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CITY OF BOSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II: FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER III: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER IV: CONTRACTS
CHAPTER V: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER VI: GENERAL SERVICES
CHAPTER VII: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER VIII: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER IX: BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER X: HOUSING SERVICES
CHAPTER XI: PUBLIC SERVICES
CHAPTER XII: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER XIII: NATURAL GAS
CHAPTER XIV: LICENSING AND CONSUMER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS
CHAPTER XV: DIVISIONS OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE
CHAPTER XVI: PROHIBITIONS, PENALTIES AND PERMITS
16-A1 LICENSE AND PERMIT DENIAL, REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION.
16-A1.1 Failure and/or Refusal to Pay Municipal Charges.
16-A1.2 Safety Concerns and History.
16-A2 FINGERPRINTING AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN LICENSES
16-1 HEALTH.
16-2 HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS.
16-3 RESERVED.
16-4 TAKING OF SHELLFISH.
16-4A PROHIBITED ACTS IN WETLANDS; PERMITS.
16-5 FIREARMS.
16-5A REGULATING THE SALE AND MARKETING OF REPLICA FIREARMS IN THE CITY.
16-5B REGULATING REPLICA FIREARMS IN THE CITY.
16-6 BONFIRES.
16-7 BRICK-KILNS.
16-8 INFLAMMABLE ARTICLES.
16-9 OBSTRUCTION OF FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE APPARATUS.
16-10 THE MARKET LIMITS.
16-11 FANEUIL HALL MARKET LIMITS.
16-12 USE OF STREETS.
16-13 BRIDGES AND WHARVES.
16-14 RESERVED.
16-15 USE OF ROADWAY FOR VEHICLES.
16-16 STREET CARS.
16-17 MOVING BUILDINGS AND BULKY MACHINERY.
16-18 SIDEWALKS.
16-19 PUBLIC GROUNDS.
16-20 WATER SUPPLY.
16-21 WARD-ROOMS; FANEUIL HALL.
16-22 NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS.
16-23 NOTICES AND PLACARDS.
16-24 JUNK AND SECOND-HAND ARTICLES.
16-25 OBSCENE AND PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL.
16-26 UNREASONABLE NOISE.
16-27 NUISANCE CONTROL.
16-28 JITNEY LICENSES.
16-29 OPEN-AIR THEATERS.
16-30 ABANDONMENT OF AUTOMOBILES.
16-31 RODENT AND INSECT PREVENTION MEASURES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
16-32 FINES.
16-33 SIGNS, AWNINGS AND THE LIKE.
16-34 UNLAWFUL TO TAKE REPRISAL AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO TESTIFIES BEFORE THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL.
16-35 WORKPLACE SMOKING POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.
16-36 CIGARETTE SALES BY VENDING MACHINES RESTRICTED.
16-37 NON-EMERGENCY REPAIR OF VEHICLES.
16-38 PLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEWSRACKS.
16-39 SALE OF DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS.
16-40 LIMITING TOBACCO ACCESS BY YOUTH.
16-41 REGULATING MANNER AND PLACE OF SOLICITATION.
16-42 LASER POINTERS.
16-43 TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
16-44 SALE OF MERCURY THERMOMETERS BANNED.
16-45 PROHIBITING THE CARRYING OF KNIVES OR SIMILAR WEAPONS.
16-46 NONCRIMINAL DISPOSITION OF ZONING VIOLATIONS IN THE CITY.
16-47 PROHIBITING THE SALE AND/OR INSTALLATION OF A MUFFLER CUT-OUT OR BY-PASS AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO EXHAUST SYSTEMS.
16-48 BOAT SLIPS AND MOORINGS.
16-49 IDENTIFYING JACKETS FOR VALET PARKERS.
16-50 AFTER-HOURS PARTIES.
16-51 CRACK PIPES.
16-52 MAINTENANCE OF VACANT, FORECLOSING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
16-53 CLEANING OF COMMERCIAL COOKING HOOD AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS.
