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   16-A1.1   Failure and/or Refusal to Pay Municipal Charges.
   (A)   The city is hereby authorized to deny any application for, or to revoke or suspend any license or permit, including renewals and transfers thereof, issued by any City Board, Officer or Department for any person, corporation or business enterprise who has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or any other municipal charges, in accordance with the following provisions.
      (1)   The Collector-Treasurer shall annually furnish to each City Department, Board, Commission or Division, hereinafter referred to as the licensing authority, that issues licenses or permits, including renewals and transfers thereof, a list of any person, corporation or business enterprise, hereinafter referred to as “the party”, that has neglected or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges for not less than a 12-month period, and that has not filed in good faith a pending application for an abatement of such taxes or a pending petition before the Appellate Tax Board.
      (2)   The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend any license or permit, including renewals and transfers thereof, of any party whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority from the Collector-Treasurer; provided, however, that written notice is given to the party and the Collector-Treasurer, as required by applicable provisions of law, and that the party is given a hearing by the licensing authority, to be held not earlier than 14 days after the licensing authority sends said notice by regular mail to the party. Said list shall be prima facie evidence for the denial, revocation or suspension of said license or permit to any party. The Collector-Treasurer shall have the right to intervene in any hearing conducted with respect to such license or permit denial, revocation or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect to such license or permit denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only for the purposes of such proceeding and shall not be relevant to or introduced in any other proceeding at law, except for any appeal from such license or permit denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit denied, revoked or suspended under this Section shall not be reissued, renewed or transferred until the licensing authority receives a certificate issued by the Collector-Treasurer that the party is in good standing with respect to any and all local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other municipal charges payable to the city as of the date of issuance of said certificate.
      (3)   Any party shall be given an opportunity to enter into a payment agreement with the Collector-Treasurer, thereby allowing the licensing authority to issue a certificate which indicates the conditions of the agreement upon which the license or permit is granted, and the validity of said license or permit shall be conditioned upon the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure to comply with said agreement shall be grounds for the revocation or suspension of said license or permit; provided, however, that the party be given notice and a hearing as required by applicable provisions of law.
      (4)   The licensing authority may waive the denial, revocation or suspension of a license or permit to a party if he or she finds there is no direct or indirect business interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any, or members of his or her immediate family, as defined in M.G.L. Chapter 268A, Section 1, in the business or activity conducted in or on said property.
   (B)   This Section shall not apply to the following licenses and permits: open burning permits, M.G.L. Chapter 48, Section 13; temporary licenses for the sale of articles for charitable purposes, M.G.L. Chapter 101, Section 33; children work permits, M.G.L. Chapter 149, Section 69; licenses for clubs, societies, associations or other organizations dispensing food or beverages, M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 21E; dog licenses, M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 137; fishing, hunting and trapping licenses, M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 12; marriage licenses, M.G.L. Chapter 207, Section 28; and licenses for theatrical events, public exhibitions and the like issued pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 181.
   (C)   The city may exclude any other local license or permit from this Section by amending this Section.
(CBC 1985 16-A1.1; Ord. 1992 c. 6 § 1; Ord. 2016 c. 18 § 1)
   16-A1.2   Safety Concerns and History.
   Every Officer in charge of a Department issuing a permit is hereby authorized to deny any application for, or revoke or suspend any permit, including renewals, issued to any person, corporation or business entity with a history of engaging in unsafe, hazardous or dangerous practices based on work safety histories or concerns. Work safety histories or safety concerns shall include information obtained by affidavit for each permit application, Occupational Safety and Health Administration violation reports or other information presented to or documented by the permit issuing Department.
(CBC 1985 16-A1.2; Ord. 2016 c. 18 § 2)
16-A2   FINGERPRINTING AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN LICENSES
   (A)   The city is hereby authorized to deny any application for, or to revoke or suspend any license or permit, including renewals and transfers thereof, issued by any City Board, Officer or Department for any person who is determined unfit for the license, as determined by the licensing authority, due to information obtained pursuant to Subsection 11-1.8.
   (B)   The city may exclude any other local license or permit from this Section by amending this Section.
(CBC 1985 16-A2; Ord. 2011 c. 2)
16-1   HEALTH.
16-1.1   Fish.
   (A)   Reserved.
   [Reserved]
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 s. 250; CBC 1985 16-1.1; Repealed by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 1)
   (B)   Fish for sale; requirements. No person shall have in his or her possession with intent to sell, fish of any kind, except flounders, smelts and other small fish, salmon and shad, until the same have been cleansed of their entrails and other refuse parts, or fish of any kind unless they are kept in covered stalls or fish-boxes or covered carts, which shall be clean and in good order and well secured from the rays of the sun.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 250; CBC 1985 16-1.1; Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 1)
16-1.2   Reserved.
   [Reserved]
   (CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 251; CBC 1985 16-1.2; Repealed by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 2)
16-1.3   Decayed Food.
   No person shall bring into the city, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, any decayed or damaged fruit, vegetable or animal substance, except in accordance with a permit from the Division of Health Inspections, Inspectional Services Department.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 252; CBC 1985 16-1.3; 1991 c. 5 § 3)
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