Article XII
NON-CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT OF BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Non-Criminal Enforcement of Health, Fire and Building Regulations. The Board of Health and/or Health Officer, the Office of Inspector of Buildings and/or the Building Inspector and the Fire Department and/or the Fire Chief or their respective designees are authorized to enforce Chapter 40 Section 21D of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Whoever violates any provision of the Swampscott Board of Health and Regulations may, at the discretion of the Board of Health and/or Health Officer, and the same for the Building Department or Fire Department be penalized by a Non-Criminal Complaint in the District Court pursuant to the provisions of the General Laws Chapter 40 Section 21D.
The fines shall be the same as the fines set by state statute, state codes and those regulations established by the Board of Health for criminal violations or take any action thereto. Nothing in this section shall serve to waive the town's right to enforce the by-laws by criminal enforcement (5/94).
Non-Criminal Enforcement of the General By-Laws not set out in Section 1 above shall be as follows: The Board of Selectmen or their respective designee is authorized to enforce said by-laws pursuant to MGL Chapter 40, Section 21D. Whoever violates any provision of the Swampscott General By-Laws may, at the discretion of the Board of Selectmen, be penalized by a non-criminal disposition pursuant to the MGL Chapter 40 Section 21D. The fines shall be the same as the fines set by the by-laws, or by state statute, state codes and those regulations established by the town for criminal violations. This by-law shall not apply to by-law, state statutes, state codes or regulations which provide for range of fines. Nothing in this section shall serve to waive the town's right to enforce
the by-laws by criminal enforcement. (5/6/98).
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