Salisbury, Mass., Code of Bylaws ch 145 § 145-2

A. Composition. (1) There shall be in the Town a Mobile Home Park Rent Control Board, and known as the "Rent Board," consisting of three members, all of whom are to be residents of Salisbury, none of whom to be a mobile home park owner or mobile home park tenant, appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Members of the Rent Board shall be appointed for a maximum of three years. Initially, one member shall be appointed for a one year term, one member for a two-year term, and one member for a three-year term. Should any vacancy occur in membership, the member appointed to fill said vacancy shall serve for the remaining portion of the term of the member creating the vacancy. (2) Any action taken by the Rent Board shall require a majority thereof. Within seven days after the appointment and confirmation of the Rent Board as aforesaid, the Rent Board shall meet and elect one of its members a Chairperson to serve in that capacity for a term of one year. B. The Rent Board shall, as provided in §§ 145-3 , 145-5 and 145-6 , establish and adopt the maximum rent that may be charged for mobile home park accommodations, shall grant or deny certificates of eviction as provided under §§ 145-10 and 145-11 , and shall bring such proceedings as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this bylaw or to enforce any policy, rule, ruling, regulation, or order promulgated or issued by the Rent Board under this bylaw. The Rent Board may refer any appropriate matter to the Assessing, Health, Fire, and Building Inspection Departments, or other appropriate departments, and may, at the request of any owner, render a binding advisory opinion as to the permissible impact of a proposed capital improvement on the rents. C. The Rent Board may make such studies and investigations, conduct such hearings, and obtain such information as is deemed necessary in promulgating any regulation, rule or order under this bylaw, or in administering and enforcing this bylaw and regulations and orders promulgated hereunder. D. The Rent Control Board will hold one annual meeting in June for the purpose of re-organization and at any other time as needed upon written request or by posted meeting of the Rent Control Board. [Amended 10-24-2011 ATM by Art. 15] E. The Rent Board may make rules and regulations, sue and be sued, compel attendance of persons and the production of papers and information, and issue appropriate orders which shall be binding on both the owner and tenant of such mobile home park accommodations.