(A) All automobiles owned by the city shall be registered in its name, and shall be painted a uniform distinctive color, bearing on each side the words “City of Boston” and also a designation in words showing by which Department such automobiles are used; provided, however, that the automobiles of the Fire Department may be painted red.
(B) No Department, Agency, Board or Division of the city shall purchase, lease, rent or otherwise acquire any passenger automobile certified by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States as having a city mileage rate of less than 24 miles per gallon of gasoline. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to vehicles used for security, emergency and for rescue purposes.
(Ord. 1909 c. 9; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 1 § 14; CBC 1975 Ord. T1 § 11; Ord. 1980 c. 14; CBC 1985 1-4)