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Timestamp: 2018-12-15 03:32:38
Document Index: 85903252

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 21', '§ 31', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 26', '§ 2', '§ 40', '§ 123', '§ 330', '§ 1']

City of Gardner, MA General Provisions
Ch 1 Art I Enforcement
§ 1-1 Criminal complaint.
§ 1-3 Purchasing/Civil Enforcement Department.
§ 1-5 Code superseded prior ordinances.
§ 1-10 Code to be kept up-to-date.
§ 1-11 Sale of Code.
§ 1-18 When effective.
[Adopted 5-21-1990 by Ord. No. 1046]
Any person who violates the provisions of any ordinance of the City of Gardner may be penalized by indictment or on complaint brought in District Court. Except as may be otherwise provided by law and as the District Court may see fit to impose, the penalty for each violation or offense shall be not less than $25 nor more than $300.
Any person who violates the provisions of any ordinance of the City of Gardner, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may be penalized by a noncriminal disposition as provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D. The noncriminal method of disposition may also be used for violations of any rule or regulation of any municipal officer, board or department which is subject to a specific penalty. Without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of this provision that the following ordinances, rules or regulations are to be included within the scope of this section, that the specific penalties as listed hereunder shall apply in such cases, and that the municipal official listed for each ordinance, rule or regulation shall be the enforcing person for such ordinance, rule or regulation. Nothing herein shall limit or restrict any enforcing person's authority to seek criminal prosecution of any violation of any ordinance, rule or regulation listed herein. Each day on which any violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Violation of any provision of Chapters 1 through 10 of the State Sanitary Code (105 CMR 400.000 to 105 CMR 590.000) or Title 5 of the State Environmental Code (310 CMR 15.00).
[Amended 4-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1092]
Enforcing person: Director of Public Health.
Second and subsequent offenses: $50.
Violation of any regulation adopted by the Board of Health under MGL c. 111, § 31, 31B, 122, 127 or 155.
Violation of any regulation from the Massachusetts State Building Code.
Enforcing person: Building Commissioner.
Second and subsequent offenses: $50.[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 2.4, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563. Section 2.4 referenced portions of the Building Code Ordinance that was repealed in 2002.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 675, Zoning, of this Code.
Penalty: $300.
Violation of any regulation from the Uniform State Plumbing Code and Massachusetts Fuel Code, 248 CMR 3 to 11.
Enforcing person: Plumbing Inspector.
Second and subsequent offenses: $50.[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 2.7, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563. Section 2.7 referenced portions of the Building Code Ordinance that was repealed in 2002.
Violation of any regulation from the Massachusetts Electrical Code, 527 CMR 12.00.
Enforcing person: Wire Inspector.
Second and subsequent offenses: $50.[3]
Editor's Note: Original § 2.9, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563. Section 2.9 referenced portions of the Building Code Ordinance that was repealed in 2002.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 390, Fees, Article VII, Wiring Permits, of this Code.
Violation of MGL c. 148, §§ 26C and 26E, as accepted by the City Council on April 5, 1982.
Enforcing person: Fire Chief or legal designee of Fire Chief.
Penalty: $25.
Violation of any regulation from the Air Pollution Control Regulations, 310 CMR 7.00, in which specific reference to 310 CMR 7.52 is cited.
Enforcing person: Fire Chief or legal designee of Fire Chief, Director of Public Health, or any police officer.
Second and subsequent offenses: $50.[4]
Editor's Note: Original § 2.13, which immediately followed this subsection and referenced the Fire Alarm Ordinance, was repealed 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 567, Streets and Sidewalks, Article VII, Driveway Permits, of this Code.
Enforcing person: City Engineer.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 553, Sewers, of this Code.
Enforcing person: Public Works Director.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 625, Water, of this Code.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 312, Animals, Article I, Dog Control, of this Code.
[Added 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. 1062]
Enforcing person: Dog Officer or any police officer.
Fourth offense: $200.
Fifth and each subsequent offense: $300.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 610, Vehicles, Wrecked and Abandoned, of this Code.
[Added 6-15-1992 by Ord. No. 1096]
Enforcing person: any police officer.
Penalty: $50 a day for each day's violation beyond a fourteen-day period after notice, not to exceed $300.
Violation of any provision of the Wetland Protection Act, MGL c. 131, § 40.
[Added 4-6-1992 by Ord. No. 1092]
Enforcing person: legal designee of Conservation Commission.
Violation of MGL c. 111, § 123 (abatement of nuisance by owner).
Penalty: $20.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 567, Streets and Sidewalks, Article VI, Street Excavations and Obstructions, of this Code.
[Added 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 1188]
Penalty, each offense and each day: $100.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 330, Bicycles and Play Vehicles, Article I, Bicycles, § 330-3A, of this Code.
Penalty, any offense: $20.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 330, Bicycles and Play Vehicles, Article II, Roller Skates, Skateboards and Toy Vehicles, of this Code.
[Added 6-19-1995 by Ord. No. 1190]
Penalty, any offense: $5.
Violation of any provision of Chapter 636, Water Use Restrictions, of this Code.
[Added 9-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1309]
Each subsequent offense: $100.
[Added 7-6-2004 by Ord. No. 1409; amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
There is hereby established in the administrative service of the City of Gardner a Civil Enforcement Department to be included with the duties and responsibilities of the Purchasing Department, and this Department shall be titled the "Purchasing/Civil Enforcement Department." The duties and responsibilities of said Department and the Purchasing Agent/Civil Enforcement Director shall include the input, computerized tracking, management, and reporting of various noncriminal violation fines and penalties from imposition through collection. These duties and responsibilities are further defined by Chapter 221, Purchasing/Civil Enforcement Department, of this Code.
[Adopted 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 1563]
The ordinances of the City of Gardner of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Gardner, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 675, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the City of Gardner," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance, and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the City Clerk, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said City Clerk to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Council to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the City of Gardner" shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be inserted in the Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the City of Gardner shall cause this ordinance to be published in the manner required by law. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and publication of this ordinance, coupled with the availability of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Gardner to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties as set forth in § 1-1 of the Code.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to August 5, 2013.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of municipal officers and employees or establishing or classifying positions.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing traffic or parking regulations.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance accepting or adopting the provisions of any general law or special act of the commonwealth.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the City of Gardner, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made except as provided for in Subsections B and C hereof. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the City Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
Nomenclature. The following titles are updated throughout the Code:
"Building Inspector" to "Building Commissioner."
"Department of Public Safety" to "Police Department."
"Commissioner of Public Safety" to "Chief of Police."
Editor's Note: Schedule A is on file at the office of the City Clerk.