CHAPTER VII: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Section
7-1   CONSERVATION COMMISSION
   7-1.1   Composition of Board; Terms of Office
   7-1.2   Powers and Duties
   7-1.3   Duties of Public Facilities Commission and Public Improvement Commission
   7-1.4   Wetlands Protection and Climate Adaptation
7-2   AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION
   7-2.1   Appointment; Powers and Duties
   7-2.2   Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure
   7-2.3   Diesel Emissions Reductions
7-3   BAY VILLAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT
   7-3.1   Bay Village Historic District
   7-3.2   Definitions
   7-3.3   Bay Village Historic District Commission
   7-3.4   Administration of Historic Districts
   7-3.5   Exemptions to Review
   7-3.6   Applications for Certificates from Historic District Commission
   7-3.7   Appeals
   7-3.8   Enforcement
   7-3.9   Fees
   7-3.10   Other Function of Commission
   7-3.11   Severability
7-4   PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
   7-4.1   Composition of Board
   7-4.2   Powers and Duties
   7-4.2A   Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners to the Parks and Recreation Department
   7-4.3   Control of Parks, Public Grounds, Baths, Beaches, Gymnasia and Convenience Stations
   7-4.4   Control of Portions of Post Office, Dock and Faneuil Hall Squares
   7-4.5   Care of Flag Poles
   7-4.6   Music
   7-4.7   Establishing Protections for the City Tree Canopy
   7-4.8   Promulgation of Rules and Regulations, Fixing of Penalties
   7-4.9   Seats on Common and Public Garden for Use of Women and Children
   7-4.10   Restrictions on Park Frontages
   7-4.11   Permission for Construction Near Parks or Parkways
   7-4.12   Setback Requirements
   7-4.13   Further Setback Requirements
   7-4.14   Smoking Prohibited in Parks
   7-4.15   Use of Smokeless Tobacco and Other Tobacco Products Prohibited at Sites for Professional and Amateur Baseball and Other Sporting Events
7-5   CEMETERY DIVISION
   7-5.1   Cemetery Division
   7-5.2   Regular Cemetery Hours
   7-5.3   Deeds for Lots; Restrictions
   7-5.4   Agreement for Perpetual Care
7-6   FREEDOM TRAIL COMMISSION
7-7   TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
   7-7.1   Establishment of Department
   7-7.2   Commissioner to Place Street Signs
   7-7.3   Removal of Stolen Motor Vehicles
   7-7.4   Use of Traffic Control Signal Violation Monitoring System Devices
7-8   MOTOR VEHICLE MANAGEMENT BUREAU
   7-8.1   Division Established; Duties
   7-8.2   Director, Additional Staff
   7-8.3   Requests
   7-8.4   Motor Vehicle List
   7-8.5   Off Duty Use
   7-8.6   Garaging of Vehicles
   7-8.7   Rules and Regulations
   7-8.8   Credit Card Use
7-9   ANIMAL CONTROL COMMISSION
   7-9.1   Commissioner; Appointment, Term, Compensation and the Like
   7-9.2   Powers and Duties of Commission
   7-9.3   Animal Spay and Neuter Clinic
7-10   ESTABLISHING FOR A LIMITED TIME A SPECIAL COMMISSION TO BE KNOWN AS THE ALLSTON/BRIGHTON COMMONWEALTH AVENUE COMMISSION
   7-10.1   Commission Established
   7-10.2   Organization of Commission; Meetings
   7-10.3   Duties of the Commission
   7-10.4   Purpose
   7-10.5   Cooperation with Other Departments; Boards and Agencies
   7-10.6   Annual Report
   7-10.7   Expiration
7-11   CLEAN CITY COMMISSION
7-12   ENVIRONMENTAL ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
7-13   RECYCLING PROGRAM
   7-13.1   Recycling Program Established
   7-13.2   Purposes
   7-13.3   Definitions
   7-13.4   Recycling Mechanisms
   7-13.5   Recycling Targets and Contracts
   7-13.6   Enforcement and Incentives
   7-13.7   Reporting Requirements
   7-13.8   Commercial Recycling
   7-13.8.1   Commercial Recycling Requirements for Waste Haulers
   7-13.8.2   Purpose
   7-13.8.3   Definitions
   7-13.8.4   Permitted Haulers to Comply
   7-13.8.5   Alternative Procedure
   7-13.8.6   Education
   7-13.8.7   Enforcement
   7-13.8.8   Penalties
   7-13.8.9   Severability
   7-13.8.10   Implementation
   7-13.9   Purchasing Policy
   7-13.10   Fiscal Constraints
   7-13.11   Severability
7-13A   ACCESS TO RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES—LARGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH MORE THAN SIX UNITS
   7-13A.1   Purpose
   7-13A.2   Definitions
   7-13A.3   Access to Recycling Programs and Services
   7-13A.4   Owners Unable to Comply; Exemption
   7-13A.5   Recycling Guides
   7-13A.6   Inspections, Enforcement and Penalties
   7-13A.7   Annual Report
   7-13A.8   Implementation
   7-13A.9   Severability
7-14   INDOOR AIR QUALITY
   7-14.1   Indoor Air Quality Unit
   7-14.2   Air Quality in School Buildings
   7-14.3   Air Quality in Other Public Buildings
   7-14.4   Annual Report
7-15   BOSTON COMMEMORATION COMMISSION
   7-15.1   Purpose
   7-15.2   Establishing the Boston Commemoration Commission
   7-15.3   Responsibilities and Authorities of the Boston Commemoration Commission
7-1   CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
7-1.1   Composition of Board; Terms of Office.
   (A)   There shall be in the city a Board, known as the Conservation Commission, consisting of the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, ex officio, and six Conservation Commissioners, who shall be residents of the city, appointed by the Mayor, of whom two shall be appointed from candidates nominated, one each by the Board of Directors or like body of the following corporations or organizations: the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc.; the Massachusetts Forest and Park Association; the Massachusetts Roadside Council; the Trustees of Reservations; the Eastern Massachusetts Group of the New England Chapter of the Sierra Club; Boston Green Space Alliance; the Boston Harbor Associates; Boston Urban Gardeners; Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands; Save the Harbor/Save the Bay; the Boston Natural Areas Fund; the Charles River Watershed Association and the Neponset River Watershed Association. As the term of any Conservation Commissioner expires, his or her successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of three years. Any vacancy in the Office of a Conservation Commissioner shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term.
   (B)   The Mayor shall, from time to time, designate one of the Conservation Commissioners as Chair and another as Vice-Chair. The Commission shall elect a secretary who need not be a member of the Commission.
   (C)   The Commissioners shall serve without compensation, and shall be deemed to be special municipal employees for the purposes of M.G.L. Chapter 268A.
(Ord. 1970 c. 10; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 10.1 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 1; CBC 1985 7-1.1; Ord. 1988 c. 16 §§ 1-4)
Cross-reference:
   M.G.L. Chapter 268A; Ord. ss 7-4.1
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