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(A) Immediately upon passage, the city shall distribute leaflets to individuals and post weather-resistant signs in locations with a concentrated number of campsites to provide additional actual notice of this Section and the effective date. The leaflet shall contain a written copy of this Section, a written copy of the City Storage Program Policy and written copies of additional resources, which shall be made available in each language that meets a language access need in the city as most recently determined by the Office of Language and Communications Access.
(B) Upon the effective date of this Section, once the city has engaged an individual as described in Subsections 16-66.5 and 16-66.6, no further notice is required to enforce this Section.
(C) In the case of a period when shelter is unavailable, when the city notifies an individual located in any campsite that a period when shelter is unavailable has ended, the individual shall have 48 hours to remove his or her camping materials.
(Ord. 2023 c. 9)
(A) Individuals in violation of this Section who refuse to remove or allow for removal of the campsite or camp materials as described in Subsection 16-66.7, or who reestablish a campsite following removal pursuant to Subsection 16-66.7, shall be subject to penalties. This Section shall be enforced by the Boston Police Department as well as any sworn law enforcement agency empowered to make an arrest within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city.
(B) Any of the following penalties may apply.
(1) All enforcement methods authorized by law, including, issuance of a warning, M.G.L. Chapter 40, Section 21, or enforcement authorized by M.G.L. Chapter 272, Section 59 (Ordinances or Regulations Relating to Streets, Reservations or Parkways; Alcoholic Beverages; Profanity; Arrest Without Warrant) if the Boston Police or other duly authorized officer on scene determines a violation of M.G.L. Chapter 272, Section 59 has occurred in their presence.
(2) This Section shall go into effect seven days after the date of passage to permit any individuals located in any campsite to remove camping materials in order to comply with this Section.
(Ord. 2023 c. 9)