CHAPTER XXI: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Section
21-1   BOSTON CITY HALL AND THE BOSTON GOVERNMENT CENTER COMMISSION
   21-1.1   Possession, Detection of Weapons in City Hall
21-2   AUDITORIUM COMMISSION
   21-2.1   Commissioners
   21-2.2   Construction and Care of Municipal Auditorium
   21-2.3   Management of the Boston Arena
21-3   BOSTON ARENA AUTHORITY
21-4   PUBLIC BUILDINGS; ACCESSIBILITY FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
   21-4.1   Definitions
   21-4.2   Commission to Issue Advisory Opinion on Compliance with the ABB Rules
   21-4.3   Filing of Request for Commission Advisory Opinion
   21-4.4   Filing of Supplementary Information
   21-4.5   Site for Filing Requests and Supplemental Information
   21-4.6   Responsibilities of the Building Department
   21-4.7   Issuance of Advisory Opinions
   21-4.8   Annual Report
   21-4.9   Penalty
   21-4.10   Severability
21-5   RESTRICTING SMOKING IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
   21-5.1   Purpose
   21-5.2   Definitions
   21-5.3   Prohibition
   21-5.4   Designated Smoking Areas
   21-5.5   Penalty for Violation
   21-5.6   Educational Program
21-6   CONCERNING INSTALLATION OF FIRE AND SMOKE DETECTORS
21-1   BOSTON CITY HALL AND THE BOSTON GOVERNMENT CENTER COMMISSION.
21-1.1   Possession, Detection of Weapons in City Hall.
   No person other than a sworn Officer of the commonwealth, a member of the military service on active duty or a Constable, Officer or Official of the city or county having a license to carry firearms shall in any part of City Hall have possession of any dangerous weapon, which term shall include any firearm, and any item described in M.G.L. Chapter 269, Section 10(b) or (c), unless authorized by the Commissioner of Real Property or that Commissioner’s designee. If the Commissioner shall determine public safety requires, a system for detection of weapons may be established in City Hall and no person shall be admitted to, or enter, the building without submitting to such detection system. Any person violating the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine of $200.
(CBC 1985 21-1.1; Ord. 1992 c. 3 § 2)
21-2   AUDITORIUM COMMISSION.
Editor’s note:
   Although this Section has never been formally repealed, the Auditorium was conveyed to the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority under the provisions of Ch. 190 of the Acts of 1980.
21-2.1   Commissioners.
   There shall be in the City a Board known as the Auditorium Commission, consisting of five Officers known as Auditorium Commissioners, who shall be residents of the City, appointed by the Mayor as follows: one from three candidates nominated by the Boston Hotel Association, one from three candidates nominated by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, one from three candidates nominated by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and two selected at large by the Mayor. Commissioners shall serve five years. As the term of any Commissioner expires, his or her successor shall be appointed in like manner as such Commissioner for a term of five years. Vacancies in the Board shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired term. Auditorium Commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Ord. 1957 c. 2; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 7 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. 717 § 50; CBC 1985 21-2.1)
21-2.2   Construction and Care of Municipal Auditorium.
   The Auditorium Commission shall construct, or cause to be constructed, the municipal auditorium authorized by Chapter 164 of the Acts of 1954, with an exhibition hall, assembly hall and accessory rooms suitable for exhibitions, conventions and other shows and gatherings in the city; shall contract for the care and management thereof after its completion; and for such purposes may, subject to the approval of the Mayor, make such contracts and employ such experts, assistants and employees as they may think necessary or expedient.
(St. 1954 c. 164; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 7 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. 717 § 51; CBC 1985 21-2.2)
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