For Immediate Release
Tuesday, April 03, 2001
781-286-8110
Health Agent
781-286-8176
Revere -- Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino has announced that beginning May 1, 2001, various City Officials and Inspectors will begin issuing tickets and fines for violations of a non-criminal nature, including violations of the State Sanitary Code, the City Health Code, Animal Control Laws and the Wetlands Protections Act.
“This is not a money issue,” stated the Mayor. “This is about the opportunity to keep our city clean and presentable. I wish it didn’t have to come to this, but unfortunately, there are many property owners, both residential and commercial, that do not maintain the cleanliness and aesthetics of their land and buildings.”
The effort is the implementation of the City’s new Non-Criminal Disposition Ordinance enacted by the City Council last fall. In the interim period, the various departments will issue warning tickets in an effort to promote compliance and allow citizens an adjustment period prior to enforcement.
The non-criminal fines are allowable under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40 Section 21D, and the City Council passed the ordinace last fall. Mayor Ambrosino included a notice summarizing the ordinance in the annual street listing mailing as a “heads-up” to residents that the City is putting its foot down.
Fines will range from $25 to $250 per offense, and each day that a violation exists is considered a separate offense. Overdue balances of violations of the State Sanitary Code or the City Health Code will result in liens on the particular property.
Violations of the stated laws include:
· trash placed outside too early
· dumpster or barrels overflowing
· accumulation of garbage or litter on property
· act of littering or dumping
· property unclean or unsanitary
· failure to comply with leash law
· failure to curb dog and
· Wetlands Protection Act violations.
In addition to police officers, the following city officials will be able to issue violation citations: Animal Control Officer, Health Inspectors, Superintendent of Public Works, Building Inspectors and the Chairperson of the Conservation Commission.
According to Nick Catinazzo, the City’s Health Agent, warning tickets have been issued to homeowners and businesses since March. “I want our inspectors to be aggressive,” said the Health Agent. Catinazzo also hopes to add another inspector this summer to help out with the enormous amount of calls about trash and overgrown vegetation.