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City of Pittsfield, MA
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Safety standards
§ 1— LIST OF ACCEPTANCES. § 2-26— Appointment; responsibilities. § 2-37— Powers and duties generally. § 2-88.1.2— Duties and responsibilities of Director of Public Health. § 2-117— City hall parking lot regulations. § 2-197— Powers and duties. § 2 1/2-28.1— Regulation of dangerous or vicious dogs. 2 1/2-28.1(a){1}— DANGEROUS OR VICIOUS DOG § 2 1/2-38— Application. § 2 1/2-41— Requirements. § 2 1/2-43— Enforcement. § 3-3.1— Delay of demolition for preservation of historically significant structures. § 3-4.1— General. § 3-4.2— Maintenance of equipment, systems, etc. § 3-4.3— Approval. § 3-4.5— Unsafe structures and equipment. § 3-4.6— Emergency measures. § 3-4.8— General requirements. § 3-4.10— Exterior structures. § 3 1/2-1— Purpose. § 5-1.1— Qualifications. § 5-16— Temporary permits. § 5-19— Inspections generally; right of entry of inspector of wires; inspector of wires to enforce compliance with article, etc.; report of violations; dangerous wiring. § 5-36— Position of wires of electric company. § 7-12— Sale and use of fireworks. § 7-17— Responsibilities. § 7-21— Adoption. § 8-2.2— Ban on use of styrofoam. § 9-21— Violations and penalties; enforcement; revocation and suspension of license. § 10-8— Junkyards to be enclosed; maintenance and operation of junkyards generally. § 11-11— Applications; conditions and restrictions. § 11-12— License fees for keeping of automobiles and storage and sale of explosive and inflammable substances. § 11-30— Specific areas designated for vendors. 13-1{18}— SAFETY ZONE § 13-2— Duty of police to enforce chapter, etc. § 13-5— Applicability of portions of chapter to certain vehicles; temporary deviation permit. § 13-7— Pedestrian control rules. § 13-13— Powers and duties. § 13-23— Emergency and experimental rules and tests. § 13-25— Obedience to traffic control devices, etc. § 13-29— Traffic control signal legend; meaning of signals. § 13-33.1— Obedience to yield signs. § 13-41— Permit for parades, processions, etc. § 13-48.3— Drive within marked lanes. § 13-48.10— Care in starting, stopping, turning or backing. § 13-50— Parking prohibited in specified places. § 13-92— Safety precautions. § 13-130— Bicycle control rules. § 13-132— Skateboard, rollerblade, and scooter control rules. § 13 1/2-1— Definitions. § 13 1/2-2— General prohibition. § 13 1/2-2.2— Motor vehicles, motorized equipment. § 13 1/2-2.4— Sounds impacting residential life. § 14-18— Fences generally. § 14-20.1— Loitering for the purpose of illegally using, possessing or selling controlled substances. § 16-23.1— Management residency requirement. § 19-21— Discharges prohibited to public sewers. § 19-33— Observance of safety rules on private premises. § 20-14— Permit for moving buildings. § 20-16— Sidewalk cafes. § 20-39— Permit to construct or maintain—Required; contents. § 20-68— Same—Removals generally; notice required. § 20-69— Inspection of signs, marquees, etc.; dangerous installations. § 20-72— Permit to attach, etc., to building, etc.—Required; proviso; dangerous awnings. § 20-92— Purpose; permit required; inspections. § 20-100— Common driveways. § 20-104— Signage restrictions. § 22-15— Responsibilities of persons as to maintenance and protection of water pipes and fixtures. § 25-1— Purpose. § 25-4— General regulations and prohibitions. § 26-1— Purpose. § 26-4— Exemptions. § 26-10— Emergency suspension of storm drainage system access.
