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Richard T. McIntosh
One Salem Green
745-0213
May 24 , 1983
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
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` RE : 4 Plymouth Street , Salem
According to records on file in this department ,
the above referenced property has been a three-family
dwelling since before 1965 , this use may be continued .
Very truly yours ,
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Richard T . McIntosh
Inspector of Buildings
Zoning Enforcement Officer
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APPLICATION CYADULT NUMBER Trial Court of Massachusetts
FOR COMPLAINT ❑ JUVENILE District Court Department
E, ARRESIT EARING ❑ SUMMONS ! WARRANT COURT DIVISION
The within named complainant requests that a complaint issue against the within Salem District Court
named defendant. Charging said defendant with the offense(s) listed below. - 65 Washington Street
DATE OF APPLICATIONDATE OF OFFENSE PLACE OF OFFENSE Salem, MA.01970
August 16,19 5 May 16 19 5 4 Plymouth
NAME OF COMPLAINANT
NO. OFFENSE G.L. Ch. and Sec
City of Salem Building Department
AODRESkAND ZIP CODE OF COMPLAINANT- - Massachusetts State Building
Ore Salem Green t' Code CMR 780
Salem, Mass. 01970
Sections 123.1
2. Sections 1223.1
NAME,ADDRESS AND ZIP CODE OF DEFENDANT
Paul _-__-.--
4 Plymouth Street 3'
Salem, Mass. 01970. .- -_-----._-_—_ _.. __.__._
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COURT USE I A hearing upon this complaint appl" ation ATEOFHEARING _ TIME OF HEARING COUR USE
ONLY will be held at the above court ad ress on :I&/r. �Ur J'f) AT 67 r-- LY
CASE P TICULARS 1 BE SPECIFIC Q!�
NAME OF VICTIM DESCRIPTION OF ORQZERTY UE OR PROPERTY TVP
NO. Owner of property, Goods stolen,what --.Ow3r.o BS7ANCE OR WEAPON
person assaulted,etc. destroyed.etc. $250. Marijuana,gun,etc.
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OTHER REMARKS:
Failure to complyyw*th Massachusetts State Building Codes.
Failure to apply for building permit.
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SIGNATURE OF COMPLAINANT
DEFENDANT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION — Complete data below if known.
DATEOF BIRTH PLACEOF BIRTH SOCIALSECURITY NUMBER SEX RACE HEIGHT WEIGHT Eyew HAIR
OCCUPATION EMPLOYER/SCHOOL MOTHER'S NAMEIMAIDE[JIFATHER'S NAME
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tlubhr trapertg Department
Nuilding Department
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508-745-9595 ixt. 309
Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building
Zoning Enforcement Officer May 16, 1995
Paul Gillissen
' Plymouth Street
Salem, Mass. 01970
3E: 4 Plymouth Street
Dear Mr. Gillissen:
It has come to the attention of this office that you have illegally
installed a retaining wall out of landscaped beams and filled it over a two
(2' ) foot high area to level off your property in order to create a level
parking area.
You are requested to apply for proper permits from the Building
Department as well as a drainage permit from the Engineering Department.
The present retaining wall is unsafe and must be rebuild. Drawings must
be submitted to this department showing the proper method and materials to be
used in such wall.
Please contact this office upon receipt of this letter to inform us as to
your course of action you will be taking. Failure to do so within five (5)
days will result in legal action being taken against you.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Leo E. Tremblay
Inspector of Buildings
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Charles Quigley
Councillor Gaudreault, Ward 5
Certified Mail # P 921 991 721
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Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building July 12 , 1995
Zoning Enforcement Officer
Paul Gillissen
4 Plymouth Street
Salem, Mass . 01970
RE : 4 Plymouth Street
Dear Mr . Gillissen :
on May 16 , 1995 a letter was sent to you with
violations concerning the above mentioned property. A
follow up inspection was conducted and to this date the
violations have not been completed.
If this office does not see any progress within the
next fifteen ( 15 ) days , court action will be taken against
you .
Please give this office a call to update this matter
or to inform us of reasons why these violations have not
been corrected.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation
in this matter .
Sincerely,
Leo E . Tremblay
Inspector of Buildings
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cc : Dave Shea
Larissa Brown
Councillor Gaudreault , Ward 5
Certified Mail # P 921 991 773
THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BUILDING CODE
and shall be strengthened with buttresses or additional wall thickness to resist lateral
soil and hydrostatic pressure when subjected thereto.
SECTION 1223.0 RETAINING WALLS
1223.1 General: Walls built to retain or support the lateral pressure of earth or
water or other superimposed loads shall be designed and constructed of approved
masonry, reinforced concrete, steel sheet piling or other approved materials within
the allowable stresses specified in this code (see Section 1712.3.3).
