5 rules for unincorporated Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Verified from official government sources
Norfolk County does not collect trash. Quincy uses automated single-stream carts with placement rules. Brookline provides DPW collection under Art. 8.18. Weymouth contracts with Republic Services.
Norfolk County does not enforce blight. MA State Sanitary Code (105 CMR 410) sets minimum housing standards. Quincy, Brookline, and Weymouth enforce via BOH and building inspector. MA vacant property registration common.
Norfolk County does not enforce vacant lot maintenance. Quincy and Brookline have vacant property registries. Grass/weed limits typically 8-12 inches under each town's BOH rules and 105 CMR 410.600.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 127B (Board of Health Authority Over Public Nuisances — Vacant or Abandoned Property) (Massachusetts General Laws; applies to all cities/towns within the county)
Section 127B. Upon a determination by the board of health, or, in the cities of Boston, Worcester and Cambridge, by the commissioner of housing inspection, after examination as provided in said code, that a building, tenement, room, cellar, mobile dwelling place or any other structure (a) is unfit for human habitation, (b) is or may become a nuisance, or (c) is or may be a cause of sickness or ...
Norfolk County does not enforce snow clearing. Each municipality requires property owners to clear adjacent sidewalks after snowfall. Brookline: 3 hours daylight / 24 hours night. Quincy: 6 hours. Most: 24-48 hours.
MGL c. 85, Section 5 - Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks by abutting landowners; penalties
Section 5: Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks by abutting landowners; penalties. Section 5. Cities by ordinance and towns by by-laws may provide for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks within such portions of the city or town as they consider expedient by the owner or occupant of land abutting upon such sidewalks. Such ordinances and by-laws shall determine the time and manner of rem...
Norfolk County does not regulate garage sale property maintenance. Each town enforces property maintenance bylaws and the State Sanitary Code (105 CMR 410) to prevent yard sale blight.
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