Revere, MA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Title 17 (Zoning) of the Revere Municipal Code puts the building inspector in charge of enforcement. Section 17.60.020 has the mayor appoint the building inspector in accordance with the State Building Code, and Section 17.60.030 makes it that officer's duty to cause any plans, buildings or premises to be examined or inspected to determine whether they conform to the zoning title. If the building inspector determines that construction or alteration of a building or structure would violate the title, Section 17.60.040 requires the inspector to withhold any permits and certificates for that work, and bars issuing any certificate, permit or license for a new use that would itself violate the title. Section 17.60.050 goes further for work already completed: if the inspector finds a building, structure or land was constructed, altered or used in violation of the title, the inspector must revoke or withhold all certificates, permits and licenses tied to that building, structure or use.

Once a violation is found, Section 17.60.060 requires the inspector, within fourteen days, to give the responsible party written notice detailing the nature of the violation, the ordered remedy, the time allowed to fix it, the penalties and remedies the City can invoke, and the right to appeal. Any person, office or board may file a written complaint under Section 17.60.100, which the building inspector must record and investigate, notifying the complainant in writing within fourteen days of any action taken or refusal to act. Section 17.60.090 sets the penalty for violating Title 17 at up to three hundred dollars per day per violation, and Section 17.60.110 preserves the City's right to seek an injunction in addition to those fines.