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No person shall use a sidewalk for any purpose which subjects it to more than ordinary wear, or injures the material of which it is composed, unless such sidewalk is, by the owner of the abutting estate, constructed of granite or other stone, in a manner satisfactory to the Commissioner of Public Works, and kept in repair by such owner.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 339; CBC 1985 16-18.1)
No person shall, in or upon the Common, Public Garden or other public grounds of the city, walk, stand or sit upon the grass, or upon any land planted or prepared for planting or upon a fountain, monument or statue, or a bandstand, wall, fence or other structure, or within the basin of a pond otherwise than upon ice, or stand or lie upon a bench or sleep thereon, except that the Mayor may, from time to time, by proclamation and order permit walking, standing and lying upon the grassed land of the Common or designated part thereof, or the grassed land of any other public grounds or any other designated part thereof, except the Public Garden, for such days or parts of such days as he or she shall specify; and he or she may in like manner by proclamation and order permit sleeping on such days as he or she shall specify, on any of the benches and any of the grassed lands of the Common or other public grounds, except the Public Garden. Nothing contained in this Subsection or in Subsection 16-19.4 shall be held to prohibit the doing of any act in the reasonable performance of his or her work or employment by any person acting under the authority or direction of any Board or Officer in charge of any of the places described in this Subsection.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 340; Ord. 1977 c. 11; CBC 1985 16-19.1)
No person shall, in any of the public grounds, use any device intended to amplify or broadcast sound using a megaphone, loud speaker or any other amplification device, expose for sale goods, wares or merchandise, erect or maintain a booth, stand, tent or apparatus for purposes of public amusement or show, except in accordance with a permit from the Mayor, providing, however, that such permit shall be in addition to any other license or permit required by law, and that when such use is for commercial purposes, or where admission to an event, show, exhibition, amusement or the like is restricted to those making a payment of consideration, which shall include payment, donation or contribution of money or a thing of value, or surrender of a ticket, voucher, token or the like, obtained by purchase, for value or as result of a donation or contribution or the like, the fee shall be that specified in Subsection 18-1.16(KK), and provided that when the portion of the public ground to be used is within the Common, the Public Garden or more than 500 persons are expected to view or attend the same simultaneously and the same is within 1,000 feet of any dwelling house, such permit shall be invalid unless approved by the Boston City Council.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 341; Ord. 1977 c. 10; Ord. 1982 c. 40 § 2; CBC 1985 16-19.2)
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