City of Springfield, MA
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2024-03-18
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 327 Solid Waste
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Article IV Weeds
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 10 Assessors
- Ch 16 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 23 Deeds, Leases and Mortgages
- Ch 25 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 27 Departments
- Ch 32 Elections
- Ch 34 Emergency Services
- Ch 38 Ethics
- Ch 42 Finances
- Ch 49 Historic Districts
- Ch 61 Mayor and Council; School Committee
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 78 Planning
- Ch 82 Purchasing and Contracts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarms
- Ch 105 Amusements
- Ch 110 Animals
- Ch 115 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 118 Awnings, Canopies and Signs
- Ch 123 Biomedical Research
- Ch 131 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 149 Buses
- Ch 154 Community Gardens
- Ch 157 Curfew
- Ch 165 Drugs and Drug Products
- Ch 172 Excavations
- Ch 173 Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 178 Fire Prevention
- Ch 182 Foreclosures
- Ch 184 Fortunetellers
- Ch 190 Gang Activity
- Ch 201 Graffiti
- Ch 208 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 213 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 218 Historic Preservation
- Ch 229 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 235 Lodging and Rooming Houses
- Ch 238 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 240 Loitering
- Ch 245 Marijuana
- Ch 247 Massage Businesses
- Ch 248 Military Leave
- Ch 259 Noise
- Ch 265 Parking, Valet
- Ch 270 Pawnbrokers and Junk Dealers
- Ch 275 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 279 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 282 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Sewers
- Ch 304 Sex Offenders
- Ch 311 Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 316 Smoking
- Ch 322 Snow and Ice
- Ch 327 Solid Waste
- Ch 327 Art IV Weeds
- § 327-26 Declaration of nuisance; order of abatement.
- § 327-27 Declaration of danger from pollination.
- § 327-28 Failure to comply with order.
- § 327-29 Removal by Park Department.
- Ch 334 Storm Drains
- Ch 336 Stormwater Management
- Ch 338 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 347 Swimming Pools
- Ch 351 Tag/Garage Sales
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 362 Tobacco Products
- Ch 368 Tree Protection
- Ch 379 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unregistered
- Ch 385 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 401 Waste Hauling Services
- Ch 405 Water
- Ch 412 Weapons and Explosives
- Ch 417 Wetlands
- Appendix
- Ch A450 Special Acts and Resolves
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
Whenever there shall be growing on any property ragweed or other
species of weed, plant or growth which is noxious or detrimental to
the public health, or the seed, pollen or other emanation whereof,
when carried through the air or otherwise dispersed, is noxious or
detrimental to the public health, the Commissioner of Public Health
may take and file upon his records what he shall regard as sufficient
proof to authorize a declaration that the existence of any such growth
is a nuisance or is dangerous to the public health, and may thereupon
enter the same upon his records as a nuisance and order the same to
be removed, destroyed or otherwise abated on any property wherever
found.
B.
The Commissioner of Public Health shall notify, in writing, the owner,
lessee, occupant of, or principal person or persons interested in
such property of the nuisance created by such weeds, plants or growth,
and order them, in writing, to remove, destroy or otherwise abate
such nuisance.
The Commissioner of Public Health may also take and file among
his records what he shall regard as sufficient proof to authorize
a declaration that at any season or period of the year there exists
a particular and imminent danger to the public health by reason of
the approaching period of pollination of any such growth and may enter
such determination upon his records.
If any order issued under this article is not complied with
within five days after receipt of the same, or within such shorter
time as the Commissioner of Public Health may specify, the Commissioner
may enter upon any such property and remove and destroy any weeds,
plants and growth noxious or detrimental to the public health.
A.
In removing and destroying such weeds, plants or growth, the Park
Department is authorized and shall act as agent and a means of the
Commissioner of Public Health in effecting such removal, destruction
or abatement.
B.
In the event that the Park Department is so employed, it shall certify
and transmit to the Commissioner of Public Health its expense in the
execution of the order of the Commissioner of Public Health separately
in respect of each separately owned parcel of property on which such
nuisance was abated.
