Property Maintenance in Boston, MA (2026)
2 verified property maintenance rules for Boston, Massachusetts, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Property Blight
Boston Code § 9-13.1 creates a Mayor's Office Problem Properties Task Force, Police, Fire, ISD, Public Health and other department heads, that flags any address with four or more police, noise, code or fire complaints in 12 months as a "problem property" for coordinated enforcement.
Boston Problem Properties Task Force
Significant RestrictionsBoston Code of Ordinances § 9-13.1
There is hereby established in the Mayor's Office an advisory panel to be known as the Problem Properties Task Force... (E) A PROBLEM PROPERTY shall be defined as: (1) Any property to which the Boston Police Department has been dispatched or caused to respond not fewer than four times within the preceding 12-month period for any incident involving any criminal offense including, but not limited...
Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Boston property owners, managers, and tenants bound by a written lease must clear snow, slush, and ice from sidewalks and curb ramps abutting their property within three hours after snowfall ends, between sunrise and sunset, opening a path at least 42 inches wide. Boston Code of Ordinances § 16-12.16 sets fines from $100 to $250 per violation, with each day of noncompliance a separate offense.
Boston Sidewalk Snow and Ice Removal Deadline
Some RestrictionsBoston Code of Ordinances § 16-12.16
(A) Requirements for snow and/or slush. No owner, manager or tenant, if expressly required to remove snow under a written lease and rental agreement, of a building, estate or land abutting on a sidewalk shall place or suffer to remain in place for more than three hours after snow fall has ended between sunrise and sunset any slush or any loose, granular or packed snow upon such sidewalk. ... Re...