Any person or persons owning or having control of any building
or premises shall keep the same in a clean condition, and any such
person having control of any building or premises, in or upon which
there is any substance or material, or any condition which is or may
become a source of danger to the public health or a nuisance, shall,
when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove or abate the
same within the time specified within the order.
Any person or persons owning or having control of any premises
abutting on a private way, and having the right to use such private
way, shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove
or abate from that part of said private way adjoining such premises,
any substance, material or condition which is, or may become, a menace
to the public health or a nuisance, and such removal or abatement
shall take place within the time specified in said order.
The Town of Lancaster operates under the requirements of the
State Sanitary Code (105 CMR 410.000), entitled "Minimum Standard
of Fitness for Human Habitation."
