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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)
(A) No person or organization shall hold or sponsor a demonstration, as herein defined, upon park land unless a permit therefor has first been obtained from the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation. The Commissioner shall honor all requests for such permits, except that the Commissioner may specify the time, place and manner of the demonstration in order to accommodate competing demands for public use of park land and to protect the public safety and convenience. The permit shall require that the permittee be responsible for restoration, rehabilitation and cleanup of the park land which is the subject of the permit. The term
DEMONSTRATION shall include demonstrating, picketing, speechmaking, marching, holding of vigils and all other like forms of conduct which involve the communication or expression of views or grievances engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which has the effect, intent or propensity to attract a substantial crowd of onlookers or participants. The term DEMONSTRATION shall not include casual park land use which does not have the intent and propensity to attract a substantial crowd of onlookers or participants.
(B) As a condition of permit issuance, the Commissioner shall require in the nature of a fee the filing of a bond with a satisfactory surety payable to the Department of Parks and Recreation in an amount sufficient, as determined by the Commissioner, to cover costs of restoration, rehabilitation and cleanup of the park land which is the subject of the permit. In lieu of a bond, the permittee may elect to deposit cash equal to the amount of the required bond. Any amount not actually used to restore or rehabilitate the park land shall be returned to the permittee. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be punished by a fine of $300, and shall be liable for the cost of restoration, rehabilitation and cleanup of the park land used for the demonstration and the reasonable costs of collection of the fee.
(Ord. 1983 c. 26 § 1; CBC 1985 16-19.3)
No person shall, in the Common, Public Garden or other public grounds of the city, annoy another person; or utter profane, threatening, abusive, obscene or indecent language or loud outcry; or do any obscene or indecent act; or have possession of, drink or be under the influence of, intoxicating liquor; or play any game of chance or have possession of any instrument of gambling; or dig up, cut, break, deface, defile, ill-use, handle, take or remove any turf, flower, plant, bush, tree, rock, sign, fence, structure or other thing or part thereof belonging to the city; or cut, break or remove the ice in or from a pond; or drive an animal, or suffer an animal in his or her charge to feed or go at large, except dogs on the Common; or propel any vehicle, except a vehicle pushed or drawn by hand and designed to convey children; or throw a stone or other missile; or injure or have possession of a fish, bird or wild animal; or injure or disturb a bird’s nest or eggs; or set a trap or snare; or drop or place and suffer to remain paper or other refuse, except in receptacles designated therefor.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 342; CBC 1985 16-19.4)
No person shall, without permission of the Commissioner of Public Works, make an opening in or connection with, or turn on or off or draw off water from, a water pipe or reservoir owned by the city; or, except in accordance with a written permit from the Commissioner or in case of fire in the neighborhood, allow water to be taken from his or her premises, or use water for any purpose other than that for which he or she pays; or unscrew or open a hydrant attached to the water pipes of the city; or, except in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioner, discharge water through a hand-hose. Nor shall any person interfere with the registering apparatus of a water meter put in by the city, or damage or injure such meter.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 343; CBC 1985 16-20.1)
No persons not included in a call for a meeting held under a permit granted by the Assistant Commissioner of Real Property and no person, when objection is made by the majority of the applicants for such permit present at the meeting or by the presiding Officer at such meeting, shall mark a ballot, or vote, or remain, at such meeting.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 344; CBC 1985 16-21.1)
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