Beverly, Mass., Code of Bylaws art vi § 400-6.1

A. Whenever a rented dwelling unit, apartment, or tenement other than a hotel, motel or rooming house is vacated by the occupant or occupants thereof, or within 10 days before the expiration date of the anticipated vacancy, it must be certified by the Board of Health or its agents prior to being reoccupied by a new occupant as meeting the standards set forth in the Sanitary Code, Chapter II, Minimum Standards of Fitness for Human Habitation, as promulgated and from time to time amended by the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the authority of MGL c. 111, § 127A . B. After inspection of the vacant premises by the Board of Health or its agents, all public utilities servicing said vacant premises may be ordered turned off by the Board of Health or its agents until such dwelling units, apartments, or tenement is certified as being fit for human habitation. If within 72 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, after receipt of written notification of a vacancy from the owner, managing agent, or person in possession, the Board of Health or its agents fail to make an inspection, then the rented dwelling unit, apartment or tenement may be reoccupied without such certification. C. If after inspection of the premises by the Board of Health or its agents, the Board of Health determines that the owner should be given time to make repairs necessary to qualify for certification and the health and safety of any occupant is not thereby endangered, the Board of Health may issue a temporary occupancy permit in increments of 30 days, not to exceed 90 days total. Before any public utilities are ordered shut off, the Board of Health shall give notice in writing to the owner, managing agent, or person in control of the vacant premises that such action is to be taken. D. This regulation shall not apply to new construction which is in compliance with the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and local ordinances pertaining thereto; nor shall it apply to new construction which was completed less than three years prior to the date on which the rented dwelling units, apartment, or tenement becomes vacant. E. Any owner of such property used for dwelling purposes failing to comply with this regulation shall pay a fine of $20 for each and every day he allows any person or persons to live, occupy or inhabit the premises without having received an occupancy permit from the Board of Health.