RUBBISH. Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage, and includes, but is not limited to, such materials as paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, grass clippings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, dust and the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible materials.
SAFE. Free from conditions which may endanger or materially impair the health or safety and well-being of an occupant or the general public, as set forth in 105 CMR 410.750, but may include any other condition so certified by the commonwealth’s Department of Public Health, to be violations which may expose or subject to harm, the health or safety and the well-being, of an occupant or the public.
VIOLATION. Any condition in a rental unit, which fails to meet any requirement of this Section.
(B) Requirements. Property owners/agents shall deliver rental units to new tenants in a clean, safe condition, in compliance with the provisions of Subsection 9-1.3, this Subsection, the commonwealth’s Sanitary Code, 105 CMR 410 and with all other applicable codes and ordinances. Rental units shall be delivered meeting the following minimum requirements.
(1) Clean and sanitary. The common areas and the interior of rental units must be in a clean and sanitary condition, free of garbage, rubbish or other filth causing sickness, at the time of delivery to a new tenant.