1223.2 Design: Retaining walls shall be designed to resist the pressure of the
retained material, including both dead and live load surcharges to which they are
subjected, and to insure stability against overturning, sliding, excessive foundation
pressure and water uplift.
1223.3 Hydrostatic pressure: Unless drainage is provided, the hydrostatic head of
water pressure shall be assumed equal to the height of the wall.
1223.4 Coping: All masonry retaining walls other than reinforced concrete walls
shall be protected with an approved coping.
1223.5 Guardrails: When retaining walls with a difference in grade level on either
side of the wall in excess of 4 feet are located closer than 2 feet to a walk, path,
parking lot or driveway on the high side, such retaining walls shall be provided with
a guard constructed in accordance with Section 827.0 or other approved protective
measures.
SECTION 1224.0 WATERPROOFING AND DAMPPROOFING
1224.1 Where required: Walls or portions thereof, retaining earth and enclosing
interior spaces and floors below grade shall be waterproofed and dampproofed
according to this section except those spaces containing uses other than residential
and institutional where such omission is not detrimental to the building or
occupancy.
1224.1.1 Story above grade: Where a basement is considered a story above grade
and the ground level adjacent to the basement wall is below the floor elevation for
not less than 25 percent of the perimeter, the floor and walls shall be dampproofed
in accordance with Section 1224.3 and a foundation drain shall be installed in
accordance with Section 1224.5.2.The foundation drain shall be installed around the
portion of the perimeter where the basement floor is below ground level. The
provisions of Sections 1224.2, 1224.4, and 1224.5.1 shall not apply in this case.
12-40 780 CMR - Fifth Edition
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 123.0 UNSAFE STRUCTURES
123.1 Inspection: The building official immediately upon being informed by report
or otherwise that a building or other structure or anything attached thereto or
connected therewith is dangerous to life or limb or that any building in that city or
town is unused, uninhabited or abandoned, and open to the weather, shall inspect
the same; and he shall forthwith in writing notify the owner to remove it or make
it safe if it appears to him to be dangerous, or to make it secure if it is unused,
uninhabited or abandoned and open to the weather. If it appears that such
structure would be especially unsafe in case of fire, it shall be deemed dangerous
within the meaning hereof, and the building official may affix in a conspicuous place
upon its exterior walls a notice of its dangerous condition, which shall not be
removed or defaced without authority from him.
123.2 Removal or making structure safe: Any person so notified shall be
allowed until twelve o'clock noon of the day following the service of the notice in
which to begin to remove such building or structure or make it safe, or to make it
secure, and he shall employ sufficient labor speedily to make it safe or remove it or
to make it secure; but if the public safety so requires and if the mayor or selectmen
so order, the building official may immediately enter upon the premises with the
necessary workmen and assistants and cause such unsafe structure to be made safe
or demolished without delay and a proper fence put up for the protection of
passersby, or to be made secure.
SECTION 124.0 EMERGENCY MEASURES
124.1 Failure to remove or make structure safe, survey board, survey report:
If an owner of such unsafe structure refuses or neglects to comply with the
requirements of such notice within the specified time limit, and such structure is not
made safe or taken down as ordered therein, a careful survey of the premises shall
be made by a board consisting; in a city, of a city engineer, the head of the fire
department, as such term is defined in Section 1 of Chapter 148 of the
Massachusetts General Laws Annotated, as amended, and one disinterested person
to be appointed by the building official; and, in a town, of a surveyor, the head of
the fire department and one disinterested person to be appointed by the building
official. In the absence of any of the above officers or individuals, the mayor or
selectmen shall designate one or more officers or other suitable persons in place of
the officers so named as members of said board. A written report of such survey
shall be made, and a copy thereof served on such owner.
124.2 Removal of dangerous or abandoned structures: If such survey report
as outlined in Section 124.1 declares such structure to be dangerous or to be unused,
uninhabited or abandoned, and open to the weather, and if the owner continues
such refusal or neglect, the building official shall cause it to be made safe or taken
780 CMR - Fifth Edition 1-25
July 22, 1995
Leo E.Tremblay
Director of Public Pmpcaty
Inspector of Building
Zoning Enforcement Officer
Dear Mr.Tremblay:
Enclosed you will find a copy of the plans of the driveway retaining wall. I'm sorry
about the delay in getting you this mformafion,but as I explained earlier the wall was done
about 8 years ago.Thank you for your patients with me.If you need to contact me I can be
reach at 508-744-5201 during the day at my office.
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Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building July 12 , 1995
Zoning Enforcement Officer
Paul Gillissen
4 Plymouth Street
Salem, Mass . 01970
RE : 4 Plymouth Street
Dear Mr. Gillissen:
On May 16 , 1995 a letter was sent to you with
violations concerning the above mentioned property. A
follow up inspection was conducted and to this date the
violations have not been completed.
If this office does not see any progress within the
next fifteen ( 15 ) days , court action will be taken against
you.