16-54 PROHIBITION AGAINST SALVIA DIVINORUM.
16-55 UNPAID MUNICIPAL FINES.
16-56 PENALTIES FOR VALID COMPLAINT PROBLEM PROPERTIES.
16-57 PUBLIC NUISANCE PROPERTIES.
16-58 OVER-THE-AIR DEVICES (“OTARD”).
16-59 PROHIBITION OF THE POSSESSION OR SALE OF SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS AND ILLICIT SYNTHETIC DRUGS.
16-60 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.
16-61 REGULATION OF LETTER GRADING OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
16-62 ORDINANCE BANNING FACE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IN BOSTON.
16-63 ORDINANCE ON SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT AND INFORMATION SHARING
16-64 AN ORDINANCE REGARDING TARGETED RESIDENTIAL PICKETING.
16-65 SAFE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION OPERATIONS IN THE CITY.
16-66 UNLAWFUL CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CHAPTER XVII: LICENSES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING CERTAIN TRADES
CHAPTER XVIII: FEES AND CHARGES
CHAPTER XIX: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XX: CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XXI: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUILDINGS
CHAPTER XXII: SUFFOLK COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIII: TRASH AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER XXIV: BOSTON JOBS, LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE
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16-21.2   Voter Lists.
   No person, other than the Assistant Commissioner of Real Property or some person by him or her duly authorized, shall carry away or interfere with a copy of a list of voters posted or hung up in a ward-room.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 345; CBC 1985 16-21.2)
16-21.3   Decorations.
   No person shall put up any decoration in or on Faneuil Hall unless authorized thereto by an order of the Boston City Council; nor shall any person so authorized drive any nail or screw into the building or any part thereof in putting up any decoration.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 346; CBC 1985 16-21.3)
16-22   NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS.
16-22.1   Regulation Concerning Numbering of Buildings.
   No person shall neglect or refuse to affix to or inscribe on any building owned by him or her the street number assigned to such building by the Commissioner of Inspectional Services; nor shall any person affix to or inscribe on or suffer to remain on any building owned or occupied by him or her a street number other than the one assigned to such building by the Commissioner of Inspectional Services.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 347; CBC 1985 16-22.1; Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 37) Penalty, see Subsection 16-23.6
Editor’s note:
   The Building Department and the Housing Inspection Department were abolished and all powers and duties transferred to the Inspectional Services Department by Ch. 19 of the Ordinances of 1981 (Section 9-9 of this Code).
16-23   NOTICES AND PLACARDS.
16-23.1   Prior Consent to Post Notices.
   No person shall post up or affix in any manner, paint, print or write, or cause to be painted, printed or written, a notice, advertisement or bill, upon a post, pole, fence, wall or building in the city, unless he or she has previously obtained the consent of the person having possession of such post, pole, fence, wall or building.
(CBC 1975 Ord. 714 § 348; CBC 1985 16-23.1) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.6
16-23.2   Removal After Elections.
   No candidate for any public Office shall allow any political notice, advertisement or bill bearing his or her name to remain posted up or affixed in any manner to a post, pole, fence, tree, wall, building or other structure in the city, beyond 30 days after the election in which he or she was a candidate, without having previously obtained the written consent of the person having possession of such post, pole, fence, tree, wall, building or other structure.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 349; CBC 1985 16-23.2) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.6
16-23.3   Posting in Public Places.
   No person shall, without the consent of the Mayor, post up, or affix in any manner, or paint, print or write, or cause to be painted, printed or written, a notice, advertisement or bill, upon a curbstone, sidewalk, tree, telegraph-pole, lamp-post or hydrant, in a street or public place, or upon a walk, fence or building belonging to the city.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 350; CBC 1985 16-23.3) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.6
16-23.4   Reserved.
   [Reserved]
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 351; CBC 1985 16-23.4; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c.5 § 41) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.6
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