Inspections will be of Apartment Houses, Boarding Houses, and Dormitories looking at Fire Escapes, Exterior Porches, Egress Doors and Hardware, Stairways and Handrails, Smoke – Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Fire Alarms, and Emergency Lights and Exit Signs. Owners would do well to check on these things and solve the issues ahead of time.
New Gardner MA Building Inspector Tasked with 500 properties
Gardner’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget allowed for the hiring of an additional full-time building inspector. Tony Whitman has been in the position since November 2022 and starts inspections of multi-family properties this Spring. Press Release to City Council by Mayor Michael Nicholson, CLICK HERE.
Time for Inspections
According to Mayor Nicholson these inspections have been needed for many years stating,”The 9th Massachusetts Building Code, 780 CMR 310.4, (Effective 10/20/2017) requires that the Building Department periodically inspects multifamily properties in the City on a five (5) year basis. However, while required by law, due to time constraints and staffing levels, our building department has been unable to get to these inspections due to other required inspections needing to be performed, since the early 2000s.”
Questions? Contact the Gardner Building Department at (978) 630-4007 or visit this page on the City website. Inspection Fee is $95 plus $10 for each unit with over 500 properties subject to this inspection.