Sales
§ 1— LIST OF SPECIAL ACTS § 1— LIST OF ACCEPTANCES. § 1-18— Sale of real estate; advertisement. § 2-73— Powers and duties generally. § 2-197— Powers and duties. 2-267{1}— AGRICULTURE § 2-312— Powers of trustees. § 2 1/2-28.2— Sale of cats, dogs and rabbits. 2 1/2-28.2(a){7}— FLEA MARKET 2 1/2-28.2(a){8}— OFFER FOR SALE § 3-4.7— Demolition. 3 1/2-2{4}— FORECLOSURE § 6-37— Powers and duties. § 6-58— Obsolete, worn, disused, surplus, etc., materials and equipment. § 6-65.1— Acceptance of sales tax on restaurant meals in City. § 7-12— Sale and use of fireworks. 8-2.3(b){1}— CHECK-OUT BAG Ch 9 Art I— DEFINITIONS § 9-3— Weights and measures to be inspected and sealed. § 10-6— Purchase, etc., of junk, secondhand articles, etc., from minors prohibited; sale of articles recently purchased. § 11-6— License fees for sale, repair, and repossession of motor vehicles. § 11-10.3— Temporary licenses to sell articles for charitable purposes. § 11-10.4— License required for storage and sale of bulk saline based materials. § 11-10.5— Application. § 11-11— Applications; conditions and restrictions. § 11-12— License fees for keeping of automobiles and storage and sale of explosive and inflammable substances. § 11-20— Notification of commencement of selling; notification to criminal history systems board; regulation of operation; revocation of registration; penalties for violations; inapplicability. § 11-21— Exemptions. § 11-44— Reinstatement of license. 11-47{4}— SPECIAL LIQUOR LICENSES § 11-49— Data bank; marketing of license. § 11-51— Application procedure. Ch 12— Lumber Storage § 13-58— Parking for purpose of sale or advertising. § 14-4— Sale of wood, slabs and edging for fuel. § 14-5— Street and sidewalk offenses—Auction sales on sidewalks etc. § 14-11— Same—Noisy advertising, etc., on streets. § 14-20.1— Loitering for the purpose of illegally using, possessing or selling controlled substances. § 14-21.1— Graffiti control. § 15-1— Definitions. § 15-10— Record of purchases and sales. § 15-12— Restrictions. § 15-13— Offer to sell by suspicious characters to be reported. § 19-40— Notice of assessment and demand for payment; when assessment due and payable; interest to be charged on delinquent assessments; levy; invalid assessments. § 20-9— Suspending or displaying banner, merchandise, etc., over street, etc.; placement of stepping stones, bicycle racks, etc., on sidewalks. § 20-16— Sidewalk cafes. § 20-16.1— Keeping of tables, vending machines, or vending stands on public ways. § 24-1— Establishment. § 25-3— Exemptions. § 25-6— Permit process.
Sanitary facilities
Schools
C-1-7{9}— FULL SCHOOL COMMITTEE C-1-7{13}— MEASURE C-1-7{14}— MULTIPLE MEMBER BODY C-1-7{18}— REFERENDUM MEASURE § C-2-7— ACCESS TO INFORMATION. § C-3-3— APPOINTMENTS BY MAYOR. § C-3-8— DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY MAYOR. Ch C Div 1 Art 4— SCHOOL COMMITTEE § C-4-1— COMPOSITION; TERM OF OFFICE; ELIGIBILITY. § C-4-2— SCHOOL COMMITTEE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, CLERK. § C-4-3— PROHIBITIONS. § C-4-4— COMPENSATION. § C-4-5— SCHOOL COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES. § C-4-6— FILLING OF VACANCIES. § C-7-2— ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING. § C-7-3— SUBMISSION OF OPERATING BUDGET; BUDGET MESSAGE. § C-8-1— PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS. § C-9-1— CITIZEN INITIATIVE MEASURES. § C-9-2— CITIZEN REFERENDUM PROCEDURES. § C-9-3— INELIGIBLE