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Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › Section 4.13 - Conduct

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No person shall, at or upon Devens, do or
			 omit any act if the doing or omission or is likely to endanger person or
			 property.
(2) No person shall
			 loiter in or about any public or non-public area at Devens.
(3) No person shall commit any disorderly,
			 obscene, indecent or unlawful act, commit any nuisance or abandon any personal
			 property in or about any public or non-public area at Devens.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › Section 4.14 - Report of Accidents

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Whenever a person operating a motor vehicle in Devens is
				involved in an accident at Devens is of a magnitude requiring that person to
				report that accident to the police; the person shall file the report at the
				headquarters of the Police at Devens.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › Section 4.15 - Commercial Activity, Soliciting, Advertising, Rights of Free Speech

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(1) No person, unless duly authorized by the
			 Executive Director shall in or upon any area of the Devens Properties,
			 including but not limited to any lobby, sidewalk, stairway, or any other
			 appurtenance of the Devens Properties or on any public way or any way open to
			 the public within Devens:
(a) Sell, or offer
			 for sale any article of merchandise.
(b) Carry on any commercial activity or
			 conduct operations of a commercial nature.
(c) Solicit any business or trade.
(d) Solicit alms or funds for any purpose.
			 Post, distribute or display signs, advertisements, circulars, printed or
			 written matter.
(e) To conduct a
			 parade or motorcade in or upon any public way, way, sidewalk or alley in Devens
			 or knowingly participate in any such parade or motorcade.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › Section 4.16 - Special Use Permits or Parade Permits

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No person shall conduct any commercial or special activity or
				event upon the lands or waters of the Agency without first obtaining a special
				use permit from the Executive Director or his designee.
Persons applying for permission or authorization to display
				signs or distribute circulars, leaflets or other printed or written matter or
				to conduct a parade on any part of the Devens Properties, shall, if it is
				established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Executive Director or his
				designee that such activity is in the exercise of a constitutionally protected
				right, be granted such permission or authorization subject to conditions and
				limitations reasonable imposed for the safety of the applicants and the safe,
				proper and normal functioning of Devens and the orderly flow of the traveling
				public at Devens.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › Section 4.17 - Industrial Wastewater Discharge Contract Required

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No person shall discharge any industrial wastewater into the
				Devens Sewer System without first signing a contract with the Agency agreeing
				to abide by the Devens Sewer Use Rules & Regulations, including the
				Industrial Pretreatment Program and its Enforcement Response Program. A person
				who fails to comply with the requirements of
				946
				CMR 4.17 or the Devens Sewer Use Rules &
				Regulations, including the Industrial Pretreatment Program and its Enforcement
				Response Program shall be subject to one or all of the following
				actions:
The disconnection of water service and sewer to the premises.
				Appropriate court action to enforce compliance of the rules. Complaint in the
				District Court for the levy of a fine for each day of
				violation.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 4.95 - Enforcement of Rules

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Except when otherwise provided by law, prosecutions for
				  offenses under
				  946 CMR
				  4.00 on behalf of the Agency may be made by any person
				  so authorized by the Agency or the Police.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 4.96 - Criminal Complaint

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Whoever violates any provision of
				  946 CMR
				  4.00 may be penalized by complaint brought in district
				  court. Each day on which a violation exists shall be deemed a separate offense.
				  Except as may be otherwise provided by law and as the district court may see
				  fit to impose, the maximum penalty for each violation or offense, brought in
				  such manner, shall be $500.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 4.97 - Noncriminal Disposition

