[Ord. No. 670, § 1, 12-13-1990; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The fees for licenses granted under the provisions of MGL c. 140, §§ 58 and 59, relating to the sale, repair, and repossession of motor vehicles shall be as stated in Chapter 24, Schedule of Fees, of this Code.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 670, § 1, approved December 13, 1990, repealed former Sec. 11-6 in its entirety. Former Sec. 11-6 was concerned with license fees for the sale of secondhand motor vehicles, and derived from the Revised Ordinances of 1947, ch. 37, § 1.
[Ord. No. 15, § 1; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The fee to be charged for each "lodging house" license, so-called, issued under the provisions of MGL c. 140, § 23, shall be as stated in Chapter 24, Schedule of Fees, of this Code.
[Ord. No. 38, § 1; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The fee to be charged for licenses to keepers of billiard saloons, billiard tables, poolrooms, or pool tables shall be as stated in Chapter 24, Schedule of Fees, of this Code.
[Ord. No. 749, § 1, 5-24-1994; Ord. No. 1151, § I, 9-29-2015; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The fee to be charged for licenses to tellers of fortunes shall be as stated in Chapter 24, Schedule of Fees, of this Code. An applicant for a fortune teller's license must have resided in the City of Pittsfield continuously for 12 months immediately preceding the date of application, and no such license shall be transferred or assigned. Telling fortunes for money without a license is punishable by a fine as stated in Chapter 4 1/2 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 478; Ord. No. 511; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The fee for a license to hold entertainment on Sundays in accordance with MGL c. 136, § 4, as amended, shall be as stated in Chapter 24, Schedule of Fees, of this Code.
[Ord. No. 600, § 1; Ord. No. 524, § 1, 10-28-1985; Ord. No. 720, § 1, 9-23-1992]
The Licensing Board is delegated the power to issue the following licenses and permits: auctioneer; bowling alleys; intelligence (employment) office; transient vendors; collectors of junk, secondhand articles, etc.; dealers in junk, secondhand articles, etc.; passenger boats; parking lots; pool tables; lunch wagons (popcorn stands); trucking (conveyance of commodities for hire); and fortune tellers.
[Ord. No. 601, § 1]
Whenever there is filed with the City Clerk an application or petition for a license under MGL c. 148, § 13, as amended, or for a permit under MGL c. 166, § 22, as amended, upon which the City Council is required to hold a public hearing, the City Clerk shall set the next convenient regular meeting of the City Council as the time for such hearing and shall give or cause to be given notice of such hearing as required by ordinance or law.
[Ord. No. 146, § 1, 4-28-1971]
The Director of Veterans' Service may, under such conditions as they may deem proper, grant to any organization engaged exclusively in charitable work, or to a post of any incorporated organization of veterans who served in the military or naval service of the United States, in time of war or insurrection, a special license authorizing it, upon a particular day and for a charitable purpose named in such license, to sell, through its accredited agents in the streets and other public places within the City of Pittsfield, or in any designated part thereof, flags, badges, medals, buttons, flowers, souvenirs and similar small articles, provided that no person under 16 years of age shall be accredited as such agent, that each agent shall wear in plain sight while engaged in selling such articles a badge, provided by such organization or post and approved by the Director of Veterans' Service, issuing the license, bearing upon it the name of such organization or post and the date on which the license is to be exercised, and that no such agent shall be authorized to make or attempt to make such sales in front of any private premises against the objection of the owner or occupant thereof. The exercise of the licenses hereby provided for shall be subject to the provisions of all statutes, ordinances, bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith.
[Ord. No. 174, § 1, 11-29-1972; Ord. No. 1151, §§ I—III, 9-29-2015; Ord. No. 1250, § I, 6-28-2022]
A. 
Any person desiring to procure a license required by Section 11-10.4 shall apply therefor in writing over their signature to the City Council, the Community Development Board, Health Department and Public Utilities Department of the City of Pittsfield, on a form provided for that purpose, and such application shall state:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant.
(2) 
The name and address of the person or persons by whom they are employed, or for whom they are acting, if any.
(3) 
The location and description of the building, structure or open area where the bulk saline based materials are to be stored or sold.
(4) 
A complete description of the type of saline-based materials, together with the amount and square footage area to be used for the storage and sale of same.
