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Timestamp: 2018-06-21 22:07:26
Document Index: 279060113

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 92', '§ 92', '§ 92', '§ 92', 'Art. 31', '§ 57', '§ 57', 'Art. 5', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 21']

Town of Blackstone, MA Licensing Procedures
§ 92-2 List to be provided.
§ 92-3 Denial, revocation or suspension of license.
§ 92-4 Payment agreement.
§ 92-5 Waiver.
Chapter 92: Licensing Procedures
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Blackstone 4-29-1991 by , Art. 31.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
General Laws accepted or rejected — See Ch. A200.
Editor's Note: This Article also accepted the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 57.
Chapter 92 : Licensing Procedures
By the acceptance of MGL C. 40, § 57, the Town may deny any application for or revoke or suspend any local license or permit, including renewals and transfers, issued by any board, officer or department for any person, corporation or business enterprise who has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges.
The Tax Collector or other municipal official responsible for records of all municipal taxes, assessments, betterments and other municipal charges, hereinafter referred to as the "Tax Collector," shall annually furnish to each department, board, commission or division, hereinafter referred to as the "licensing authority," that issues licenses or permits, including renewals and transfers, a list of any person, corporation or business enterprise, hereinafter referred to as the "party," that has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges for not less than a twelve-month period and that has not filed in good faith a pending application for an abatement of such tax or a pending petition before the Appellate Tax Board.
[Amended by 6-20-1994 STM, Art. 5]
The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend any license or permit, including renewals and transfers, of any party whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the Tax Collector; provided, however, that written notice is given to the party and the Tax Collector, as required by applicable provisions of law, and the party is given a hearing, to be held not earlier than 14 days after said notice, or with respect to any activity, event or other matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which activity, event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be carried out or exercised on or about real estate whose owner has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges. Said list shall be prima facie evidence for denial, revocation or suspension of said license or permit to any party. The Tax Collector shall have the right to intervene in any hearing conducted with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect to such license denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only for the purposes of such proceeding and shall not be made relevant to or introduced in any other proceeding at law, except for any appeal from such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit denied, suspended or revoked under this section shall not be reissued or renewed until the license authority receives a certificate issued by the Tax Collector that the party is in good standing with respect to any and all local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges, payable to the municipality as the date of issuance of said certificate.
The Board of Selectmen may waive such denial, suspension or revocation if it finds that there is no direct or indirect business interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any, or members of his immediate family, as defined in MGL c. 268, § 1,[1] in the business or activity conducted in or on said property.
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 268A, § 1.
This chapter shall not apply to the following licenses and permits:
Clubs; associations dispensing food and beverage licenses, MGL c. 140, § 21E.
A city or Town may exclude any local license or permit from this chapter by bylaw or ordinance.