Skip to code content (skip section selection)
Compare to:
Boston Overview
City of Boston Municipal Code
CITY OF BOSTON CODE OF ORDINANCES
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II: FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER III: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER IV: CONTRACTS
CHAPTER V: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER VI: GENERAL SERVICES
CHAPTER VII: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER VIII: DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER IX: BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER X: HOUSING SERVICES
CHAPTER XI: PUBLIC SERVICES
CHAPTER XII: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER XIII: NATURAL GAS
CHAPTER XIV: LICENSING AND CONSUMER BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS
CHAPTER XV: DIVISIONS OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE
CHAPTER XVI: PROHIBITIONS, PENALTIES AND PERMITS
CHAPTER XVII: LICENSES AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING CERTAIN TRADES
CHAPTER XVIII: FEES AND CHARGES
CHAPTER XIX: SCHOOLS
CHAPTER XX: CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER XXI: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUILDINGS
CHAPTER XXII: SUFFOLK COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIII: TRASH AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER XXIV: BOSTON JOBS, LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE
PARALLEL REFERENCES
Loading...
10-5.2   Powers and Duties.
   The Board shall have the following powers:
   (A)   To investigate expansion by public institutions and the effect of such expansion on the city’s neighborhoods and the supply of decent, affordable housing in the city;
   (B)   To publish reports and conduct hearings on expansion of public institutions;
   (C)   To advise other City Boards and Departments with respect to expansion by public institutions; and
   (D)   To make recommendations for preventing expansion by public institutions which results in the removal of decent, affordable housing from the city’s housing market or which adversely affects a neighborhood of the city.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.2)
10-5.3   Application Notice to be Sent to the Board.
   The Board of Appeal, the Public Improvement Commission, the Zoning Commission, the Inspectional Services Department and the Boston Redevelopment Authority shall give prompt notice to the Board of each application of a public institution for a permit, license or other public approval.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.3)
10-5.4   Terms of Members.
   The terms of the members of the Board shall be as follows: For those persons who are initially appointed to the Board following enactment of this Section:
   (A)   Those six persons who are appointed from a list of not less than 12 determined eligible by the City Council, three years; and
   (B)   The remaining three persons, two years.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.4)
10-5.5   Election of Chair; Expenses of Members.
   The Board, annually in May, shall elect one of its members as Chair and another as Vice-Chair. The Board shall also elect a Secretary, who need not be a member of the Board. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Board shall cause to be made a detailed record of its proceedings, which record shall include the vote of each member participating in its decisions, and the absence of a member or a member’s failure to vote. The Board shall not be subject to the supervision or control of the Director of Administrative Services.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.5)
10-5.6   Definition.
   For the purpose of this Section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   PUBLIC INSTITUTION. Any educational, literary, benevolent, charitable, health or scientific organization eligible to hold property exempt from taxation under M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 5, including corporations, partnerships and trusts controlled or operated for the benefit of such institutions, but excluding therefrom religious organizations as defined under M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 11.
(Ord. 1983 c. 12; CBC 1985 10-5.6)
10-6   DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND ESTABLISHING CONTROLS RELATIVE TO INSTITUTIONAL EXPANSION.
10-6.1   Declaration of Emergency.
   (A)   A serious public emergency exists in the city which has been accentuated by the use by tax-exempt institutions of buildings having or potentially having a residential use. Such use has:
      (1)   Contributed to the removal of residential housing from the market while a severe shortage exists;
      (2)   Contributed to the destruction and decay in affected residential neighborhoods;
      (3)   Created areas of the city where public order is difficult to enforce; and
      (4)   Deprived the city of needed tax revenues.
   (B)   In addition, this emergency cannot be dealt with solely by the operation of the private rental housing market nor by existing ordinances and unless the removal of residential units is additionally regulated and controlled, such emergency and the displacement resulting therefrom will produce serious threats to the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Boston. Furthermore, public regulation is necessary in order to provide residents with a sufficient supply of decent, affordable housing; to strengthen residential neighborhoods; to encourage public order; and to preserve the city’s tax base. Now, therefore, pursuant to the authority vested in it by law, including without limitation, Article 2, as amended, and Articles 47 and 89 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the commonwealth and Chapter 797 of the Acts of 1969, as amended, Chapter 450 of the Acts of 1889, Chapter 355 of the Acts of 1960, Chapter 256 of the Acts of 1953, Chapter 22 of the Acts of 1949, Chapter 473 of the Acts of 1953 and Chapter 314 of the Acts of 1962 and M.G.L. Chapter 40 and Chapter 140, Sections 22-26 be it ordained by the Boston City Council as follows.
(Ord. 1982 c. 39; CBC 1985 10-6.1)
Loading...