Revere, MA Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

021, part of Title 8's Health and Safety chapter on offenses generally, applies to any landowner, not just owners of occupied buildings, which reaches vacant and unimproved lots as directly as improved ones. The standard is broad: the exterior of the property must not be maintained in an unclean and unsanitary condition, and the ordinance names overgrown grass and weeds as one example of that condition rather than the only trigger. 16 of the Revised Ordinances. 010 sets the default: a penalty of not more than $300 for each offense unless another law or ordinance provides otherwise, with each day a violation continues counting as a separate offense.

190 allows a penalty of $25 to $500 per offense, rising to a flat $500 if a demand letter is not answered or paid within thirty days. 090(D) also lets any unpaid balance attach as a lien on the property itself, under Chapter 497 of the Acts of 1991, giving the city a real collection tool against an absentee owner of a neglected vacant lot.