New rules for grease-cleaning firms won’t be ready until next week

May 7, 2008 · Print This Article

By John C. Drake, Globe Staff

The Boston City Council will take up a proposal to regulate commercial kitchen hood and vent cleaners next week, instead of tomorrow as council members had hoped, Councilor Mike Ross said today.

The rules would establish a $200 fine for restaurants that fail to have their ventilation systems regularly cleaned by a company certified

and licensed by the city.

The rules are a response to the death in August of two Boston firefighters battling a blaze at a West Roxbury restaurant that started in a kitchen ventilation system.

Councilors had hoped to vote on the proposal at their meeting tomorrow, but Ross said the law still was being tweaked.

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