LETTER RE UNREGISTERED, UNINSPECTED VEHICLES CITY OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
120 WASHINGTON STREET,3'D FLOOR
TEL: 978-745-9595
KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL FAX: 978-740-9846
MAYOR
THOMAS ST.PIERRE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES/BUILDING CONMUSSIONER
January 26, 2018
Paul Marchand
214 Lafayette Street
Salem Massachusetts
Dear Owner
Due to recent complaints to the building department about 214 Lafayette Street , regarding
unregistered ,uninspected vehicles on your property. A site visit was done. You have
approximately nine unregistered vehicles on your property. Those vehicles must be registered
and inspected or removed from the property with in 15 days from the date of this letter to
avoid fines and further actions. I have enclosed the Salem City Ordinance for your review.
It states no vehicle shall be stored on a property for more than 15 days without being registered
And inspected.
Stephen Cummings
Assistant Building Inspector
"1/25/2018 Salem,MA Code of Ordinances
Sec. 24-21. - Keeping of unregistered, abandoned or discarded motor vehicles,trailers or boats.
(a) No person shall park, store, keep, or leave or allow that there be parked, stored, kept, or left
any unregistered motor vehicle, trailer or boat of any kind within the city for a period of more
than 15 days. If such vehicle, trailer or boat which has been abandoned or discarded, and the
vehicle, trailer or boat has been posted and recorded as being on the property for at least 15
days, the owner of the vehicle, trailer or boat or the owner of the property shall be ordered in
writing by the authority having jurisdiction, namely the building, police and fire departments,
to immediately remove such vehicle, trailer or boat from the property, unless any one of the
following conditions has been fulfilled:
(1) Such vehicle, trailer or boat is registered in the commonwealth or in any other state and
also has displayed thereon a valid windshield inspection sticker, so called, as required
by M.G.L.A. c. 90, § 7A for vehicles, and M.G.L.A. c. 90B for boats or by the laws of the
state registration.
(2) Such vehicle,trailer or boat is contained in an enclosed building or otherwise out of the
view of the public or of abutters.
(3) A license has been granted under M.G.L.A. c. 140 in connection with the motor vehicle
business or junk business.
(b) Any person wishing to park, store, keep, or leave one such vehicle, trailer, or boat in excess of
15 days must first apply for and obtain written approval from the chief of police and fire chief
or their authorized designees. Such approval shall not exceed one calendar year(365 days);
however, upon reapplication,the chief of police or the fire chief or his authorized designee
may reissue such approval for an additional calendar year.
(c) Any person aggrieved by a denial of the chief of police or the fire chief for approval to store
such a vehicle, trailer or boat in excess of 15 days or any person wishing to store two or more
such vehicles, trailers or boats for any length of time may seek approval from the city council
by filing a written request in the office of the city clerk. If the city council renders a denial to
the request, it shall order the authority having jurisdiction, police, fire or building
department, to have the vehicle, trailer, boat removed from the property.
(d) Any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of$50.00. Each day the violation
continues after a conviction shall constitute a separate offense.
(Code 1973, § 16-24; Ord. of 9-22-11(1))
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