Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Sober Housing Corp. v. Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 12, 2006No. 05-P-1089PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
Massachusetts Sober Housing Corporation (MSHC), a nonprofit organization that operates group housing for recovering substance abusers, appeals from a judgment ordering MSHC to install an automatic sprinkler system in its Chelsea group home pursuant to G. L. c. 148, § 26H. This statute, which applies to any city or town that has voted to accept its provisions, requires “every lodging house or boarding house” to be protected with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers. MSHC argues that its Chelsea property is not a “lodging or boarding house” under G. L. c. 148, § 26H. The *702city of Chelsea,…
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