MEASURES. § C-9-6— SUBMISSION OF OTHER MATTERS TO VOTERS. § C-10-9— OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, CITY CLERK. § 1— LIST OF SPECIAL ACTS § 1— LIST OF ACCEPTANCES. § 2-13— Legal opinions. § 2-36— Qualifications. § 2-37— Powers and duties generally. § 2-117.2— Berkshire Athenaeum—Parking areas and regulations. § 2-117.11— Established. § 2-121— Powers and duties generally. § 2-138— Composition. § 2-141— Function, powers, and duties of the commission. § 2-143— Relations with city agencies. § 2-190— Duties of the Director. § 2-206— Composition and appointment. § 2-226— Composition and appointments. § 2-228.3— Duties of Director of Youth Services. § 2-298— Establishment of Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. § 2-299— Powers and duties generally. § 2 1/2-21— Restraining dogs. § 6-27— Monthly examinations and approval of bills, etc.; record of approved bills; certification of bills approved by school committee; certain payrolls deemed one bill. § 13-50— Parking prohibited in specified places. § 14-7.3— Public consumption of marihuana or tetrahydrocannabinol. § 14-19— Regulation of mechanical and electronic games and other games. 14-19(a){3}— SCHOOL § 16-1— Scope of chapter. § 16-11.1— Certain employees to be classified as special municipal employees. § 16-12— Definition and adoption of compensation plan. § 16-17— Leaves of absence. § 16-22— Employee transfers. § 18-5— (Reserved) § 18-14— (Reserved) § 19-1— Definitions of miscellaneous terms. § 20-24— Snow emergency regulations. § 24-1— Establishment. § 25-5— Regulations applicable to specific districts.
Security standards
§ C-1-4— POWERS OF CITY. § 1— LIST OF SPECIAL ACTS § 2-9.1— To act as legal adviser, etc. § 2-137— Policy of the City of Pittsfield. § 2-189.8— Powers and duties generally. § 2-190— Duties of the Director. § 2-228.3— Duties of Director of Youth Services. § 2 1/2-28— Defecation; nuisances. § 2 1/2-28.1— Regulation of dangerous or vicious dogs. § 2 1/2-41— Requirements. § 3-3.1— Delay of demolition for preservation of historically significant structures. § 3-4.1— General. § 3-4.3— Approval. § 3-4.6— Emergency measures. § 3-4.8— General requirements. § 3-4.10— Exterior structures. § 3 1/2-1— Purpose. 3 1/2-2{4}— FORECLOSURE 3 1/2-2{8}— OWNER 3 1/2-2{12}— SECURING 3 1/2-2{13}— SECURITY § 4 1/2-2— Enforcement – Noncriminal disposition. § 6-13— Duties generally. § 6-31— Payment of bonds, notes, judgments, etc. § 7-15.1— Key box for fire alarm and fire protection systems. § 7-41— Securing buildings to be demolished. § 8-6— Drainage and storage of materials. § 8-15— Maintenance of dumpsters by businesses. § 11-11— Applications; conditions and restrictions. § 11-28— Burglar alarms. § 13-41— Permit for parades, processions, etc. § 13-101— Required. § 13-103— Same—Certificate of inspector of buildings prerequisite to acceptance by city clerk. § 13-130— Bicycle control rules. § 14-20.1— Loitering for the purpose of illegally using, possessing or selling controlled substances. § 15-4— Bond. § 15-6— License. § 15-12— Restrictions. § 16-34— Workmen's compensation. § 20-9— Suspending or displaying banner, merchandise, etc., over street, etc.; placement of stepping stones, bicycle racks, etc., on sidewalks. § 22-15— Responsibilities of persons as to maintenance and protection of water pipes and fixtures. § 24-1— Establishment. 25-2{19}— PORTABLE SIGN § 25-6— Permit process. § 26-14— Surety.
