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16-28.9   Lighting and the Like.
   No motor vehicle so licensed shall be operated from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise, with the top and curtain of said vehicle up, or while said vehicle is otherwise enclosed, unless there be sufficient light provided to adequately light the whole of the interior of said vehicle; and all motor vehicles so licensed with a seating capacity of more than seven passengers shall come to a full stop immediately before crossing the tracks of any railroad at grade.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 364; CBC 1985 16-28.9)
16-28.10   Conduct of Operators.
   No person operating any motor vehicle so licensed shall collect fares, make change or take on or discharge passengers while such vehicle is in motion; nor shall he or she have a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in his or her possession while any passenger is being carried therein, nor drink any intoxicating beverage or use morphine, cocaine, opium or other harmful drug of any kind, or be under the influence thereof while engaged in operating such vehicle.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 365; CBC 1985 16-28.10)
16-29   OPEN-AIR THEATERS.
16-29.1   Open-Air Projection.
   No person shall project a motion picture upon any screen in the open air on any estate in the city to which admission is obtained upon the payment of money or the delivery of any valuable thing or by a ticket or voucher obtained for money or any valuable thing if such screen is open to view from a public or private way or an adjacent estate or from any part of a building or other structure in the vicinity.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 366; CBC 1985 16-29.1)
Editor’s note:
   Enforcement preliminary enjoined. Northeast Theatre, Inc. v. McNamara, U.S.D.C. of Mass. #72-1558-F.
16-30   ABANDONMENT OF AUTOMOBILES.
16-30.1   Abandoned, Unregistered or Uninsured Vehicles.
   (A)   Abandoned cars or automotive parts prohibited. No person shall place an automobile or any automobile parts upon public or private land for the purpose of abandonment.
   (B)   Unregistered and/or uninsured vehicles.
      (1)   No person shall place, store or keep more than one unregistered automobile, truck, trailer, moped and/or motorcycle that is required to be registered under the laws or regulations of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, M.G.L. Chapter 90, upon public or private land zoned for residential purposes of six or fewer residential units.
      (2)   No person shall place, store or keep more than one uninsured automobile, truck, trailer, moped and/or motorcycle that is required to be insured under the laws or regulations of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, M.G.L. Chapter 90, upon public or private land zoned for residential purposes of six or fewer residential units.
      (3)   This Section shall not apply to vehicles stored within a fully-enclosed building or to vehicles stored, parked or displayed on property duly licensed in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 140, Sections 57 through 69.
   (C)   Penalties.
      (1)   The first violation of this Subsection in any calendar year shall be issued a warning with the instructions to remediate the violation by registering, insuring or removing the motor vehicle in violation within ten business days of the issuance of the violation.
      (2)   A violation of this Subsection shall be subject to a fine of $300. Each week that a violation remains uncorrected shall be a separate and distinct violation. Any fines that remain unpaid for more than 12 months may become liens against the real estate at which the violation(s) occurred.
      (3)   The provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40, Section 21D may be used to enforce these Sections.
   (D)   Enforcement and regulatory authority. The Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department, the Commissioner of the Public Works Department, the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department and the Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department shall have the authority to enforce these Sections and to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce these Sections.
   (E)   Applicability. If any provision of these Sections imposes greater restrictions or obligations than those imposed by any other general law, special law, regulation, rule, ordinance, order or policy, then the provisions of these Sections shall control.
   (F)   Severability. If any provision of these Sections 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.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 367; CBC 1985 16-30.1; Ord. 2006 c. 8 § 1; Ord. 2014 c. 1 § 3)
16-31   RODENT AND INSECT PREVENTION MEASURES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
   In the city, no building permit shall be issued for renovation, conversion or new construction until the applicant shows evidence the premises have been treated for, or are free from insects and rodents in compliance with the commonwealth’s Sanitary Code, 105 CMR 410.550. The applicant shall be held responsible for corrective measures should his or her construction, renovation or conversion work cause infestation to immediate abutters.
(Ord. 1982 c. 38 § 1; CBC 1985 16-31)
Cross-reference:
   Section 17-10
16-32   FINES.
16-32.1   Generally.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of Subsections 16-9.1, 16-12.8, 16-12.9, shall, unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, be punished by a fine not exceeding $50 for each offense for a violation of any provision of this Chapter. Any person violating Subsection 16-2.3 shall be punished by a fine of $200. Any person violating any other provision of this Chapter or Chapter XVII or Chapter XVIII shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $20 for such offense, and not only the person actually doing the prohibited thing, but also his or her employer and every other person concerned in so doing shall be punished by such fine.
   (B)   Each day or part thereof of violation of any provision of any Section of this Chapter, whether such violation be continuous or intermittent, shall be construed as a separate and succeeding offense.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 368; Ord. 1982 c. 23 s 2; Ord. 1984 c. 22; CBC 1985 16-32.1; Ord. 1988 c. 15 § 2A, 3; Ord. 1994 c. 2 § 1; Ord. 2007 c. 7 § 2; Ord. 2008 c. 3)
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