[HISTORY: Adopted as indicated in article
histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-24-1964 ATM, Art. 30]
[Amended 1-27-1998 STM, Art. 8]
There shall be an Inspector of Gas Piping and
Gas Appliances in Buildings whose duty shall be the enforcement of
the rules and regulations adopted by the board established under MGL
C. 142, § 13, as amended, and any amendments to such rules
and regulations that may be adopted from time to time by said board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The board referred to is the
Board of Health. See Part III of this Code for Board of Health regulations.
[Amended 5-17-2022 ATM, Art. 32]
No person shall engage in gas fitting in buildings
in the town without obtaining a permit authorizing such work from
the Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances in Buildings. The said
Inspector shall require applicants for permits hereunder to furnish
such description and information as they deem necessary concerning
the proposed work, and they shall require said applicants to pay such
fees as the Select Board from time to time may establish.
As used in this article, the words "gas fitting"
shall be construed to include the installation, alteration and replacement
of a system beyond the gas meter outlet or regulator through which
is conveyed or intended to be conveyed fuel gas of any kind, except
undiluted liquefied petroleum gas, for power, refrigeration, heating
or illuminating purposes, including the connection therewith and testing
of gas fixtures, ranges, refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, house
heating boilers and any other gas-using appliances, and all attachments
and appurtenances, and the maintenance in good and safe condition
of said systems, and the making of necessary repairs and changes.
Whoever violates any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding
$20 for each offense.
