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No person, while in or on any public way, public alley, sidewalk, park or playground area or vehicle parking or apron pedestrian area serving mercantile establishments within the city shall agree to procure for or deliver to an individual who has not reached age 21 any alcoholic beverage, sealed or open. The burden of ascertaining that the recipient meets age eligibility shall rest upon the person delivering such container of alcoholic beverage. Violators shall be subject to penalty as established by M.G.L. Chapter 138, Section 34 imposing a fine up to $200 or up to six months imprisonment or both, upon conviction.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 312A; Ord. 1982 c. 21 s 2; CBC 1985 16-12.29; Ord. 1993 c. 2) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.1
No individual or individuals, while in or on any public way, public alley, sidewalk, park or playground area or vehicle parking or apron pedestrian area serving any mercantile establishment within the city and who are under age 21 shall persuade, intimidate or otherwise cause any other person to purchase or obtain from a licensed establishment alcoholic beverages intended for consumption by such individual or other individuals who are below the legal drinking age in this commonwealth. Violators, including minors, shall be subject to penalty as established by M.G.L. Chapter 138, Section 34A which imposes a fine of $300 for each conviction.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 312B; Ord. 1982 c. 21 s 3; CBC 1985 16-12.30; Ord. 1993 c. 2)
(A) Prohibition. No person shall use transferred, altered, defaced or forged identification in order to obtain alcoholic beverages.
(B) Penalty. In addition to any penalties delineated in M.G.L. Chapter 138, Section 34B, any person violating the prohibition of this Section may be subject to a fine of $250.
(C) Enforcement and regulatory authority. The Boston Police Department shall have the authority to enforce these provisions and to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce these provisions.
(D) Severability. If any provision of this Section shall be held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be considered separately and apart from the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
(E) Implementation. These provisions shall be effective immediately upon passage.
(CBC 1985 16-12.30A; Ord. 2005 c. 2)
In addition to requirements of M.G.L. Chapter 138, Section 34A, the “warning” poster provided by the commonwealth’s Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission shall in Boston be prominently displayed at the principal entrance of every licensed establishment which sells alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption. Each Police Area Commander shall ascertain through inspection at least twice annually that every such establishment located in his or her jurisdiction has adequately posted such notice at the principal entrance.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 312C; Ord. 1982 c. 21 s. 4; CBC 1985 16-12.31)
A parent, guardian or legal custodian of an unemancipated minor child shall be liable for any willful act committed by said child in violation of the provisions of Subsections 16-12.28, 16-12.29 or 16-12.30, supra. This provision shall be enforced by all Police Officers and shall be punishable by a fine of $50. This Section shall be enforced under non-criminal disposition of violations in the manner and to the extent provided in M.G.L. Chapter 40, Section 21D.
(CBC 1985 16-12.31; Ord. 1986 c. 16 § 1)
No person shall make any permanent excavation under the surface of a street, the inner face of the wall of which extends further under the street than to a line 18 inches inside the line of the outer edge of the curbstone or sidewalk.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 313; CBC 1985 16-12.32)
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