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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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16-34.1   Reprisal Action Against Person Who Testifies Before Boston City Council Unlawful.
   It shall be unlawful for any individual employed by, under contract to or any Agent of the city, either directly or indirectly, to take or threaten to take, direct others to take, recommend or approve any personal action against any individual or employee as reprisal for making a complaint, testifying before or disclosing information to a Committee of the Boston City Council, unless the complaint was made or the information disclosed or testimony given was given with willful disregard for its truth or falsity.
(CBC 1985 16-34.1; Ord. 1989 c. 8 § 1)
16-34.2   Complaint of Reprisal; Action by Chair of Committee.
   Upon information and belief that retaliatory action was unlawfully taken by an employee, contractor or any Agent of the city against an individual who makes a legitimate complaint, testifies before or discloses information relative to the activities described hereinabove to a Committee of the Boston City Council, the Chair of said Committee may upon information and belief that the complaint is bonafide, have issued a summons on said employee, contractor or Agent of the city and shall convene a Committee hearing to investigate such complaint further.
(CBC 1985 16-34.2; Ord. 1989 c. 8 § 2)
16-34.3   Report to Boston City Council of Reprisal; Boston City Council May Impose Disciplinary Action.
   Upon a finding that an individual employed by, under contract to or an Agent of the city has engaged in reprisal against an individual who makes a complaint, testifies before, or discloses information to a committee of the Boston City Council, the Chair of the Boston City Council Committee shall issue a finding and shall report such finding to the full Boston City Council, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Mayor for additional disciplinary action which may result in suspension or termination of said individual, or termination of said individual’s contract with the city.
(CBC 1985 16-34.3; Ord. 1989 c 8 § 3)
16-34.4   Definition.
   For the purpose of this Section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   REPRISAL ACTIVITY. Any extraordinary individual or municipal activity against an individual who testifies before a Committee of the Boston City Council, occurring within six months of said testimony before said Committee, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such activity is a reprisal against the individual so testifying.
(CBC 1985 16-34.4; Ord. 1989 c. 7 § 4)
16-34.5   Severability.
   This Section is severable. The ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction that any one part may be invalid shall not affect the remainder of this Section.
(CBC 1985 16-34.5; Ord. 1989 c. 8 § 5)
16-35   WORKPLACE SMOKING POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.
16-35.1   Legislative Intent.
   The use of tobacco for smoking purposes is found to be increasingly dangerous and life-threatening, not only to the person smoking, but also to the nonsmoking person who is required to breathe air contaminated by environmental tobacco smoke. The most pervasive intrusion of the nonsmokers’ right to a healthy, unpolluted air space is the uncontrolled smoking in the workplace. The Boston City Council’s intent, by the passage of this Section, is to protect the health and welfare of the nonsmoker by regulating smoking and the discomforting effect it creates in the confined environment of the workplace.
(CBC 1985 16-35.1; Ord. 1993 c. 3)
16-35.2   Title.
   This Section shall be known as the Boston Workplace Smoking Pollution Control Ordinance.
(CBC 1985 16-35.2; Ord. 1993 c. 3)
16-35.3   Purpose.
   (A)   Because the smoking of burning tobacco or any other weed or plant is extremely dangerous to health and is a cause of material annoyance and discomfort to those employees who are exposed to it and have, of economic necessity, to work in the confines of a workplace, the Boston City Council hereby declares that the purposes of this act are:
      (1)   To protect the public health and welfare by regulating smoking in the workplace; and
      (2)   To minimize the toxic effects of smoking in the workplace by requiring an employer to adopt a policy that reasonably accommodates insofar as possible, the preferences of nonsmokers and smokers.
   (B)   If an employer allows employees to smoke in the workplace, the Section requires that:
      (1)   The employer make reasonable accommodations for the preferences of both nonsmoking and smoking employees;
      (2)   The employer must give particular preference to employees who as a result of either a cardiovascular illness, pulmonary illness or any other physical condition affecting the eyes, nose and throat, are sensitive to the discomforts of tobacco smoke;
      (3)   The employer use without incurring additional expense to the extent possible existing architectural design and ventilation systems to separate designated smoking areas from designated nonsmoking areas;
      (4)   All nonsmoking areas to be designated and conspicuously marked with signs; and
      (5)   The employer be prohibited from terminating without due cause or discriminating against any employee because the employee exercised his or her right under this act.
(CBC 1985 16-35.3; Ord. 1993 c. 3)
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