105 CMR 400.800
Variance
(A) Variance Permitted. The board of health may vary the application of anyprovisionofthis article
with respect to any particular case when, in its opinion, the enforcement thereof would do manifest
injustice; provided, that the decision of the board of health shall not conflict with the spirit of any
minimum standard established by the State Sanitary Code. Any variance granted by the board of
health shall be in writing. A copy of any such variance shall, while it is in effect, be available to the
public at allreasonable hours in the office of the clerk of the city or town, or in the office of the board
of health, and notice of the grant of variance shall be filed with the Commissioner of Public Health of
the Commonwealth.
(B) Expiration, Modification, Suspension. Any variance or other modification authorized to be made
by this article may be subject to such qualification, revocation, suspension, or expiration as the board
of health expresses in its grant. A variance or other modification authorized to be made by this article
may otherwise be revoked, modified, or suspended, in whole or in part, only after the holder thereof
has been notified in writing and has been given an opportunity to be heard, in conformity with the
requirements for an order and hearing of 105 CMR 400.400 and 400.500.