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Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40, § 21D, the Agency adopts
				  946
				  CMR 4.97 providing for the noncriminal
				  disposition of violations of any provisions of
				  946 CMR
				  4.00, and permits any person taking cognizance of a
				  violation of a specific part of
				  946 CMR
				  4.00 which he is empowered to enforce, as an
				  alternative to initiating criminal proceedings to give to the offender the
				  notice described in M.G.L. c. 40, § 21D and to follow the procedure set
				  forth in
				  946
				  CMR 4.97. Without intending to limit the
				  generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of
				  946
				  CMR 4.97 that the specific penalties as
				  listed in
				  946
				  CMR 4.98 are to be included within the scope
				  of 946 CMR 4.97, that the
				  specific penalties as listed shall apply in such cases (except as otherwise
				  provided by law) and that in addition to Police, who shall in all cases be
				  considered enforcing persons for the purposes of
				  946
				  CMR 4.97, any person so authorized by the
				  Agency, shall be enforcing persons for
				  947
				  CMR 4.97. Each day on which any violation
				  exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 4.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: General Provisions › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 4.98 - Noncriminal Disposition Fines

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The following fines shall be in effect for violations
				  disposed pursuant to the provisions of
				  946
				  CMR 4.97:
(1) For violations of
				946
				CMR 4.04:
(a) First offense a warning or a fine of
				$150.00.
(b) Second or any
				subsequent offense within 12 months of the first offense a fine of
				$300.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.01 - Purpose and Authority

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The Purpose and scope of 946 CMR 5.00 is to protect the public welfare and safety by establishing rules and conduct governing the operation of vehicles on the public ways, ways and streets within Devens and on the properties of the Agency. The Agency promulgates 946 CMR 3.00 pursuant to the authority granted in St. 1998, c. 266, § 2.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.04 - Authorized Enforcement Officials

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The Executive Director, the Treasurer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Devens Operations Director, Attorneys in the Office of the General Counsel and the Police are authorized to act for the Agency in connection with the enforcement of 946 CMR 5.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.05 - Ingress and Egress to Devens is Limited to Public Ways

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No vehicle, except certain military vehicles belonging to the United States Army or the Massachusetts National Guard, shall enter or leave Devens unless it does so on a public way unless the Agency permits the vehicle the use of another way under its control.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.06 - Speed Limits Established

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The following rules governing vehicular speed in Devens will be in force:
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a street or highway open to the public in Devens in excess of the speed limits prescribed by the Agency, as indicated by posted traffic signs, and in no case in excess of 35 miles per hour, or at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper having regard to traffic, the use of the way, the elements, and terrain, except fire, police and other emergency vehicles in case of emergencies.
(2) No person shall operate a vehicle on any land, way, roadway, driveway, or path, owned or controlled by the Agency but not open to the public for passage, at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper having regard to traffic, the use of the way, the terrain and the safety of the public: and in no event in excess of 35 miles per hour.
(3) A speed of 25 miles per hour shall be posted and shall be the speed limit throughout their length on the following streets: Auman, Bates, Buena Vista, Cavite, Elm, Quebec and Walnut, and a speed of 30 miles per hour will be posted and shall be the speed limit throughout their lengths on MacArthur, Independence and Sherman Avenues and Saratoga Boulevard.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.07 - Parking, Standing or Stopping at Devens

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The Agency adopts 946 CMR 5.07 for the parking or stopping of motor vehicles on the streets or highways within Devens:
(1) No person shall allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his name to stand or park in any street or highway in Devens, and in particular in any of the following places, except in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic sign or signal:
(a) Within an intersection
(b) Upon a sidewalk
(c) Upon any crosswalk
(d) Upon any street or highway within ten feet of a hydrant
(e) Upon any street or Highway within 20 feet of an intersecting way, or where a sign requiring a greater distance has been erected.
(f) Along side or opposite any excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(g) no person will be permitted to leave vehicles within parking spaces designated as reserved for vehicles owned and operated by disabled veterans or handicapped persons in public ways, private ways, public and private off-street parking areas, said vehicle not bearing the distinctive number plate authorized by M.G.L. c. 90, § 2 or by a plate issued for the same purposes by any other state or any Canadian state, or leave or park a vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct a curb ramp designed for use for wheelchairs or similar conveyances.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.09 - Obedience to Traffic Control Signals

