No license required by this article shall be granted by the
City Council until a public hearing shall have been held thereon,
notice of the time and place of which hearing shall have been given,
at the expense of the applicant, by the City Clerk, not less than
seven days prior thereto, in a daily newspaper published in the City.
The notice shall specify the land on which such license is to be exercised,
including street address and number, if any. The City Clerk shall
also cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to all property owners
within 300 feet of any location for which a license application is
made, not less than seven days prior to the date of the hearing.
All applications for licenses made under the provisions of this
article shall be referred by the City Council, prior to the date of
the hearing, to the Chief of the Fire Department for his approval
or disapproval.
Any person who cuts lumber or timber on his own land for his
own private use and allows the accumulation of slash, sawdust or other
combustible materials shall be subject to the penalties provided in
this article.
Failure of any person to procure a license and any violation of any of the provisions of this article by any person shall be punishable as provided in Article
I for each and every offense. The Chief of the Fire Department is authorized and directed to make such inspections as he deems necessary and to investigate the existence of any conditions likely to cause fire or to endanger public safety. He shall notify the licensee of any violation of the regulatory provisions of this article or of existing conditions likely to cause fire and shall order him, in writing, forthwith to cease such violation or remedy such dangerous conditions as may exist. Such written order shall be delivered personally to the licensee of the premises or by registered letter addressed to him at his business address. Any licensee who fails or refuses to comply with the order within 48 hours shall be prosecuted by the Chief of the Fire Department. If failure or refusal of the licensee to comply with the written order continues for seven days after notice has been given, it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to report such violation or noncompliance to the City Council, in writing, with recommendation for revocation of the license.
Any person not being exempt from MGL c. 132, §§ 42
and 43, under the provisions of MGL c. 132, § 44, shall,
before a permit is granted, produce sufficient evidence that he has
given notice of his intentions to cut to the City Arborist and has
received an approved plan of operations from the Director as provided
for in MGL c. 132, § 42.