TOWN OF BOURNE

BOARD OF HEALTH

24 Perry Avenue

Buzzards Bay, MA  02532

Cynthia A. Coffin

Health Agent
 
Phone (508) 759-0615 x513

                                                Fax (508) 759-8026

 

 

 

                                              LEGAL NOTICE

 

 

             

             HOTEL, MOTEL AND GUEST CABIN REGULATIONS

           

 

At its regular Board of Health meeting held on May 2, 1990, the Bourne Board of Health voted, pursuant to Chapter 111, Section 31 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to amend its Hotel, Motel and Guest Cabin Regulation of August 25, 1982, previously amended on November 28, 1983 to read as follows:

 

 

 1.01:    AUTHORITY 

 

        These regulations are adopted by the Board of Health under authority of M. G. L.

         c. 111, s. 31 and c. 140.

 

2.02:     SCOPE OF REGULATIONS:

 

        These regulations pertain to the licensing and operation of motels, hotels and

         guest cabins within the Town of Bourne.

 

3.01:     DEFINITIONS

 

 3.02:   EFFICIENCY UNIT

         

 

                     EFFICIENCY UNIT  shall be any unit, room or suite of rooms within a

                     motel, hotel or guest cabin providing both cooking and sleeping

                     accommodations, is self-sufficient in living requirements for a limited

                     period of time, and meets the current minimum standard of fitness

                     human habitation, as defined in 105, CMR 410,000, State Housing Code.

 

 

 

3.03:    GUEST CABINS

 

 

 GUEST CABINS  shall be any building or group of buildings either attached or separate,         

 which provide sleeping accommodations and may also provide cooking facilities for

 transient motorists.

 

 

3.04:      GUEST  UNIT

 

 

GUEST UNIT    shall be any unit, room or suite of rooms within a motel, hotel or guest cabin providing sleeping, but not cooking facilities, for transient motorists.

 

 

3.05:      HOTEL

 

 

HOTEL   shall be any building or group of buildings providing sleeping accommodations and suitable food service for transient motorists.

 

 

3.06:      MOTEL

 

          

 

              MOTEL shall be any building or group of buildings providing sleeping accommodations providing

              For transient motorists and which is not licensed as an Inn.

 

 

3.07:      PERSON

 

 

              PERSON   Shall be every individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association, trust or group,

             owning property or carrying on an activity regulated by these regulations.

 

 

4.01:    GENERAL  REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

           4.02:   LICENSE REQUIRED

 

                      No person shall conduct, control, manage or operate, directly or indirectly, any motel, hotel or

                       guest cabins within the Town of Bourne unless holding a current license granted by the

                      Board of Health. Such license shall expire on the 31st day of December in each year.

 

 

           4.03:   GUEST REGISTRATION

 

                       Every person who owns, manages or operates a motel, hotel or quest cabin shall maintain an

                        up-to-date guest register containing each guest’s name, permanent residence address, date

                        of registration, and duration of stay. Such register shall be made available for inspection to

                        the Board of Health, its agent, or a police officer.

 

 

 

 

           

 

5.01        OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS

 

5.02:  GUEST UNIT OCCUPANCY

 

        

                Occupancy of guest units shall be limited to over-night accommodations for transient

              motorists and shall not be occupied as a principal place of residence.  Occupancy of a

              motel guest unit by a person at the same licensed premises shall be limited to three

              weeks.   Should a person wish to extend his/ her stay at  said motel beyond a three week

              time period, they must continue their stay in an efficiency unit.

 

  5.03: EFFICIENCY UNIT OCCUPANCY

 

 

               Occupancy of efficiency units by a person at the same licensed premises shall be limited to

                  90 calendar days in any year. Proofs of permanent residency must be provided by the

                  occupant at time of registration. Any requests for additional 90 day extensions must be

                  submitted to the Board  of Health in writing 15 days prior to the expiration of the 90 day

                  period.

 

 

6.01:  INSPECTIONS

 

 

          The Board of Health shall inspect each motel, hotel or guest cabin annually prior to issuing or

           reissuing a license required by Section  4.02. Such inspections shall be made in accordance

          with applicable State Sanitary Code Regulations pertaining to sanitation and public safety,

           as defined in 105 CMR 410.000, State Housing Code.

 

 

 

7.01:  FEE

 

        The fee for each original and renewal license shall be one hundred ($100.00) dollars.

 

 

8.01:  GRANT, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE

 

 

        The Board of Health, in each instance after a hearing, notice of which shall be sent to the licensee

        by first class mail and published once in a newspaper published or circulated in the Town of Bourne,

        may grant, suspend or revoke any license issued to a motel, hotel or guest cabins, for violation of

        these regulations or applicable provisions of the State Sanitary Code. Any license so suspended

        or revoked may be re-issued by the Board of Health upon satisfactory evidence that the violation (s )

        is issued.

 

 

 

 

 

9.01:  AMENDMENTS  TO  REGULATIONS

 

      

       The Board of Health may, after hearing, amend or modify these rules and regulations.

 

 

10.01:  SEVERABILITY

 

 

         If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of these regulations shall be declared

         Invalid by ruling of Town Counsel or by a court of competent jurisdiction, that ruling shall not affect

          Any other portion of these regulations, which shall remain if full force and effect, and to this

          end the provisions of these regulations are hereby declared severable.

 

 

 

10.02:   PENALTIES

 

 

 

         Any person who shall violate any provision of these regulations and who shall fail to comply

         with any written order by the Board of Health or its agent for which penalty is not otherwise

         provided in the General Laws shall, upon conviction, be fined not less that $100.00 nor more than

         $500.00. Each days failure to comply with any written order shall constitute a separate violation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective date May 2, 1990