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Colors and arrow indications in traffic control signals shall have the commands ascribed to them in 946 CMR 5.09, and no other meanings, and every operator of vehicles shall comply therewith, except when otherwise directed by an police officer or by a lawful traffic regulating sign (other than a stop sign) signal or device:
Green: While the green lens is illuminated, drivers facing the signal may proceed through the intersection, but shall yield the right of way to pedestrians and vehicles lawfully within a crosswalk or the intersection at the time such a signal was exhibited. Drivers of vehicles making a right or left turn shall yield the right of way to pedestrians crossing with the flow of traffic.
Yellow: While the yellow lens is illuminated, waiting drivers shall not proceed and driver approaching the intersection or marked stop line, shall stop at such point unless so close to the intersection that a stop cannot be made in safety, provided, however, that if a green arrow is illuminated at the same time, drivers may enter the intersection to make the movement permitted by such arrow.
Red: While the red lens is illuminated, drivers facing the signal shall stop outside of the intersection or at such point as may be clearly marked by a sign or line, provided, however, if a green arrow is illuminated at the same time drivers may enter into the intersection to make the movements permitted by such arrow.
Red and Yellow: While the red and yellow lenses are illuminated together, drivers shall not enter the intersection and during such the intersection shall be reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians.
Flashing Red: A flashing red lens shall indicate those intersections at which a driver is required by law to stop before entering.
Flashing Yellow: A flashing yellow lens shall indicate intersections at which a driver is required by law to slow down before entering such intersections.
Flashing Green: A flashing green lens shall indicate an intersection or pedestrian crosswalk in use or subject to use by entering or crossing traffic, Drives may proceed only with caution and shall be prepared to comply with a change in the signal to a red or red and yellow indication.
Pursuant to the requirements of 946 CMR 5.09, the Agency is authorizes the placement of traffic control signals at the following locations:
At the Intersection of MacArthur Avenue and Pine Street
At the intersection of MacArthur and Buena Vista Street
At the Intersection of Barnum Road and Patton Road.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.10 - Directional Traffic Movement

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(1) Upon the following streets or parts of streets vehicular traffic shall only move in the direction indicated:
Sherman Avenue
Southerly from the Verbeck Gate to Antietam Street
MacArthur Northerly from Antietam to the Verbeck Gate
(2) Within the area bounded by Sherman Street, Chance Street and Elm Street, vehicular traffic shall move in a rotary counter clock direction
(3) Vehicular traffic travelling westerly on Buena Vista Street shall not be permitted to take a right turn onto Auman Street between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. and 5:00 P.M., and vehicular traffic travelling easterly on Antietam Street shall not be permitted to take a right turn onto Auman Street between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.11 - General Traffic Rules for Driving at Devens

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No vehicle shall be operated in Devens if such vehicle is so constructed, equipped, or loaded as to endanger or to be likely to endanger persons or property.
(1) The Police or any authorized representative of the Agency may remove from any street, highway or way, driveway which is disabled, abandoned, parked in violation of 946 CMR 5.07, or which presents an operational problem on such areas and store said vehicle at the operator's or the owner's expense and without liability for damage which may result in the course of such moving.
(2) Notwithstanding where traffic signals may indicate that vehicles may proceed, the operator of a vehicle shall yield to any pedestrian crossing the roadway within the roadway within a marked crosswalk and further, an operator shall not pass any other vehicle which has slowed or stopped to permit a pedestrian to cross at a marked crosswalk.
(3) The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or on to the sidewalk area extending across the alleyway or driveway or if there is no sidewalk or sidewalk area then before entering a street, highway or way.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.12 - Parking in a Manner to Impede Snow Plowing

