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81 Housing Inspections BOARD OF HEALTH DONNA C.SALLOOM.CHAIR SUZANNE SMITH,M.D. JOANNE LEVIN,M D. Benjamin Wood,MPH.Director Daniel Wasiuk,Health Inspector Edward Smith,Health Inspector Patricia Abbott,RN,Public Health Nurse Heather McBride,Clerk CITY OF NORTHAMPTON MASSACHUSETTS 01060 OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH (413)587- 1214 FAX(413)587-1221 HOUSING INSPECTION FORM 212 MAIN STREET NORTHAMPTON.MA 01060 Date: Time: # Occupants: a # Children<6 Years REGULATIONS p Address: SI 1 /3 �4 Unit# q City/Town: Northampton Occupant Name: k C Phone # lon/II 5 q Owner Name: Phone# Kitchen sink sufficient size Owner Address: City/Town: Zip Code: Stove (type) # Dwelling/Rooming Units in Dwelling: /D Level of Unit: # Stories: z Floor it Sleeping Rooms: #Habitable Rooms: 2 electrical outlets or 1 and overhead light Inspector: Title: Walls(type) KITCHEN REGULATIONS VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A Kitchen sink sufficient size 120 & 140.190 Stove (type) .100 A (2) Space for refrigerator .100 A (3) 2 electrical outlets or 1 and overhead light .251 A and B Walls(type) .500 Floor(type) .500 Celing .500 Natural light(if more than 70 sq. feet than glass no less than 8%) .251.6 Ventilation(4%or mechanical) Cold water .350 A Hot water between 110 and 130 Degrees .190 Windows (screens 4/1-10/30), locks, usable .500 and .552 Doors .500 Plumbing connections and drains .350 BATHROOM REGULATION VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A Hot water between 110 and 130 degrees .190 Toilet and Seat .150 A (1) Wash basin .150 A (2) Shower or Tub .350 A(3) Sufficient cold water .350 A Floor (type) .500 Walls(type) .500 Ceiling .500 Door .500 Light .252 A Ventilation(type)(4%or mechanical) .280 A or B Plumbing connection, drain .350 LIVING ROOM REGULATION VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A 2 Electrical outlets or 1 with overhead light .251 B Lighting .251 A Walls(type) .500 Floors (type) .500 Ceiling .500 Windows(how many) Screens, Locks, and Useable .500, .551 , .552 amd .480 E DINING ROOM REGUALTION VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A 2 Electrical outlets or 1 with overhead light .251 B Lighting .251 A Walls(type) .500 Floors(type) .500 Ceiling .500 Windows (how many) Screens, Locks, and Useable .500 , .551 , .552 amd .480 E SLEEPING ROOM # 1 REGULATION VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A Sufficient Natural Lighting .250 A 2 Electrical outlets or 1 with overhead light .251 B Lighting .251 A Walls(type) .500 Floors(type) .500 Ceiling .500 Windows (how many) Screens, Locks and Useable .500 , .551 , .552 amd .480 E Door .500 Is there adequate space for occupant? (70 for one, 50 per more than one) .400 SLEEPING ROOM # 2 REGULATION VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A Sufficient Natural Lighting .250 A 2 Electrical outlets or 1 with light .251 B overhead Lighting .251 A Walls(type) .500 Floors (type) .500 Ceiling .500 Windows (how many) Screens, Locks, and Useable .500 , .551 , .552 amd .480 E Door .500 Is there adequate space for .400 occupant? SLEEPING ROOM# 3 REGULATION VIOLATION Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900A Sufficient Natural Lighting .250 A 2 Electrical outlets or 1 with light .251 B overhead Lighting .251 A Walls(type) .500 Floors (type) .500 Ceiling .500 Windows (how many) .500 Screens, Locks, and Useable , .551 , .552 amd .480 E Door .500 Is there adequate space for .400 occupant? COMMON AREA & EXIT REGULATION VIOLATION Sufficient Natural Lighting .250 A 2 Electrical outlets or 1 with light .251 B overhead Lighting .251 A Walls(type) .500 Floors(type) .500 Ceiling .500 Windows (how many) Screens, Locks, and Useable .500 , .551 , .552 amd .480 E Door .500 Stairways .042 Common Bathroom .151 Common area and Exit and Egress .500 Porches .500 Foundation .500 Ceiling height in all habitable (3/4 more than 7 feet) rooms Stairs .500 Garbage and Rubbish .601 Private ways .600 Gutters and Downspouts .500 Roof .500 Lead Paint .502 Entry Lights .253 B Area .500 Laundry GENERAL REGULATION VIOLATION All services working and .690 available Hand/guard rails(] handrail, guardrails on all open sides, balusters) Owner posted? Heating Services in good .200 repair Ceiling height in all habitable rooms(3/4 more than 7 feet) Heat Between 64 and 68 degrees .900 A Temporary Wiring Electrical Service Adequate .256 .99S Insects and Rodents Dwelling sanitary Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors Metering .550 .602 & .452 .482 Critical Violations: (1) failure to maintain a supply of water connected to a safe water supply as required in 105 CMR 410.180; or (2) failure to provide heat and to provide or maintain heating facilities in proper condition as required y 105 CMR 410.200 