Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, § 11 (2026)

Sewer connections

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Section 11. The board of health of a town may require the owner or occupant of any building upon land abutting on a public or private way, in which there is a common sewer, to connect the same therewith by a sufficient drain, and such owner or occupant who fails to comply with such order shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1980–2007 · leading case: Fluharty v. Bd. of Selectmen, 382 Mass. 14 (Mass. 1980).

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Fluharty v. Bd. of Selectmen, 382 Mass. 14 (Mass. 1980). · cites it 3× “A judge of the Superior Court ruled that G. L. c. 83, § 11, gives that power to the local board of health, and that the board of sewer commissioners does not have the same power.”

Town of Uxbridge v. Travers, 473 N.E.2d 218 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). “We perceive no respect in which the by-law runs counter to the general legislative policy set forth in G. L. c. 83, § 11. See Decoulos v. Peabody, 360 Mass.”

Orcutt v. Bd. of Health, 22 Mass. L. Rptr. 60 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “G.L.c. 83, §11 authorizes the Board to “require an owner or occupant of any building upon land abutting on a public way, in which there is a common sewer, to connect the same therewith.”

Indep. Park, Inc. v. Bd. of Health, 25 Mass. App. Ct. 489 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). “See also G. L. c. 83, § 11, giving the board of health the power to require an abutter to a way in which there is a common sewer to tie in to such sewer.”

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