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No person shall place or cause to be placed any vehicle in a manner so as to interfere with the removing or plowing of snow, or the removing of ice, in any public way, street or way or driveway of Devens. The Agency staff member in charge of the ways for the time being for the purpose of plowing or removing snow, or removing ice from any way, or the Police, may remove, or cause to be removed, to a convenient place, including a public garage, any vehicle interfering with such work, and the owner of such vehicle shall be liable for the cost of such removal, and the storage, if any, resulting therefrom.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.13 - Appointment of Parking Clerk

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The Agency accepts the provisions of M.G.L. c. 90, § 20A½, and appoints the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Public Safety at Devens to the position of Parking Clerk for Devens. The Parking Clerk, in addition to other duties, not including police functions, assigned to her by the Agency, and shall perform the duties assigned to Parking Clerks in the section.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.14 - Removal of Abandoned Vehicles

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No person, within Devens, shall abandon a motor vehicle, registered or unregistered, upon any public way or private way, or upon the property of another, without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property. To enforce this prohibition, the Agency accepts the provisions of M.G.L. c. 90, § 22B and appoints the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Public Safety at Devens to the position of Parking Clerk for Devens. The Parking Clerk, in addition to other duties, not including police functions, assigned to her by the Agency, shall supervise and coordinate the processing of abandoned motor vehicles and shall have the authority to implement the provision of M.G.L. 90, § 22B.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › Section 5.15 - Establishment of School Speed Zones

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Due to its proximity to a school building, Barnum Road from its intersection with Queenstown Street and MacArthur Avenue shall be a school zone and no person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour within that stretch or Barnum Road. Pursuant to this requirement, the Agency authorizes the erection and maintenance of appropriate signs or traffic signals limiting such speed to face the following streets or ways:
Barnum Road
At the intersection of MacArthur Avenue heading Southeast.
At the intersection of Queenstown heading Northwest.
PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 5.96 - Enforcement of Traffic and Parking Rules

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Except when otherwise provided by law, prosecutions for offenses under 946 CMR 5.00 on behalf of the Agency may be made by any person so authorized by the Agency or the Police.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 5.97 - Automobile Law Violations

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An automobile law violation that is a Civil Motor Vehicle Infraction as defined in M.G.L. c. 90C, § 1 shall be prosecuted pursuant to the procedure for such motor offense established in M.G.L. c. 90C and the penalties for such infractions shall be that established by that statute. The penalty for abandoning a motor vehicle and the manner of prosecuting such offense shall be the penalties and procedures prescribed in M.G.L. c. 90, § 22B. All other automobile law violations shall be enforced by complaint brought in district court and the penalty and punishment shall be as provided by law and as the district may see fit to impose.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 5.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Traffic Rules › PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT DEFINED › Section 5.98 - Fines for Parking Violations

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The penalties for a violation of 946 CMR 5.07 for each day of violation shall be $15.00, except the penalty for a violation of 496 CMR 5.07(1)(d) shall be $50.00 for each day of violation, and for a violation of 496 CMR 5.07(1)(g) the penalty shall be $100.00 for each day of violation.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 6.00 - General Provisions › Section 6.01 - Scope, Purpose, and Authority

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The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency ("Agency") is a body politic and corporate organized and operating pursuant to the provisions of St. 1998 c. 289, §§ 23 through 29 and 33. As so constituted, the Agency is empowered to and has promulgated Rules and Regulations governing the regulation of its affairs, the conduct of its business, and the use of its facilities, including the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone ("Devens"); and to fix penalties for the violation thereof.
The Agency reserves the right from time to time to amend, supplement, revise, alter, rescind, or add to 946 CMR 6.00 in part or their entirety.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 6.00 - General Provisions › Section 6.02 - Non Discrimination

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To the extent permitted by law, the Agency shall maintain and enforce a policy of non-discrimination and affirmative action in employment at all facilities. Accordingly, no person doing business with the agency as a lessee, tenant, licensee, or permittee at any facility governed by 946 CMR 6.02, shall discriminate in the provision of goods, services or employment on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, or sex, or be in violation of any provisions of local, state, or federal law regarding non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 6.00 - General Provisions › Section 6.03 - Petitions

