Section 410.570 - Maintenance of Areas in a Sanitary and Safe Condition(A)Land. The owner of any parcel of land, vacant or otherwise, shall be responsible for maintaining such parcel of land in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition and free from: (3) Potential injury hazards;(4) Conditions contributing to the accumulation of standing water; or(5) Any other condition which affects the health, safety, or well-being of the occupants of any residence or of the general public.(B)Residences. The occupants of any residence shall be responsible for maintaining, in a sanitary condition and free of refuse or other filth or causes of sickness, that part of the residence which they exclusively occupy or control.(C)Common Areas.(1) In any residence, the owner shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean, sanitary, and safe condition free of refuse or other filth or causes of sickness, that part of the residence which is used in common by all the occupants of a residence and which is not occupied or controlled by one occupant exclusively.(2) For common stairways, the occupants shall be responsible for maintaining the landing, porch, or deck adjacent to their dwelling unit in a sanitary condition, free of obstructions, refuse, filth, causes of sickness, or potential injury hazard.(D)Private Passage or Right of Way. The owner of any residence abutting a private passageway or right-of-way owned or used in common with other residence(s) which the owner or the occupants have the right to use, or are in fact using, shall be responsible for maintaining the portion of the property they are using in a sanitary condition free of refuse, other filth or causes of sickness.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1495, eff. 5/12/2023.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1497, eff. 5/12/2023.