Please give this office a call to update this matter
or to inform us of reasons why these violations have not
been corrected .
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation
in this matter.
Sincerely,
Leo E . Tremblay
Inspector of Buildings
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Larissa Brown
Councillor Gaudreault, Ward 5
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May 22, 1995
Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building
Zoning Enforcement Officer
Dear Mr. Tremblay:
I'm a little confused as to why; said retaining wall in your letter of May 16, 1995
has be come an issue. It was build about 8 years ago. I did have about 4 to 6 inches of fill
put in late this fall and a layer of stone dust about 1/2"put down.
At present I have not found my original drawing of the present construction , but I
will reproduce them in the next few days and toward them to you . I will be happy to
comply with any changes required by law. Thank you.
Steel ,
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4 Plymouth St.
Salem,Ma. 01970
cc: Dave Shea
Charles Quigley
Councillor Gaudreault,Ward 5
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Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building
Zoning Enforcement Officer May 16, 1995
Paul Gillissen
4 Plymouth Street
Salem, Mass. 01970
RE: 4 Plymouth Street
Dear Mr. Gillissen:
It has come to the attention of this office that you have illegally
installed a retaining wall out of landscaped beams and filled it over a two
(21 ) foot high area to level off your property in order to create a level
parking area.
You are requested to apply for proper permits from the Building
Department as well as a drainage permit from the Engineering Department.
The present retaining wall is unsafe and must be rebuild. Drawings must
be submitted to this department showing the proper method and materials to be
used in such wall .
Please contact this office upon receipt of this letter to inform us as to
your course of action you will be taking. Failure to do so within five (5)
days will result in legal action being taken against you.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
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Leo E. Tremblay
Inspector of Buildings
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May 22, 1995
Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building
Zoning Enforcement Officer
Dear Mr. Tremblay:
I'm a little confused as to why; said retaining wall in your letter of May 16, 1995
has be come an issue. It was build about 8 years ago. I did haveabout4 to 6 inches of fill
put in late this fall and a layer of stone dust about 1/2"put down.
At present I have not found my original drawing of the present construction , but I
will reproduce them in the next few days and foward them to you . I will be happy to
comply with any changes required by law. Thank you.
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4 Plymouth St.
Salem,Ma. 01970
cc: Dave Shea
Charles Quigley
Councillor Gaudreault,Ward 5
Tito of t*ttlern, Malwar4usetts
t _!� tlublic Vropertg Department
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(ane dalem (6reen
500-745-9595 Ext. 300
Leo E. Tremblay
Director of Public Property
Inspector of Building
Zoning Enforcement Officer May 16, 1995,
Paul Gillissen
4 Plymouth Street
Salem, Mass. 01970
RE; 4 Plymouth Street
Dear Mr. Gillissen:
It has come to the attention of this office that you have illegally
installed a retaining wall out of landscaped beams and filled it over a two
(21 ) foot high area to level off your property in order to create a level
parking area.
You are requested to apply for proper permits from the Building
Department as well as a drainage permit from the Engineering Department.
The present retaining wall is unsafe and must be rebuild. Drawings must
be submitted to this department showing the proper method and materials to be
used in such wall.
Please contact this office upon receipt of this letter to inform us as to
your course of action you will be taking. Failure to do so within five (5)
days will result in legal action being taken against you.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely, '
Leo E. Tremblay 0
Inspector of Buildings
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cc: Dave Shea
Charles Quigley
Councillor Gaudreault, Ward 5
Certified Mail # P 921 991 721
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Richard T. Mcln.tosh I,
One Salem Green
Salem, MA 01970 November 6,1981
Warren Five Cents Saving Bank
Peabody,Niassachusetts 01960
Re: 4 Plymouth Street
Salem,Ma 01970
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The above referenced property is located in a R-I Zoned
District. It is located on Assessor' s Map page 32 and defined
as Lot IM 6.
It has 4,900 square feet of area and has 57 feet of frontage.
This is all the information that this Department has on the
Property.
6here are no code violations on file in this office concerning
this nrooerty.
Very truly yours,
Ri hard T. McIntosh
Director of Public Property
Zoning Enforcement Officer
RTM:mo's Inspector of Buildings
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RECEIVED
CITY OF SALEM,MASS.
MAY 201 1983
CHARLES A. MC CREDY
P.O. Box 7
Byfield, MA 01922
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
THE PROPERTY AT 4 PLYMOUTH STREET, SALEM, MA. , WAS PURCHASED
FROM FRANK SMITH, OF THAT ADDRESS, AS A 3-UNIT APARTMENT
BUILDING IN 1971. IT WAS CONTINUED AS SUCH '19Y MYSELF AND OTHERS
AND SOLD AS 3-UNITS TO PAUL GILLISEN AND OTHERS IN 1981.
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CHARLES A. MC CREDY i7�wz(
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