Rockland, Mass., Code of Bylaws ch 288 § 288-9

A. No person shall bring any action to recover possession of a controlled mobile home park accommodation unless: (1) The homeowner or resident has failed to pay the rent to which the park owner or management is entitled; (2) The homeowner or resident is in substantial violation of an enforceable rule of the mobile home park; (3) The homeowner or resident is in substantial violation of a law or ordinance which protects the health or safety of other mobile home park residents; (4) There is a discontinuance in good faith, as defined by MGL c. 140, § 32A et seq. and the regulations of the Attorney General promulgated thereunder, by the park owner or management, of the use of part or all of the land owned and licensed as a mobile home park subject to any existing contractual rights between the park owner or management and the homeowner or resident located in the mobile home park. No such discontinuance shall be valid for any mobile home sold by the licensee and for which a mobile home site was made available at the time of the sale, by the licensee, for a period of five years from the date of the sale; (5) The homeowner or resident is committing or permitting to exist a nuisance in or is causing substantial damage to, the mobile home park accommodation, or is creating a substantial interference with the comfort, safety, or enjoyment of the park owner or management or other occupants of the same or any adjacent accommodation; (6) The homeowner or resident is convicted of using or permitting a controlled mobile home park accommodation to be used for any illegal purpose; (7) The homeowner or resident has refused the park owner or management reasonable access to the accommodation for the purpose of making necessary repairs or improvements required by the law of the United States, the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, or for the purpose of inspection as permitted or required by the lease or by law, or for the purpose of showing the accommodation to any prospective purchaser or mortgagee; (8) The homeowner or resident holding at the end of a lease term is a subtenant not approved by the park owner or management; (9) The park owner seeks to recover possession for any other just cause provided that his purpose is not in conflict with the provisions and purpose of this article or any other law or regulation. B. A park owner or management seeking to recover possession of a mobile home park accommodation shall apply to the board for a certificate of eviction. Upon receipt of such an application, the board shall send a copy of the application to the homeowner or resident of the mobile home park accommodation together with a notification of all rights and procedures available under this section. If the board finds that the facts attested to in the park owner's or management's petition are valid and in compliance with Subsection A above, the certificate of eviction shall be issued. C. A park owner or management who seeks to recover possession of a mobile home park accommodation without a certificate of eviction shall be deemed to have violated this article. D. The provisions of this section shall be construed as additional restrictions on the right to recover possession of a mobile home park accommodation. No provision of this section shall entitle any person to recover possession of such a mobile home park accommodation. E. The board may issue orders which shall be a defense to an action of summary process for possession and such orders shall be reviewable as herein provided.