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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 22:30:46
Document Index: 157027667

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 108', '§ 108', '§ 108', '§ 108', '§ 108', '§ 108', '§ 108', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 27', '§ 23', '§ 23', '§ 2', 'Art. 19', '§ 108']

Town of Yarmouth, MA Occupancy of Buildings
§ 108-2 Certificate of registration required; posting.
§ 108-3 Number of persons restricted.
§ 108-4 Fee.
§ 108-5 Revocation or suspension of permit.
§ 108-6 Penalty.
§ 108-7 Nonapplicability.
§ 108-8 Smoke detectors.
Chapter 108 Occupancy of Buildings
Occupancy load where alcoholic beverages are sold — See Ch. 60.
Editor's Note: This chapter was derived from Section 6.33 of the Town of Yarmouth Bylaws and was originally adopted by Special Town Meeting held on 8-24-1976 and 8-25-1976.
The owner of any building and the owner's agent and employees, and includes an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or association.
Tenant, lessee, holder of a lease and any licensee or invitee of such tenant, and includes an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or association.
No person shall rent or lease, or offer to rent or lease, any building or any portion of a building to be used for human habitation without first registering with the Board of Health, which shall determine the number of persons such building or portion of a building may lawfully accommodate under the provisions of the Massachusetts State Sanitary Code, and without first also conspicuously posting within such building or portion of a building a certificate of registration provided by the Board of Health specifying the number of persons such building or portion of a building may lawfully accommodate.
No tenant shall lease, rent or occupy any building or any portion of a building subject to the provisions of this chapter if, at the time of such lease, rental or occupancy, the number of persons occupying such building or portion of a building exceeds the number of persons authorized to occupy such building or portion of a building by a certificate of registration, if issued and posted, or, if no certificate of registration is issued or posted, the number of persons that may be lawfully accommodated as determined by the Board of Health under the Massachusetts State Sanitary Code.
[Amended 4-7-1981 by Art. 18, approved 8-4-1981]
There shall be a fee of $10 to procure a certificate of registration, which shall be valid for one year or to December 31 of each year, whichever is sooner. Thereafter the permit shall be annually renewed at a fee of $10 per year.
[Added 4-7-1981 by Art. 18, approved 8-4-1981]
A permit issued under this chapter shall be revoked if, at any time, the licensing authorities are satisfied that the licensee is unfit to hold the license. They may suspend and make inoperative, for such period of time as they may deem proper, the permit mentioned herein for any cause deemed satisfactory to them. The revocation and suspension shall not be made until after investigation and a hearing or after giving the licensee an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the hearing shall be delivered to the permittee not less than three days before the time of said hearing.
[Amended 4-7-1981 by Art. 18, approved 8-4-1981; 4-20-1982 by Art. 27, approved 8-10-1982]
Any person or tenant violating any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300. Each day's violation constitutes a separate offense.
This chapter shall not apply to boarding- and lodging houses licensed under Chapter 140, § 23, of the General Laws; motels licensed under Chapter 140, § 23, of the General Laws; or establishments licensed under Chapter 140, § 2, of the General Laws.
[Added 4-9-1985 by Art. 19, approved 6-6-1985]
The owners of all rental units, as defined in § 108-2, shall be required to certify annually that operating smoke detectors have been placed in the rental unit. The smoke detectors and locations thereof shall be satisfactory to the Yarmouth Fire Department.