Signs
§ C-3-6— APPROVAL OF MAYOR; VETO. § C-3-8— DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY BY MAYOR. § C-9-1— CITIZEN INITIATIVE MEASURES. § C-9-2— CITIZEN REFERENDUM PROCEDURES. § C-9-4— RECALL. § C-10-9— OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS FOR OFFICE OF MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, CITY CLERK. § 1-11— Execution of deeds, etc. § 2-117— City hall parking lot regulations. § 2 1/2-28.1— Regulation of dangerous or vicious dogs. § 2 1/2-28.2— Sale of cats, dogs and rabbits. § 3-4.10— Exterior structures. § 6-7— Purchases and purchase orders. § 6-69— Abatement agreements. § 10-5— Records to be kept by junk dealers, etc.; junkyards, secondhand shops, etc., to be open for inspection; sign required for shops and yards. § 12-5— Operational fire prevention. 13-1{4}— CROSSWALK 13-1{6}— LOADING ZONE 13-1{7}— MULTI-SPACE PARKING METERS AND SPACES[Ord. No. 1174, § 1, 9-13-2016] 13-1{9}— OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND SIGNS 13-1{10}— PARKING 13-1{18}— SAFETY ZONE § 13-13— Powers and duties. § 13-23— Emergency and experimental rules and tests. § 13-24— Effect of display of signs upon enforcement of chapter. § 13-25— Obedience to traffic control devices, etc. § 13-26— Display of unauthorized signs, signals, etc. § 13-27— Defacing, injuring, etc., official signs, signals, etc. § 13-29— Traffic control signal legend; meaning of signals. § 13-31— Obedience to throughway stop signs, etc. § 13-32— Obedience to isolated stop signs. § 13-33— Locations at which stop signs to be erected. § 13-33.1— Obedience to yield signs. § 13-37— One-way streets designated. § 13-44— Left turns prohibited at certain intersections. § 13-45— Right turns prohibited at certain intersections. § 13-46— Only right turns permitted at certain intersections. § 13-46.1— Mandatory turn lanes at certain intersections; designation by order instead of ordinance. § 13-48— Driving on divided ways. § 13-48.11— Driving on road surface under construction or repair. § 13-48.12— Men and equipment in highway. § 13-49— Stopping, standing and parking prohibited in specified places. § 13-50— Parking prohibited in specified places. § 13-51— Parking prohibited in specified ways. § 13-51.1— Parking on private ways. § 13-52— Fifteen minute parking. § 13-53— Thirty minute parking. § 13-54— One-hour parking. § 13-55— Two-hour parking. § 13-55.1— Three-hour parking. § 13-55.2— Two-hour parking on Tyler Street. § 13-56— Parking signs generally. § 13-57— Manner of stopping, standing and parking generally; angle parking. § 13-60— Loading and unloading commercial vehicles. § 13-61— Loading zones. § 13-62— Bus stops. § 13-102— Application—Generally. § 13-103— Same—Certificate of inspector of buildings prerequisite to acceptance by city clerk. § 13-105— Same—Plans to accompany application. § 13-108— Change in plan after license granted. § 13-121— Official traffic signs. § 13-123— Municipal buildings—Parking area declared tow-away zone. § 13-126— Bradford Street Parking Area—Description; designated as parking area under jurisdiction and maintenance of council on aging; removal of unauthorized vehicles. § 13-136— Description. § 14-9— Same—Injuring, removing, etc., trees on streets, etc.; posting notices or advertisements on telephone, etc., poles. § 15-3— Application for license. § 15-11— Report to police. § 16-23.1— Management residency requirement. § 16-23.3— Bilingual pay incentive. § 19-29— Sampling of waters and wastes. Ch 20— Streets and Sidewalks § 20-1— Street names; record of streets and sidewalks. § 20-7— Same—Protective devices required; repair, etc., of streets, etc.; buildings, etc., in private ways, etc. § 20-9— Suspending or displaying banner, merchandise, etc., over street, etc.; placement of stepping stones, bicycle racks, etc., on sidewalks. § 