City of Taunton, MA
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2023-10-10
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 208 Buildings
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Article I General Regulations
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 19 Departments
- Ch 28 Elections
- Ch 32 Emergency Management
- Ch 40 Finance
- Ch 53 Home Rule Petitions
- Ch 74 Library
- Ch 85 Municipal Council
- Ch 91 Nursing Home
- Ch 96 Officers and Employees
- Ch 100 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 105 Personnel
- Ch 111 Policies
- Ch 115 Procurement
- Ch 118 Property, Disposal of
- Ch 123 Public Works Projects
- Ch 134 Seal
- Ch 157 Vehicles, City
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 176 Advertising and Bill Posting
- Ch 183 Alarms
- Ch 187 Amusements and Exhibitions
- Ch 191 Animals
- Ch 202 Boating
- Ch 208 Buildings
- Ch 208 Art I General Regulations
- § 208-1 State Building Code.
- § 208-2 Construction, excavation, drainage and similar activities.
- Ch 215 Cemeteries
- Ch 221 Commercial Establishments
- Ch 222 Recreational (Non-Medicinal) Marijuana Establishments
- Ch 227 Dairy Products
- Ch 236 Earth Materials Removal
- Ch 239 Economic Development
- Ch 250 Fees
- Ch 254 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 258 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 273 Historic District
- Ch 287 Junk, Old Metal, Antiques and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 288 Automobile Graveyards
- Ch 298 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 300 Liens
- Ch 306 (Reserved)
- Ch 315 Noise
- Ch 325 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 329 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 334 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 337 Peddlers, Solicitors and Vendors
- Ch 342 Planning and Development
- Ch 346 Poles, Wires and Conduits
- Ch 350 Property Maintenance
- Ch 364 Rooming Houses and Boardinghouses
- Ch 375 Sewers
- Ch 381 Stormwater Management
- Ch 383 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Swimming Pools
- Ch 405 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 409 Vehicles, Public Service
- Ch 413 Vehicles, Used
- Ch 420 Waste Management
- Ch 426 Water
- Ch 432 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 440 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Acts and Acceptances
- Ch A501 Municipal Council Rules and Orders
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Rev. Ords. 1964, § 3-3 (§§ 4-5
and 4-38 of the 2010 Code)]
[Amended 10-14-1975]
[Added 9-22-1987]
A.
No one shall engage in any construction, excavation, drainage or
other activity or permit the same to take place unless such activity
has been approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department
of Public Works after a written application detailing the same and
providing full information, including plans, maps and specifications,
has been submitted.
B.
The Commissioner of the Department of Public Works may as a condition
of approval require the applicant to post security or a bond with
sureties acceptable to the Commissioner in an amount and for a period
of time determined by the Commissioner to be sufficient to indemnify
the City and anyone else who might suffer personal injury or property
damage as a result of the permitted activity.
