[Amended 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 086-08]
The responsibility for inspecting weights and
measures shall be under the supervision of the Inspector of Weights
and Measures, who shall be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with
the provisions of the Civil Service Act. The Inspector of Weights
and Measures may also serve as a sanitary inspector and shall report
to the Director of the Board of Health within the Inspection Services
Department. Alternatively, the Board of Health may contract with a
nongovernmental provider of the services of an Inspector of Weights
and Measures.
The Mayor may appoint Deputies, in accordance
with the provisions of the Civil Service Act, to act under the direction
of the Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary Inspector.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord.
No. 100-2014]
The Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary
Inspector shall collect and be responsible for all fees and charges
which by law he or she is allowed to receive and shall remit to the
City Treasurer, monthly, all sums so received and at the same time
furnish the City Auditor with a duplicate statement of such accounts.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord.
No. 100-2014]
The Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary
Inspector shall, at the time of sealing, furnish the owner of the
articles sealed or his or her agent a certificate stating the name
and address of the owner of the articles sealed, the type of article
sealed, the date when sealed and the amount of fee collected. The
certificate shall be signed by the Inspector or a Deputy Inspector.
The Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary
Inspector shall enforce all laws relating to the use of weights and
measures and the giving or use of false weights or measures.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord.
No. 100-2014]
The Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary
Inspector shall annually, between the first and 10th day of January,
report to the Director of Standards of the Department of Labor and
Industries all the weighing and measuring devices tested, sealed or
condemned by him or her in accordance with the provisions of MGL c.
98, § 37.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord.
No. 100-2014]
The Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary
Inspector shall devote half of his or her time during business hours
to Weights and Measures and half of his or her time as a Sanitary
Code Inspector reporting to the Director of the Board of Health.
The office of the Inspector of Weights and Measures/Sanitary
Inspector shall be open during the regular hours which the various
departments of the City Hall are open for business.