20-16— Sidewalk cafes. § 20-19.1— Carrying placards on streets or sidewalks. § 20-32— Same—Prerequisites to favorable report by Committee on Public Services. § 20-37— Conditions for laying out and acceptance under Betterment Act. Ch 20 Art IV— SIGNS AND OTHER PROJECTIONS § 20-44— Short title. § 20-46— Construction of article. § 20-58— Construction requirements generally. § 20-59— Maximum projection of sign, etc., generally. § 20-60— Maximum height of signs, etc.; clearance required. § 20-61— Special provisions for certain time and temperature telling devices. § 20-62— Special provisions for signs, etc., on certain streets. § 20-63— Individual reflectors. § 20-64— Signs, etc., on marquees. § 20-67— Removal of signs, marquees, etc.—Upon termination of permit. § 20-68— Same—Removals generally; notice required. § 20-69— Inspection of signs, marquees, etc.; dangerous installations. § 20-70— Existing signs, marquees, etc. § 20-73— Same—Application; fee; effect. § 20-81— Petition; sufficiency. § 20-103— Application procedure. § 20-104— Signage restrictions. § 21-6— Same—Contents; expiration date; licenses to be numbered. § 21-30— Sign, etc., required. § 22-11— Application for water service. § 22-12— Permit for alteration, etc., of pipes or fixtures required. § 24-1— Establishment. Ch 25— Signs § 25-1— Purpose. 25-2{1}— ACCESSORY SIGN 25-2{2}— ANIMATED SIGNS 25-2{3}— AREA OF SIGN 25-2{4}— BILLBOARD 25-2{5}— BUILDING SIGN 25-2{9}— DIRECTORY SIGN 25-2{10}— FREESTANDING SIGN 25-2{11}— GROUND SIGN 25-2{12}— HISTORIC SIGN 25-2{13}— ILLUMINATED SIGN 25-2{14}— INCIDENTAL SIGN 25-2{17}— MARQUEE SIGN 25-2{18}— POLE SIGN 25-2{19}— PORTABLE SIGN 25-2{20}— POSTER 25-2{22}— PROJECTING SIGN 25-2{23}— SANDWICH SIGNS 25-2{24}— SIGN 25-2{26}— TEMPORARY SIGN 25-2{27}— WALL SIGN 25-2{28}— WINDOW SIGN § 25-3— Exemptions. § 25-4— General regulations and prohibitions. § 25-5— Regulations applicable to specific districts. § 25-6— Permit process. § 25-7— Sign Appeals Board. § 25-8— Nonconforming signs.
Storage
2-267{1}— AGRICULTURE Ch 3— Building Code § 3-4.16— Occupancy limitations. § 4 1/2-2— Enforcement – Noncriminal disposition. § 7-21— Adoption. § 7-32— Permits required. § 8-4— Rules and regulations governing handling, storage, etc., generally. § 8-5— Collection generally. § 8-6— Drainage and storage of materials. § 8-9— Collection of animal wastes. § 8-10— Disposal generally. § 11-10.4— License required for storage and sale of bulk saline based materials. § 11-10.5— Application. § 11-12— License fees for keeping of automobiles and storage and sale of explosive and inflammable substances. § 11-14— Computation of fees under two preceding sections. § 11-15— Notice of certain permits granted. Ch 12— Lumber Storage 12-1{1}— ALLEYWAY 12-1{2}— CLEAR SPACE § 12-2— Yard plot plans to be submitted to chief fire engineer; contents of plot plans. § 12-3— Basic fire protection measures for lumberyards. § 12-4— Special fire protection measures for lumberyards. § 13-117— Fees. § 13-118— Liability for damage during removal or storage. § 13-119— Where parking prohibited—Generally. § 13-120— Same—In front of theaters, etc. § 13-123— Municipal buildings—Parking area declared tow-away zone. § 13-124— Dunham Street Mall declared tow-away zone. § 13-125— Fire lanes declared tow-away zones. § 13-127— Same—Unauthorized parking prohibited; removal by police department; owner subject to penalties under state law. Ch 14— Offenses Miscellaneous § 14-16— Storage of unregistered vehicles. § 19-26— Accidental discharge/slug discharge control plan. § 20-16— Sidewalk cafes. § 20-24— Snow emergency regulations. § 20-39— Permit to construct or maintain—Required; contents. § 20-77— Inspections; enforcement of division. Ch 23— Zoning § 24-1— Establishment. 26-2{23}— IMPERVIOUS SURFACE 26-2{24}— PARKING AREA § 26-7— Prohibited activities.