RODENTS HAVE ACCESS TO OPEN WASTE CONTAINERS.....NO SCREEN PROTECTION NO WATERTIGHT CONTAINERS SEE POSTED PICTURES..
MAYOR SETTI WARREN YOUR ADM HAS PERMITTED THESE APPARENT VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW THAT MAY ENDANGER PUBLIC HEALTH?....THE PICTURES SHOW OPEN CONTAINERS THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM RODENT ENTRANCE AT GARAGE SITE.....MAYOR WARREN THIS IS THE LAW! WHERE ARE YOUR INSPECTORS REPORTS ?
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health establishes regulations detailing the standards which must be maintained by the occupants and owners of housing. These regulations protect the health, safety and well-being of Massachusetts citizens and are found in Chapter II of the State Sanitary Code [105 CMR 410.000] entitled Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation.
The standards apply to every owner-occupied or rented dwelling, dwelling unit, mobile dwelling unit or rooming house unit in Massachusetts which is used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. Dwelling unit shall also mean a condominium unit. These regulations have the force of law. Local boards of health have the primary responsibility for their enforcement.
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the owner shall maintain any screen, fence or other structural element needed to keep rodents and skunks from entering the dwelling; in a dwelling consisting of two or more units or in a rooming house the owner is responsible. [410.550]
The owner of a dwelling containing three or more units, the owner of a rooming house and the occupant of any other dwelling shall be responsible for providing receptacles in sufficient number for the storage of rubbish and garbage. These receptacles must be located so that odors do not enter the dwelling. Garbage or mixed rubbish and garbage shall be stored in rodent-proof, watertight, covered containers. Plastic bags will not be considered sufficient. [410.600]