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(1) In accordance with M.G.L c. 30A, § 4, any interested person may petition the Agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulation, and may accompany such petition with such data, views, and arguments as that person considers pertinent.
(2) The procedure for the submission, consideration and disposition of such petitions is as follows: All petitions hereunder shall be in writing, signed by the individual petitioner, or by an individual acting on behalf of any petitioning group or organization, and shall include the complete address and telephone number of said individual.
The Executive Director of the Agency, within 30 days of receipt of any valid petition, shall notify the petitioners, and may notify other interested persons or parties, of the schedule and procedure for consideration and disposition of such petitions.
Within 30 and 120 days of so notifying the petitioners, the Executive Director shall have carried out those procedures and shall have placed on the agenda of the Agency action his recommendation on the disposition of the petition and the Agency shall appropriate action.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 6.00 - General Provisions › Section 6.04 - Severability

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If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of 946 CMR 6.00 is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.01 - Scope and Purpose

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946 CMR 7.00 establishes basic fire prevention and fire safety rules and regulations for Devens. They are designed to protect those who live and work within Devens. Some rules are similar in scope to those employed by cities and towns of the Commonwealth; others are designed to provide an additional measure of security.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.02 - Definitions - Fire and Police Alarms

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In 946 CMR 7.00, unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words shall have the following meanings:
Agency
shall mean the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency ( the "Agency") created by St. 1998, c. 289, §§ 23, 29 and 33.
Central Station Operating Company
any company equipped to receive a fire or police alarm signal from each of its customers and which then transmits to the Devens Fire Department (DFD), the Devens Police or the Devens Dispatch Center the location of any such alarm the central station operating company receives.
Fire Alarm Malfunction
the transmittal of a fire alarm to a central station operating company or directly to the Devens Fire Department by way of a master box which alarm is caused by improper installation of a fire alarm system, a mechanically defective fire alarm system, lack of maintenance or some other reason that causes a fire alarm to sound even though there is no actual fire or situation that reasonably could involve a fire.
Fire Alarm System
any heat activated, smoke-activated, flame-energy-activated or other such automatic device capable of transmitting a fire alarm signal to either a central station operating company or directly to the Devens Fire Department by way of a master box.
Fire Chief
the chief of the Devens Fire Department.
Fire or Police Alarm System Owner
an individual or entity which owns the title to and/or has on his business or residential premises a fire or police alarm system equipped to send a fire or burglar alarm signal to a central station operating company or directly to the Devens Fire Department by way of master box.
Master Box Owner
an individual or entity who has on his business or residential premises a fire alarm system equipped to send a fire alarm signal directly to the Devens Fire Department by way of master box.
Police
the members of the Massachusetts State Police and such others as are appointed or employed by the Agency pursuant to St. 1993, c. 498.
Police Alarm
an automatic device that transmits a signal to a central station operating company that notifies the police that an event requiring police intervention may be occurring at a specified building or address.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.03 - Duties of Fire Chief

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The Fire Chief shall be the head of the Devens Fire Department in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 48, § 42A, shall act as fire ward and forest warden, and shall enforce within Devens the laws governing fire safety and fire prevention.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.04 - Smoke Detectors in Certain Residential Structures

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The Agency accepts, adopts and makes applicable within Devens the provisions of M.G.L. c. 148, §§ 26D through F, the state law governing the installation of smoke detectors in certain residential structures.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.05 - Automatic Suppressant or Sprinkler Systems Required in All Occupied Buildings

