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17-3.2   Hours That Sales Are Permitted.
   Vendors shall be licensed by the city Health and Hospitals Department and shall be allowed on the above streets from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Fridays and Saturdays.
(Ord. 1978 c. 6 § 2; CBC 1985 17-3.2) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.1
17-3.3   Authority of Health Division.
   The Boston Health and Hospitals Department, Health Division, shall determine who are proper persons to be licensed and what portion of said Haymarket-Blackstone area they shall be assigned to.
(Ord. 1979 c. 6 § 3; CBC 1985 17-3.3)
17-3.4   Licenses Issued by the Commissioner of Public Works.
   Subject to Section 5 of the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Works, effective as of January 1, 1955, the Commissioner of Public Works may issue sidewalk or street licenses for the market area delineated in the above Section on any other day but not excluding Friday and Saturday except that on Friday and Saturday sidewalk and street licenses may be issued to that portion of the street not already assigned to a licensed pushcart vendor.
(Ord. 1978 c. 6 § 4; CBC 1985 17-3.4)
17-3.5   Additional Charges for Services Rendered by City.
   (A)   Charges imposed. Each licensee holding a license under any provision of law to use or occupy a street or sidewalk in the historic Haymarket- Blackstone Market, as defined in Subsection 17-3.1, shall pay to the city in each fiscal year a charge, in addition to any licensing fee imposed, for services rendered or work performed by the city for that class of persons who are such licensees to clean up and dispose of commercial refuse and garbage in said Market. Said charge shall be imposed for each such license held and shall be fixed by the Commissioner of Public Works, under the authority of St. 1949, c. 222, as the Commissioner in his or her discretion may determine; provided, however, that said charge shall not be greater than $1,000 for each such license held in any fiscal year; and provided further, that said Commissioner shall fix the charge to be paid for each such license held based upon the actual costs incurred by the city for such clean up and disposal in the preceding fiscal year and upon the number of licenses held by the licensees in said class.
   (B)   Time for payment. Said charge shall be paid to the city by each licensee in said class no later than 30 days after the day on which said Commissioner has sent notice to said licensees of the charge fixed by him or her.
   (C)   Failure to pay. If a licensee fails to pay a charge authorized by this Subsection within the time specified in division (B) above, the licensing authority is hereby authorized to revoke or suspend any license granted and, in its discretion, may refuse to issue any subsequent license until any charge authorized herein has been paid.
(CBC 1985 17-3.5; Ord. 1992 c. 8 §§ 1-3)
17-4   JUNK DEALERS, WEIGHERS AND MEASURERS.
17-4.1   Licenses.
   The Police Commissioner of the city may license suitable persons to be collectors of, or dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of, junk, old metals or second-hand articles.
(Ord. May 6,1839; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 28 § 1; M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 54; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 400; CBC 1985 17-4.1)
Cross-reference:
   Section 11-1; Subsection 16-24.1
17-4.2   Record of Purchases to be Kept; Inspection.
   Every shop-keeper shall keep a book, in which shall be written, at the time of every purchase of any such article, a description thereof and the name, age and residence of the person from whom, and the day and hour when, such purchase was made; and the shop of such shopkeeper, and all articles of merchandise therein, and such book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Mayor, the Boston City Council, the Police Commissioner or of any person by them respectively authorized to make such inspection.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 28 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 401; CBC 1985 17-4.2) Penalty, see Subsection 16-32.1
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