Permits - Publications. Par. 1. - *(No building shall be used for a grain elevator or for storage or manufacture of high combustibles or explosives, or for chemical or rendering works, without a permit from the commissioner, and) no engine, dynamo, boiler or furnace shall be placed in any building without a permit from the commissioner. Every application for such permit shall be in writing, shall be filed with the commissioner, and shall set forth the character of the building, the size, power and purpose of the apparatus, and such other information as the commissioner may require. The commissioner may, after an examination of the premises described in the application, and after hearing the applicant and any objectors, issue a permit for placing a boiler or furnace on such premises, upon such conditions as he shall prescribe, or he may refuse such permit. If the application is for anything other than a boiler or furnace the applicant shall publish in at least two daily newspapers published in the city of Boston, and on at least three days in each, and, if so directed by the commissioner, shall also post conspicuously on the premises, a copy of the application, and shall deliver copies thereof to such persons as the commissioner may designate.

* Portion in parenthesis superseded by c. 795, sects. 3, 6, 7 and 29 of Acts of 1914, Fire Prevention Act.]

Chapter 795, superseded by General Laws, chapter 148.

Par. 2. - If no objection is filed with the commissioner before the expiration of ten days after the time of the first publication of notice, or within ten days of the delivery and first posting of the notice, if such delivery or posting is required, the commissioner shall, if the arrangement, location, and construction of the proposed apparatus is proper, and in accordance with the provisions of this act, issue a permit for the same. If objection is filed, the application shall be referred to the board of appeal, which may, in its discretion, require the deposit by the objector of a reasonable sum as security for the payment of the costs.

Par. 3. - After such notice as the board shall order it shall hear the same, and shall direct the commissioner to issue a permit, under such conditions as it may prescribe, or to withhold the same. If the permit is refused, the applicant, and if it is granted, the objectors shall pay such costs as the board may order.

Par. 4. - The commissioner may, from time to time, after public notice and hearing, prescribe conditions on which any or all boilers or furnaces may be maintained in buildings, and, if any person interested objects to such conditions and appeals from his decision establishing the same, the appeal shall be referred to the board of appeal, and thereupon said board shall prescribe the conditions.