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Every building intended for use or occupation by any person, before such use or occupation will be permitted, shall be protected throughout with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers in accordance with the provisions of National Fire Protection Association, Standards 13, 13d and 13r.
In such buildings or additions, or in certain areas of such buildings or additions, where the discharge of water would be an actual danger in the event of fire, the Fire Chief shall permit the installation of such other fire suppressant systems as are prescribed by 780 CMR:
The State Building Code
in
lieu
of automatic sprinklers. Automatic suppressant or sprinkler systems shall not be required in rooms or areas of a telephone central office equipment building when such rooms or areas are protected with automatic fire alarm systems, nor shall automatic suppressant or sprinkler systems be required in unattached residential garages or in former army structures currently exempted from such requirements by the Agency.
The Devens Fire Chief shall enforce the provisions of 946 CMR 7.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.06 - Connection of Alarm Systems to the Devens Fire Department Via a Master Box

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(1) Every Master Box Owner whose fire alarm system is connected to the Devens Fire Department by way of a Master Box shall pay such fees as are set forth in a fee schedule established by the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and made available upon request of the Devens Fire Department.
(2) Before any fire alarm system is connected to the Devens Fire Department, the Master Box owner shall provide the Fire Chief with the following information:
(a) The name, address, and home and work telephone numbers of the Master Box Owner and other persons or businesses protected.
(b) The street address where the Master Box is located.
(c) The names, addresses, and home and work telephone numbers of individuals and the hours of the day and the day of weeks who are authorized by the Master Box owner to respond to an alarm signal and who have access to the premises providing the Devens Fire Department access as required and specified in 946 CMR 7.11.
(d) The insurance carrier (with a copy of the insurance policy) for the building.
(e) Such other information as the Fire Chief may require.
If as of the date of adoption of 946 CMR 7.00 a fire alarm system has already been connected to the Devens Fire Department by way of a Master Box, the Master Box Owner shall comply with the requirements of 946 CMR 7.00 within 60 days after the Devens Fire Department has sent him notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the requirements of 946 CMR 7.00.
If a Master Box owner fails to comply with 946 CMR 7.06, the Fire Chief may assess a fine of $50.00 for each day of non-compliance.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.07 - Connection of Central Station Operating Companies to Devens Fire Department

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(1) Every Central Station Operating Company which makes a direct connection to the Devens Fire Department shall pay such fees as are set forth in a fee schedule established by the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and made available upon request of the Devens Fire Department.
(2) Before any central station operating company is connected with the Devens Fire Department, it shall provide the Fire Chief with the following information:
(a) The name, address, and home and work telephone numbers of the Master Box Owner and other persons or businesses protected.
(b) The street address where the master box is located.
(c) The names, addresses and home and work telephone numbers of at least two persons who can be contacted 24 hours a day, who are authorized by the Master Box Owner to respond to an alarm signal and who have access to the premises in which the master box is located. Installation of a Key Box providing the Devens Fire Department access as required and specified in 946 CMR 7.11.
(d) The insurance carrier (with a copy of the insurance policy) for the building.
(e) Such other information as the Fire Chief may require.
If upon adoption of 946 CMR 7.00 a central station operating company already has a direct connection to the Devens Fire Department the central station operating company shall comply with the requirements of 946 CMR 7.00 within 60 days after the Devens Fire Department has sent it notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the requirements of 946 CMR 7.00.
If a central station operating company fails to comply with 946 CMR 7.00, the Fire Chief may assess a fine of $50.00 for each day of non-compliance.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.08 - Updating Information

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Every Master Box Owner and every central station operating company shall be responsible for updating the information herein required to be provided to the Fire Chief. If the information provided changes, the Master Box Owner and the central station operating company shall provide the Fire Chief with the updated information and shall pay the fee, if any required by 946 CMR 7.00. If a Master Box Owner or a Central Station Operating Company Fails to comply with 946 CMR 7.08, the Fire Chief may assess a fine of $50.00 for each day of non-compliance.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.09 - Fire Alarm System Malfunction - Fines