B. 
Such application shall be delivered by the applicant to the Community Development Board, Health Department and Department of Public Services for their review and recommendations prior to submission to the City Council for a hearing by the City Council.
[Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
C. 
In the event that the City Council grants a license under Section 11-10.4, said license shall be subject to all ordinances, laws and regulations of the City of Pittsfield, as well as the rules and regulations of any state or federal departments or agencies whose rules and regulations may be applicable thereto.
[Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
[Ord. No. 174, § 1, 11-29-1972]
A. 
Any license issued under Section 11-10.4 shall expire one year from the date of its issuance by the City Council unless sooner revoked by the City Council.
B. 
Any license issued by the City Council under Section 11-10.4 may be revoked by the City Council for violation of any ordinance, law, rules or regulations of any state or federal department or agency applicable thereto, or upon a majority vote of the City Council to revoke said license.
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Editor's Note: Formerly, Div. 1 contained provisions designated as Sec. 11-10.7, violations, as derived from Ord. No. 174, § 1, approved 11-29-1972. Such section was deleted by Ord. No. 674, § 7, approved 5-29-1991.
[Ord. No. 197, § 1, 9-13-1973; Ord. No. 1151, §§ IV—V, 9-29-2015; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
Applications for licenses under MGL c. 148, § 13, shall be made in writing on a form provided therefor by the City Clerk. Each application shall be accompanied by a plot plan, in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the boundaries of the land to be licensed, all buildings or other structures situated or to be situated thereon and the use of which requires the land to be licensed, the dimensions of such buildings, and the distances between such buildings and the boundary lines of the land to be licensed. The application and plans shall be submitted first to the Chief of the Fire Department for endorsement thereon of a certificate of approval or disapproval, and thereafter the application and one plan shall be filed by the applicant in the office of the City Clerk. The Fire Chief shall keep one copy of the plan for the records of the Fire Department.
A. 
Conditions and restrictions. Licenses granted by the City Council under MGL c. 148, § 13, shall include and be subject to the following conditions and restrictions:
(1) 
No license shall be issued to an applicant that holds a license for a service station that has not conducted a normal business of a service station for a period of one year. A "service station" for the purpose of this section shall include automobile filling stations and is defined as an area of land, including structures thereon, which is used and designated to be used to supply motor vehicles with gasoline, oil, grease and customary automotive accessories and may include facilities to include lubrication, washing, polishing and minor repairs.
(2) 
All outdoor displays of products advertised and sold on the premises shall be located within a distance of not more than 15 feet from the principal structure of the service station.
(3) 
Wrecked or damaged vehicles shall be kept in an area which is adequately screened or enclosed so that said vehicles are not visible to the public.
(4) 
In the event a service station shall offer for rent or sale any trailers, rental vehicles, campers, boats or any other items which are to be displayed upon the property, a permit for the sale or rental of same shall be secured from the City Council at the time of application for said permit and a plot plan shall be submitted designating the types of equipment and location thereof.
(5) 
An authorized employee, an officer of the firm, or the owner of the service station shall make daily inspections of the service station and shall be responsible for the prompt removal or repair of any hazardous conditions, including proper maintenance of equipment and safety devices and immediate removal of combustible materials.
(6) 
In addition to penalties provided by law, a violation of a restriction or condition herein set forth may be grounds for suspension or revocation of the license herein upon adequate notice and a hearing by the City Council.
(7) 
The City Council may include any further restrictions and conditions that it deems necessary.
[R. O. 1947, Ch. 37, § 3; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The fees to be charged for a registration of a certificate under the provisions of MGL c. 148, § 13, shall be 1/2 of the amount of the fee stated in Chapter 24, Schedule of Fees, for Section 11-12 for a license for like use of the designated building or structure.
[Ord. No. 123, § 1]
For the purpose of computing any fees due under the two preceding sections, all licenses for the storage of explosives or inflammable substances on the same premises shall be considered a single license, although issued on different dates.
[R. O. 1947, Ch. 37, § 4; Ord. No. 1151, § VI, 9-29-2015; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The Chief of the Fire Department shall notify the City Clerk, in writing, of any permits for additional storage of crude petroleum or of any of its products, or of the explosives or inflammables referred to in Section 11-12A, granted by them.