Any person or persons owning or having control of any building or premises
shall keep the same in a clean condition and any such person having control
of any building or premises, in or upon which there is any substance or material
or any condition which is or may become a source of danger to the public health
or a nuisance shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove
or abate the same within the time specified in said order.
Any person or persons owning or having control of any premises abutting
on a private way and having the right to use such private way shall, when
ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove or abate from that part
of said way adjoining such premises any substance, material or condition which
is or may become a menace to the public health or a nuisance, and such removal
or abatement shall take place within the time specified in said order.
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable,
upon conviction, by a fine as provided in MGL C. 111, § 31.