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(1) If there is a fire or police alarm system malfunction, the Fire Chief may assess a fine against such alarm system owner for each malfunction occurring during the fiscal year as is set forth in a fine schedule established by the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and made available upon request of the Devens Fire Department.
(2) Private fire or police alarm systems connected to the Devens Fire Department the Police or the Devens Dispatch Center by other automatic means or through central station system shall also be subject to the fines listed in 946 CMR 7.09(1).
(3) Any false fire alarm which is the result of the failure of the property owner, occupant, or their agents to notify the Devens Fire Department or the Police that an internal fire or police system within a protected premises is being repaired, maintained or tested shall cause a penalty to be assessed in accordance with 946 CMR 7.09(1).
(4) For the purposes of 946 CMR 7.00, a false fire or police alarm shall be deemed to have occurred when there is no fire or police response needed even though it was caused by any of the following events:
(a) The operation of a faulty smoke/heat detection device.
(b) Faulty control panel or associated equipment.
(c) A water pressure surge in automatic sprinkler equipment.
(d) Accidental operation of an automatic sprinkler system.
(e) An action by a contractor employed by the owner of the occupant, causing accidental activation of an internal fire alarm system.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.10 - Restrictions on Tape Dialers and Similar Automatic Telephone Devices

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No fire alarm system shall be equipped with a tape dialer or similar automatic telephone device, which will transmit an alarm message to any telephone lines of the Devens Fire Department, the Police or the Devens Dispatch Center. If, upon adoption of 946 CMR 7.00, a fire or police alarm system is equipped with such a tape dialer, or similar automatic telephone device, the alarm system owner will have 60 days from adoption of 946 CMR 7.00 to disconnect such tape dialer or similar automatic telephone device. If a fire alarm system owner fails to comply with 946 CMR 7.00, the Fire Chief may access a fee of $50.00 for each day of non-compliance.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.11 - Secured Key Access

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The Knox Security Box system shall be the one used by Devens Fire Department.
Any building, other than a residential building of less than six units, which has an alarm system or other fire protection system shall be provided with a secure Key Box installed in a location accessible to the Devens Fire Department in case of emergency. This Key Box control panels and other keys necessary to operate or service fire protection systems. In addition, if required by the Fire Chief, a Lock-box sufficient in size shall be obtained and shall contain a list and Material Safety Data Sheets for hazardous substances present on the site in "significant quantities". As used herein, the phrases "hazardous substances" and "significant quantities" shall be defined by applicable town, commonwealth of Massachusetts and Federal regulations governing the storage of these substances.
The Key Box and/or Lock-box shall be of a type approved by the Fire Chief and compatible with the Key Box system presently in use. The Key Box and/or Lock-box shall be located and installed as approved by the Fire Chief
No permit for a fire alarm system will be issued until the permit applicant has placed an order for a Key Box/Lock-box as specified in 946 CMR 7.11.
Any building owner violating of 946 CMR 7.00 after receiving due notice by the Devens Fire Department shall be subject to a fee of $50.00 for each day of non-compliance.
Every building owner whose fire alarm system is already connected by master box to the Devens Fire Department on June 21, 2002 shall have 90 days to order a Key Box/Lock-box to comply with 946 CMR 7.00. Failure to comply shall be subject to the $50.00 fine for each day of non-compliance.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.12 - Appeal Procedure

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Any fire or police alarm system owner who is aggrieved by an action taken by the Fire Chief under 946 CMR 7.00 may within ten days of such action, file an appeal, in writing, to the Devens Chief Operating Officer. After notice to the aggrieved party, the Devens Chief Operating Officer shall hold a hearing, after which he shall issue a decision in which he may suspend, affirm, annul, or modify the action taken be the Fire Chief giving his written reasons therefor. The Devens Chief Operating Officer shall send his decision to the owner by First Class Mail within a reasonable period after the hearing. The decision of the Devens Chief Operating Officer shall be the final administrative decision of the Agency.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.13 - Regulations and Enforcement