or 410.201; or (3)failure to provide light as required by 105 CMR 410.254; or (4)failure to provide and maintain a sanitary drainage system as required by 105 CMR 410.300; or (5) failure to maintain in safe operating condition any facilities fixtures and systems listed in 105 CMR 410.351; or (6)termination or failure to restore promptly water,hot water, heat, electricity or gas; or (7) failure to maintain exits unobstructed as required by 105 CMR 410.451;or (8) failure to maintain every entry door of a dwelling unit as required by 105 CMR 410.480(D); or (9) failure to maintain a dwelling unit free from leaks as required by 105 CMR 410.500; or (10) failure to maintain a porch, balcony, roof or exterior stairway in a safe condition as required by 105 CMR 410500; or (11) failure to maintain a dwelling or dwelling unit free from rodents, skunks,cockroaches and insect infestation as required by 105 CMR 410.550. ❑ Building ❑ Other Referral: ❑ Electric 0 Fire 0 Plumbing �perjury. This inspection report is signed and certified under thepains and penalties o Inspector Signature: Occupant or Occupant's Representative Signature: Reinspection Date: Time: Inspection Form on SSC 105 CMR 410.000: Chapter II, Minimum Standards of Fitness Children<6 Years: N/A Unit# 9 City/Town: Northampton Phone#484.343-3876 Northampton Board of Health, 212 Main St., Northampton,ess forHuman Habitation .e: 4114/11 Time: 10:30 #Occupants: 2 dress: 81 Bridge St. cupant Name: Hannah Shaffer rner Name: Carol Hyde Phone# mer Address: PO Box 2075 )welling/Rooming Units in Dwelling: 12 ileeping Rooms: 1 Spector: Ben Wood City/Town: Oak Bluffs #Stories: 3 #Habitable Rooms: 2 Title: Director Zip Code: 02557 Floor Level of Unit: 2 If violations are observed and checked, describe them fully on Page 3. Area or Element Type of Violation Use blank boxes for ones not listed Possible Code Section s ✓if Violation Observed Responsible Party Owner Occupa nt Exterior, Yard & Porch Common Areas& Entry Interior Halls &Stairs Postin•, ID, Exit siens/emer•enc Ii•hts 481,483,484 500.501,503 600,601 253,254,501 450.451.452 Bedroom 1 253,254,501 Location (circle): Front Rear Middle Left Middle Right Unit Floor Level 401,402 501,551 Bedroom 2 Location(circle): Front Rear Middle of Unit Left Middle Right Floor Level 401,402 501,551 Bathroom Kitchen Kitchen, Toilet, sink, shower, tub, door Smooth, impervious surfaces Sink, stove, oven; good repair, impervious and smooth, s•ace refri• Lights, outlets, ventilation, windows, screens 251,280 251,280,501. 551 401,402 is or ment Type of Violation Use blank boxes for ones not listed Possible Code Section s /if Violation Observed Responsible Party Owner Occupa nt .ont. tg room I Dining Loom Bement 250.280 401,402 501,551 Owner installed e•ui•ment Water lot Water Heating Must be •otable 180 Quaniit •ressure _ ziss Fuel Type(circle): Natural Gas 011 Electric Other taken: Kitchen 190 Quaniit , •ressure, 110 F min, 130 max 202 200 201 "Habitable room and every room with toilet, shower, tub" • 68F7 am toll pm,64F 11:01 pm to 6:59 am, except 6/15-9/15 • 78 F max in heating season/measure 5 feet wall,5 Temp.: 56 °f Location feetfloor Electrical T •e circle : 110 220 Am• Amperage,temporary wiring, metering 250,255,256, Drainage, Plumbing Smoke&CO Detectors Pests Asbestos or Lead Paint Curta Iment 300,351 Free of ests rodents, skunks, cockroaches, insects Structural maintenance and elimination of harbora.e 353,502 Other DX Et is 0 Fire ❑ Plumbing 0 Building 0 Other pection report is signed��e��der the pains and penalties of perjury. or Signature: mt or Occupant's Representative Signature: Time TBD section Date: 4/21 and 5/16 checked above that constitute the violation. You may Wricien description a de of any violation(s)the condition(s) Include lode or remedies that two would be and perceptionns of ieng compliance include remedies that would be an acceptable means of achieving endanger or os materially Ompair the CMR occupying the premises f((p rc alth, safetyaandtwetlltb'eing of any person(s)has revealed conditions which may ArealElement, Code Citation and Description of Violation Basement Laundry Room, (500), Flooding Thole Basement, (500), ceiling, structural leaks, chronic dampness, molded insulation Basement window(driveway side), (500, 501), window pane broken Washing machine, (351), machine not working Possible electrical wirin• vio0lations.referred to neelectrical ins.ector Basement stairs, Owners name not .ostedd dam.ness Kitchen ceilin•, 500 Sk li.ht, 500 chronic dampness Water temperature(190L temperature too high Bathroom floor underlbehind shower, 500, 504 chronic dampness, disre•ai Smoke/CO, 482 , detectors not mounted Find source oding, remove water, disinfect exposed areas. Within 24 hours of receipt of notice remove wa and disinfect exposed area. Repair ceiling, remove molded insulation (401 Temperature at kitchen sink recorded at 145 de•rees NOLLOWI G IS A SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS SOME OF CORRECTED.LEGAL REMEDIES TENANTS MAY nt Withholding(General Laws Chapter 239 Section 8A). de Violations Are Not Being Corrected you may be entitled to hold back your rent payment. You can do vithout being evicted if. . "ou can prove that your dwelling unit or common areas contain violations which are serious enough to nger or materially impair your health or safety and that your landlord knew about the violations before you ;behind in your rent. Mu are not cause to the violations y n tion of the rent into court if a judge orders you to pay for the it.