Lawrence, MA Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)

010). 020 directs it to prepare the technical regulations governing how removal, scraping or deleading must be carried out, and those regulations are attached to every permit issued, so a contractor's obligations are spelled out on the face of the permit itself rather than scattered across the code. The chapter traces back to prior code Section 14-22 through Section 14-24, meaning the permit requirement predates the current codification and has stayed in force through Lawrence's multiple recodifications. Because this chapter regulates the removal process rather than disclosure at sale, it sits alongside, not instead of, state lead paint law; Lawrence's local layer is specifically about who may physically strip lead paint within city limits and under what board-approved method.

Any person, firm or corporation is covered, whether working residential or commercial jobs, and the requirement attaches per job rather than per employer, so a firm holding a general contracting license still needs the deleading permit before crews start scraping. There is no exemption in the text for small jobs or owner-occupants doing their own scraping; the chapter reads as covering any person, firm or corporation engaged in the practice, a broad sweep that catches do-it-yourself removal on top of professional contractors.