's authority appropriate action to prevent unlawful construction
to enforce 780 CMR with respect to examination of or to restrain, correct or abate a violation, or to
the contract documents, including plans, prevent illegal occupancy of a building,structure or
computations and specifications, and field premises or to stop an illegal act,conduct,business
inspections(see 780 CMR 106.0). or occupancy of a building or structure on or about
any premises.
780 CMR 117.0 WORKMANSHIP
117.1 General: All work shall be conducted, 118.6 Notice or orders, service and content:
installed and completed in a workmanlike and Every notice or order authorized by 780 CMR shall
acceptable manner so as to secure the results be in writing and shall be served on the person
intended by 780 CMR responsible:
1. personally, by any person authorized by the
780 CMR 118.0 VIOLATIONS building official;or
2. by any person authorized to serve civil
118.1 Unlawful acts: It shall be unlawful for any process by leaving a copy of the order or notice at
person,firm or corporation to use, occupy or change the responsible party's last and usual place of
the use or occupancy of any building or structure or abode;or
to erect, construct,- alter, extend, repair, remove, 3. by sending the party responsibile a copy of the
demolish any building or structure or any equipment order by registered or certified mail return receipt
regulated by 780 CMR or cause same to be done,in requested,if he is within the Commonwealth;or
conflict with or in violation of any of the provisions 4 if the responsibile party's last and usual place
of 780 CMR of abode is unknown, by posting a copy of this
order or notice in a conspicuous place on or about
118.2 Notice of violation:The building official shall the premises in violation and by publishing it for
serve a notice of violation or order on the person at least three out of five consecutive days in one
responsible for the erection,construction, alteration, or more newspapers of general circulation
extension,repair,removal,demolition or occupancy wherein the building or premises affected is
of a building or structure in violation of the situated
provisions of 780 CMR, or in violation of a detail
statement or a plan approved thereunder, or in 790 CMR 119.0 MP WORK ORDER
violation of a permit or certificate issued under the
provisions of 780 CMR Such order shall be in 119.1 Notice to owner: Upon notice from the
writing and shall direct the discontinuance of the building official that work on arty building or
illegal action or condition and the abatement of the provisions is being prosecuted or contrary unsafe the
violation. provisions of 780 CMR or in an unsafe and
dangerous manner or contrary to the approved
1183 Prosecution of violation: If the notice of construction documents submitted in support of the
violation is not complied with in the time period building Permit application, such work shall be
specified in said notice of violation, the building immediately stopped. The stop work order shall be
official may institute the appropriate proceedings at in `"'riting and shall be given to the owner of the
law or in equity to r�estra4 correct or abate such Property urvolved or to the owner's agent,or to the
violation or to require the removal or termination of Person doing the worm and shall state the conditions
the unlawful occupancy of the building or structure under which work will be permitted to resume.
in violation of the provisions of 780 CMR or of the
order or direction made pursuant thereto. 119.2 Unlawful continuance:Any person who shall
continue any work in or about the building or
118.4 Violation penalties: Whoever violates any structure after having been served with a stop work
provision of 780 C IR,except any specialized code ordm,except such Mork as that person is directed to
referenced herein, shall be punishable by a fine of perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition,
not more than S1,000 or by imprisonment for not shall be liable to a fine of not more than 51,000 or
more than one year,or both for each such violation. by imprisom. =for not more than one year,or both
Each day during which a violation exists shall for each such violation. Each day during which a
constitute a separate offense. The building official violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
shall not begin criminal prosecution for such
26 780 CMR-Sixth Edition 217/97 (Effective 2128/97)
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DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS
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INSPECTOR 212 Main Street • Municipal Building
North,vnpton, MA 01060
May 17, 1999
Phat N Lo & Sim Tam N Lo
137 Spruce Hill Ave.
Northampton, MA 01060
Dear Mr. Lo:
On Wednesday, May 12t1i, I drove by 137 Spruce Hill Ave. and saw work being done on a
converted garage space with no building permits.
This job was posted with a stop work order and cannot continue until the proper permits
are obtained.
Enclosed is the Massachusetts State Building Code referring to this order. Please contact
the Building Inspector's office at 587-1240 as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
0
Stanley Sze czyk
Building Inspector
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Enclosure
Cert# Z 010 726 672