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Applicability
A lodging house license is required for anyone operating a lodging or boarding house.
A Lodging house is a building containing more than two rooms for semi-permanent residence (longer than one week), not having cooking facilities in the rooms (microwave ovens excepted), not shared as a single housekeeping unit, and the occupants thereof not being within the second degree of kindred to the proprietor.
A boarding house is the same as a lodging house except that a boarding house would also serve meals family style from a central kitchen.
Included in these definitions are fraternity and sorority houses and dormitories of educational institutions.
The following are not required to obtain a lodging house license (but may require other licensing): Congregate housing, Rooming houses, apartments, motels, hotels, tourist homes, Inns, Bed & Breakfasts, dormitories of charitable or philanthropic institutions, convalescent or nursing homes, group residences licensed or regulated by agencies of the Commonwealth under §71 of M.G.L. c.111, or rest homes so licensed.
Fee
The annual fee for a lodging house license is currently $25.00.
Beginning July 1, 2010 the annual fee will increase to $50.00.
Useful links
Inspections Department – information & permits
Workers’ Compensation Insurance & Affidavit – The Commonwealth requires that all employers provide workers’ compensation for their employees. An affidavit and certificate of insurance indicating workers’ compensation will be required before issuance or renewal of any license.
Zoning Board of Appeals – for information regarding whether a certain type of business or use is allowed in a particular location
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