(for this it is best 'ou are prepared to pay any p ut the rent money aside in a safe place.) epair and Deduct(General Laws Chapter 111 Section 12714. s law sometimes allows you to use your rent money to make the repairs yourself If your local code ntement agency t lo violations which e i materially impair your health, :tyor well-being and your landlord has received written notice of thvolationsyou ay be able use this iedy. If the owner fails to begin necessary repairs (or enter into a written contract to have them made) within days after notice or to complete repairs within 14 days after notice you can use up to four months' rent in Retaliatory Rent Increases or Eviction Prohibited (General Laws Chapter 186, Section 18 and Chapter 239 year to make the repairs. e ction 2A). f owner may not about code violations. If the owner raises ayour rent or tries to evict within s xumonths after u have made the agency velated to your complaint nt You may be able tovsue the landlord for damages f heror she tries this. which is he or she will Rent Receivership (General Laws Chapter 111 District Superior Court to allow as rent to of aid repo he occupants and/or the board of health court may p tart rather than to the owner. The court may then appoint a "receiver" who may spend ioney as is needed to correct the violation. The receiver is not subject to a spending limitation of four months' :nt. . Search of Warranty of Habitability. Mu may be entitled to sue your landlord to have all or some of your rent retumed if your dwelling unit does net neet minimum standards of habitability. i. Unfair and Deceptive Practices (General Laws Chapter 93A) 3enting an apartment with code violations is a violation of the consumer protection act and regulations E THE INFORMATION PRESENTED ABOVE IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF THE LAW, YOU which you may sue an owner. DECIDE CONSULT NS WITHHOLD YOUR RENT, OU ANY LEGAL THE ACTION. NEAREST LEGAL ADVISABLE SERVICES YOU CONSULT AN ATTORNEY, OFFICE WHICH IS: Western Mass Legal Services Tel: 413-71-7814 81 01144 One Monarch Place, Suite 400 SpringC 7 ss f OccupantsLAPt• # of Structure_B CHAPTER II STATE SANITARY CODE Occupant's Name # of Dwelling Units_ p # Habitable Rooms # Bedrooms_ Address of Owner CcLAL s_494 # of Stories_ Bathroom 410.150 ater between 120° & 140 et and seat basin er ub cold Regulation Violations icient water rt s Lin r n tilation .350 tubing connection & drains .350 A .252 A .280 A or B Kitchen 410.100 n sink sufficient size che Regulation Violations me and oven e for refri:erator [lets (electrical electrical light fixture me )u L 00 .251 B .251 A ntilation ld t Ovate ater ndo Mrs ;reens (door & windo Lumbin: connection & drains (window (mechanical (sufficient •ressures .251.6 .551 & .552 Living Room utlets (2 or one with light) i:hting alls 'loot findo sc Regulation Violations Violations Outlets Lighti Walls Ceil in Floo .251 A Screens Locks .480 E • Sle.eping Room #1 icient natural lighting tlets or 1 with 1 outle s in$ rc Laws ?ens Re:ulation .250 A .251 B 51 A 500 ��,�/� Violations there adequate ce for occupan Slee.in: Room #2 ficient natural li ht utlets or 1 ht with outlet is Ain ?or .250 A .251 B .251 A Id reens Jr there adequate ace for occupant? Sleeping Room ¢3 fficient natural lightin outlets or 1 .•ht with outlet ?lls n: loo indows creeps oor s there adequate pace for occupant? Common Area & Exit (In anterior area illuminated .250 A .251 B .251 A (indows Screens )oars Del • /Jails Floors Stai Common terior ro.erl a s bathroom clean Ch Common Area & Exit (Exterio mne Porches Foundation Stairs Garba:e & rubbish Private wa s Gutters and down s•outs Roof Lead paint Entr li hts .253 B • General Regulation Violations services working and available heating facilities in good dir? t 68° and 64 water 120° to 140° ilities vented ce hea er ro er Orar wsnn• ctrical service ade ects and rodents llin_ sanitar • iscellaneous 09 uate minim stwornut I19iu"fora t Z/ . wr , i nspe ,r I Date 1 or le next scheduled reinspection is: -"'W"Titie (J Time a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Date Time