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The Fire Chief may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement 946 CMR 7.00.
The Fire Chief is authorized to pursue such legal action as may be necessary to enforce 946 CMR 7.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.14 - Requirement for Hard Wire Smoke Detectors in Residential Buildings for Sale, Conveyance or Transfer

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Notwithstanding the provisions of M.G.L. c. 148, §§ 26E and 26F, all buildings or structures occupied in whole or in part for residential purposes, and not regulated by M.G.L. c. 148, § 26A, 26B or 26C after their initial sale for occupancy shall upon resale, conveyance or transfer of such buildings or structures be equipped by the seller with hard-wired smoke detectors,
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.15 - Deposit of Fees and Fines

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All fees and fines collected shall be paid to the Devens Fire Department, which will forward all amounts collected to the Devens Finance Department for deposit in the Fees and Fines Account.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 7.00 - Devens Regional Enterprise Zone: Fire And Police Rules › Section 7.16 - Severability

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The provisions of 946 CMR 7.00 shall be deemed to be severable, and if any of it's provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 8.00 - RATES › Section 8.01 - Purpose

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The purpose of  946 CMR 8.00 is to establish eligibility criteria for participating companies and allow Mass Development to establish guidelines setting forth the terms, procedures, and standards by which the Fund shall be administered.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 8.00 - RATES › Section 8.02 - Definitions

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As used in  946 CMR 8.00, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Board
. The Board of Directors of MassDevelopment.
Company
. A small corporation or startup company that submits an application for determination by UMass as to whether it meets the Eligibility Criteria for Voucher(s) from the Fund.
Core Facilities
. UMass-owned research-based hardware and software that are available at a daily rate, hourly rate, or per-unit rate, for use by companies who contract with UMass to use, or to have work performed using, said facilities.
Eligibility Criteria
. As set forth in the  946 CMR 8.02:
Guidelines
.
Fund
. The Innovation Voucher Program Fund created pursuant to the authority in M.G.L. c. 75, § 45C, which is credited with any appropriations designated by the general court and any monies generated through corporations or nonprofit entities.
Guidelines
. Guidelines of the Innovation Voucher Program Fund as established and amended by MassDevelopment, from time to time, and approved by the Board.
MassDevelopment
. The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency.
UMass
. The University of Massachusetts established under M.G.L. c. 75, § 1.
Voucher
. A voucher issued by UMass to a Company that meets the Eligibility Criteria and provides a portion of the cost of hourly or daily use or per unit rate of the Core Facilities, which shall be used to advance the goals of job growth creation, innovation and economic development which may include, but shall not be limited to: the construction of prototypes, testing, and market research.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 8.00 - RATES › Section 8.03 - Purpose of the Innovation Voucher Program Fund

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The purpose of the Fund is to advance the goals of job growth creation, innovation and economic development which may include, but shall not be limited to: the construction of prototypes, testing, and market research in the Core Facilities.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 946 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY › Title 946 CMR 8.00 - RATES › Section 8.04 - Voucher Eligibility Requirements

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(1) Vouchers awarded shall be limited, with no exceptions, as set forth in M.G.L. c. 75, § 45C as follows:
(a) eligible Companies with the full time equivalent of not more than ten employees may receive a Voucher that covers up to 75% of the cost of the rate of the Core Facilities;
(b) eligible Companies with the full time equivalent of 11 to 50 employees may receive a Voucher for not more than 50% of the cost of the rate of the Core Facilities; and
(c) Companies with 51 or more employees shall not be eligible for the Voucher program.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 950 CMR - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH › Title 950 CMR 10.00 - Adjudicatory Proceedings: Securities Division › Section 10.01 - Scope of Rules

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950 CMR 10.00 governs
				procedure in "adjudicatory proceedings" before the Division, subject to and in
				accordance with the provisions of the M.G.L. c. 30A, the Administrative
				Procedure Act (APA).
				950 CMR 10.00 does not apply
				to investigations, except where made specifically applicable.