There shall be a Department of Municipal Inspections (as provided in Section
5-8 of the Charter) which shall be responsible for the coordination and management of the inspection-related activities of the City and for the supervision and coordination of all activities of all City agencies in relation to any inspection service.
The Department of Municipal Inspections shall be responsible
for and shall include the following functions:
A. Coordination of all inspection functions carried out by any municipal
agency or by any officer or employee of the City.
B. Maintenance in a central place of all records relating to inspections,
having a common index.
C. Coordination of enforcement actions for violations of any provision
of state statute, Code of Massachusetts Regulations provision, City
ordinance or a rule or regulation of the City pertaining to buildings
or structures, municipal inspections or any other inspection which
is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Municipal Inspections.
D. Put in place a system designed to lead to the development of a single
application process which would indicate all inspections which might
be necessary for a particular project and provide for a consolidated,
coordinated review and processing of each such application.
E. The rendering of advice, assistance and guidance to all other City
offices and agencies in any matter relating to City inspection services
and City buildings and structures.
F. The rendering of advice, assistance and guidance to all members of
the public relating to City inspection services, and the development
of "user friendly" systems for the convenience of the public.
It is the intention of this article that all inspections performed
by or under the authority of the Director of Municipal Inspections,
Conservation Commission, Fire Chief, Board of Health, Historic Districts
Commission, Gas/Plumbing Inspector, Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Zoning Enforcement Officer and every other local inspection as may
otherwise be authorized is to be coordinated through the Municipal
Inspections Department. All personnel performing such inspection services
shall continue to serve as employees and members of the department
or agency to which they have traditionally been assigned, but all
such personnel performing inspection services shall, when in the performance
of those functions, be subject to the administrative direction and
control of the Director of Municipal Inspections.
The Department of Municipal Inspections shall consist of the
following offices:
A. Building Code Office. The Building Code Office shall be headed by a Director of Municipal Inspections appointed by the Mayor, subject to the review of the Council as provided in Section
2-10 of the Charter, for a term not to exceed three years. The Building Code Office shall be responsible for the enforcement of the Building Code of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the City of Beverly.
B. Gas/Plumbing Office. The Gas/Plumbing Office shall be headed by a
Gas/Plumbing Inspector who shall be appointed by the Director of Municipal
Inspections, subject to the approval of the Mayor. The Gas/Plumbing
Office shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions
of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations applicable to plumbing and
gas fitting and gas appliances.
C. Electrical Office. The Electrical Office shall be headed by an Inspector
of Wires appointed by the Director of Municipal Inspections, subject
to the approval of the Mayor. The Electrical Office shall be responsible
for the enforcement of the provisions of the Code of Massachusetts
Regulations applicable to electrical wires and electrical fixtures.
[Amended 9-6-2012 by Ord. No. 131]
D. Sanitary Office. The Sanitary Office shall be headed by a Director of Public Health, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the review of the Council as provided in Section
2-10 of the Charter, for a term not to exceed three years. The Sanitary Office shall be responsible for enforcement of all provisions of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations promulgated by the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth (the so-called "State Sanitary Code") and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Health of the City of Beverly.
E. Weights and Measures Office. The Weights and Measures Office shall
be headed by a Sealer of Weights and Measures, appointed by the Director
of Municipal Inspections, subject to the consent of the Mayor. The
Weights and Measures Office shall be responsible for the inspection
and sealing of all scales and measuring devices used in the City of
Beverly.
F. Zoning Enforcement Office. The Zoning Enforcement Office shall be headed by a Zoning Enforcement Officer, who shall be the Director of Municipal Inspections. The Zoning Enforcement Office shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter
300, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Beverly as provided in MGL c. 40A, § 7.
G. Historic Districts Commission. The Historic Districts Commission shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter
168, Article
I, Historic Districts, of the Code of the City of Beverly as provided in MGL c. 40, § 8D.
H. Conservation Commission. The Conservation Commission shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter
287, Wetlands Protection, of the Code of the City of Beverly and the enforcement of orders issued by the Conservation Commission as provided in MGL c. 131, §§ 40 and 40A, and in 310 CMR.
I. Fire Safety Office. The Fire Safety Office shall be headed by the
Fire Chief or by a fire safety officer appointed by the Fire Chief,
subject to the approval of the Mayor. The Fire Safety Office shall
be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 148
of the General Laws and 527 CMR in the City of Beverly.