House Painting in Somerville, MA
Painting for Somerville homes, inside and out. With 80.2% of the city's housing built before 1970, prep and plaster repair do the heavy lifting.
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Somerville's historic district ordinance lists the color of paint among the things its Preservation Commission doesn't review. A local-register house can change color without a certificate.
Outdoor power sanders fall under Somerville's domestic power tool limits too. For a contractor the construction rule is tighter, so exterior prep stops at 7 p.m. on weekdays.
Somerville rules that matter for house painting.
Construction hours: 7 to 7, Saturdays 9 to 7
Somerville bars noisy construction tools and equipment before 7 a.m. and after 7 p.m. on weekdays, and before 9 a.m. and after 7 p.m. on Saturdays and the days after Thanksgiving and Christmas. Noisy construction isn't allowed on Sundays or Massachusetts legal holidays. [1]
Local historic district certificates
Somerville's local historic district properties are listed address by address in the city code. Changing an exterior feature visible from a public way on one of them needs a Historic Preservation Commission certificate first. Paint color, storm windows and storm doors are excluded, and applications go through Citizenserve. [1][2]
One statewide building code. Massachusetts uses a single building code for every town: 780 CMR, now in its tenth edition. Your local building department enforces it and issues the permits. source
Dig Safe before digging. State law requires notice to Dig Safe at least 72 hours before digging, not counting weekends and legal holidays. That includes holes for deck footings. Call 811. source
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House Painting questions from Somerville
Check Section 7-18 of the city code, which lists local historic district properties by address. Even if yours is listed, changing the paint color doesn't need a certificate.
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Local rules change. We link the official pages so you can check the current version, and we confirm what your job needs when we come look.
- 1.Licenses & Permits (Citizenserve), City of Somerville
- 2.Somerville Code of Ordinances Ch. 9, Sec. 9-116, Noise disturbances
- 3.Somerville Code of Ordinances Ch. 7, Art. II, Historic Districts (Secs. 7-16 to 7-28)
- 4.Somerville Code of Ordinances Ch. 12, Sec. 12-77, Construction dumpsters
- 5.Somerville Hazard Mitigation Plan 2022 Update (MAPC) (Census-era figures (2019 ACS, 2020 census); land use is MassGIS 2016 as quoted in the plan.)
- MATenth edition of the MA State Building Code (780 CMR), Mass.gov
- MAM.G.L. c. 82, § 40A (excavation notice)
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