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(A) Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to establish guidelines for parking motor vehicles in marked bike lanes and shared bike lanes.
(B) Prohibition from marked bike lanes and shared lanes. No driver shall stand or park any motor vehicle in a marked bike or shared bike lane in the city.
(C) Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be subject to a fine of $100 for each offense. This fine shall increase by $33 if it remains unpaid at least 21 days after issuance of a notice of the violation.
(D) Exceptions. Nothing in these Sections shall prevent standing or parking a motor vehicle in a marked bike lane or shared bike lane:
(1) When necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or pedestrians;
(2) In compliance with the lawful direction of a Police Officer or official traffic sign; or
(3) Unless authorized to do so under existing regulations (including, but not limited to, designated residential parking lanes or parking meters).
(E) Enforcement. The Boston Transportation Department and the Boston Police Department shall have the authority to enforce this Section. The provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 20A½ may be used to enforce these Sections, and the adjudication provisions of this chapter and of Chapter 190 of the Acts of 1982 shall apply to this Section. The Boston Police Department and Boston Transportation Department shall have the authority to impound any motor vehicle in violation of these Sections.
(F) Regulatory authority. The Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department and the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce these Sections.
(CBC 1985 16-12.41; Ord. 2009 c. 7)
(A) Prohibition of non-authorized vehicles in the zone. Any vehicles stopped, standing or parked in a Pedestrian Safety Zone may be ticketed and fined $100, if not displaying a valid Pedestrian Safety Zone Permit (“Permit”). Authorized vehicles displaying a valid Permit are allowed to load/unload at designated loading zone areas within the Pedestrian Safety Zone between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. No vehicles, regardless of valid Pedestrian Safety Zone Permit, shall be allowed to stop, stand or park in the Zone between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The fine shall increase by $33 if it remains unpaid at least 21 days after the issuance of a notice of the violation.
(B) Enforcement. The Boston Transportation Department and Boston Police Department shall have the authority to enforce this Section. The provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 20A½ may be used to enforce these Sections, and the adjudication provisions of this chapter and of Chapter 190 of the Acts of 1982 shall apply to this Section. The Boston Police Department and Boston Transportation Department shall have the authority to impound any motor vehicle in violation of these Sections.
(C) Regulatory authority. The Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department and the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce these Sections.
(D) Severability. If any provision of these Sections is held as invalid, then such provision shall be considered separately and apart from the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
(CBC 1985 16-12.42; Ord. 2010 c. 2)
(A) No person or entity other than the city and any of its Departments, or designees, shall have the authority to sell, lease, reserve or facilitate the reserving of any street, way, highway, road or parkway, or portion thereof, under the city’s control.
(B) Any violation of this Section shall result in a fine of $250 for each violation. Each day that an entity is operating in violation of this Section shall constitute a separate violation.
(CBC 1985 16-12.43; Ord. 2014 c. 11)
No person shall deface or injure any public bridge or any wharf connected therewith, or unnecessarily open the draw of any such bridge, or obstruct the passage of the same; nor shall any person, without the consent of the draw-tender, make fast to any public bridge, or draw, guard or pier thereof, any vessel, scow, raft or float; nor shall any person remain inside of the draw-gates, or on any pier, wharf, fender or appurtenance of such draw, while such gates are closed; nor shall any person, having under his or her charge a vessel passing through the draw of any such bridge, refuse or neglect to comply with the directions of a draw-tender relating to such passing.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 318; CBC 1985 16-13.1)
(A) No person shall undertake to construct, maintain, set up or operate, whether or not for a fee or charge, any bridge or tunnel wholly located within the city, not existing on the date of passage hereof, without first having obtained a license therefor, granted by the Mayor and Boston City Council, only upon recommendation of the Conservation Commission indicating that the same is without significant adverse environmental effect.
(B) Without further authority, the Corporation Counsel shall seek to restrain any violation of the provisions hereof.
(Ord. 1981 c. 36 §§ 1, 2; CBC 1985 16-13.2)
Editor’s note:
The date of passage of this Subsection was July 14, 1982.
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