CHAPTER XI: PUBLIC SERVICES
Section
11-1   BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
   11-1.1   Weekly Report by Police Commissioner
   11-1.2   Shotguns in Police Vehicles; Training of Officers
   11-1.3   Minimum Number of Marked Police Vehicles Required
   11-1.4   Police Vehicles to Be Manned Full-Time
   11-1.5   Minimum Salaries for Patrol Officers
   11-1.6   Minimum Number of Police Officers on the Boston Police Department
   11-1.7   Crime Prevention Surveys
   11-1.8   Civilian Fingerprinting and Criminal History Records Checks for Certain Licenses
   11-1.9   Boston Trust Act
   11-1.10   Restricting the Use of Chemical Crowd Control Agents and Kinetic Impact Projectiles
   11-1.11   Report on Gun Trafficking in the City
11-2   SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS
   11-2.1   Definitions
   11-2.2   Alarm Information List
   11-2.3   Updating Information
   11-2.4   False Alarm Assessment Schedule
   11-2.5   Municipal Charges Lien
   11-2.6   Restrictions on Tape Dialers and Automatic Telephone Devices
   11-2.7   Testing Equipment
   11-2.8   Audible Bell or Horn
   11-2.9   Appeal Procedures
   11-2.10   Regulations and Enforcement
   11-2.11   Deposit in the General Fund
   11-2.12   Severability
11-3   NEIGHBORHOOD AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
   11-3.1   Department, Commissioner, Term
   11-3.2   Duties of Commissioner
   11-3.3   Purpose of the Department
   11-3.4   Agencies Within the Department
   11-3.5   Agencies Not Created by Law or Ordinance Abolished
   11-3.6   Annual Report
   11-3.7   Subordinate Positions
   11-3.8   Creating the Office of Public Service
11-4   FIRE DEPARTMENT
   11-4.1   Fire Commissioner; Appointments
   11-4.2   Emergency Authority
   11-4.3   Assistance to Other Cities and Towns
   11-4.4   Duties of Superintendent of Fire Alarm
   11-4.5   Monthly Report on Fires
   11-4.6   Notice for Hearing on Charges
   11-4.7   Minimum Salaries
   11-4.8   Notice to Fire Department Regarding Discontinuance of Electrical Service to Residential Properties
11-5   FIRE PREVENTION CODE
   11-5.1   Adoption By Reference
   11-5.2   Blasting
11-5A   FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
   11-5A.1   Definitions
   11-5A.2   Connection of Fire Alarm Systems to the BFD by Way of a Master Box
   11-5A.3   Connection of Central Station Operating Companies to the BFD
   11-5A.4   Updating Information
   11-5A.5   Fire Alarm System Malfunctions—Fines
   11-5A.5A   Municipal Charges Lien
   11-5A.6   Restrictions on Tape Dialers and Similar Telephone Devices
   11-5A.7   Appeal Procedures
   11-5A.8   Regulations and Enforcement
   11-5A.9   Deposit in the General Fund
   11-5A.10   Severability
   11-5A.11   Effective Date
11-5B   PROHIBITING THE SALE, POSSESSION AND USE OF FIREWORKS
   11-5B.1   Sale, Possession and Use of Fireworks Prohibited
   11-5B.2   Penalty
   11-5B.3   Severability
11-5C   REGISTRATION OF LABORATORIES
   11-5C.1   Purpose
   11-5C.2   Definitions
   11-5C.3   Registration and Database
   11-5C.4   Boston Fire Prevention Code
   11-5C.5   Emergency Data and Response Plans
   11-5C.6   Inspections
   11-5C.7   Registration and Inspection Guide
   11-5C.8   Registration Fee
   11-5C.9   Violations, Penalties and Enforcement
   11-5C.10   Technical Advisory Committee
   11-5C.11   Regulatory Authority
   11-5C.12   Severability
   11-5C.13   Implementation
11-6   PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
   11-6.1   Powers and Duties of Commissioner
   11-6.2   Deputy Commissioner
   11-6.3   Use of Public Ways
   11-6.4   Street Lighting
   11-6.5   Bridges
   11-6.6   Record of Sewer Construction
   11-6.7   Sewer Plans
   11-6.8   Notice of Sewer and Street Work
   11-6.9   Permits for Street Work; Conditions Thereof
   11-6.10   Permits to Enter Drains
   11-6.11   Permits to Obstruct Sidewalks
   11-6.12   Permits for Coal Holes
   11-6.13   Permits to Move Buildings
   11-6.14   Permits for Laying Wires, Rails, Pipes and Conduits
   11-6.15   Permits for Poles
   11-6.16   Bonds Required Before Delivery of Permits
   11-6.17   Permits Prohibited
   11-6.18   Indemnity for City
   11-6.19   Appurtenant Structures in the Public Way
   11-6.20   Responsibility for Condition and Maintenance of Pavement
   11-6.21   Indemnity for City: Pavement Defects
   11-6.22   Temporary Repairs on Private Ways
   11-6.23   Responsibility for Area Surrounding Tracks and Rails
   11-6.24   Indemnity for City; Tracks and Rails
   11-6.25   Capital Improvement
   11-6.26   Guards for Steps and Entrances
   11-6.27   Excavations Under Sidewalk
   11-6.28   Record of Notices of Defects
   11-6.29   Water Supply
   11-6.30   Water Bills
   11-6.31   Water Income
   11-6.32   Water Meters
   11-6.33   Shutting Off Water
   11-6.34   Record of Water Takers
   11-6.35   Regulations for Water Takers
   11-6.36   Engineering Work
   11-6.37   Inspection and Measurement of Public Work
   11-6.38   Discontinuance of Public Work
   11-6.39   Charge Against Appropriations
   11-6.40   Division of Engineers; Qualifications
   11-6.41   Certificate of Qualifications of Engineers
   11-6.42   Annual Report
   11-6.43   Vehicles Interfering with the Removal of Snow
   11-6.44   Vehicles Interfering with the Collection of Garbage and Refuse
11-7   PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
   11-7.1   Property Management Board
   11-7.2   Committee on Foreclosed Real Estate
   11-7.3   Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Superintendent of Markets
   11-7.4   Assistant Commissioner of Property Management, Powers and Duties
   11-7.5   Assistant Commissioner of Property Management to Have Custody of Faneuil Hall
   11-7.6   Lease of Stalls by Assistant Commissioner of Property Management
   11-7.7   Care of Dillaway House by Assistant Commissioner of Property Management
   11-7.8   Designation of Ward-Rooms
   11-7.9   Assistant Commissioner to Have Custody of Ward-Rooms
   11-7.10   Permits for Ward-Rooms; Revocation, Conditions
   11-7.11   Allotment of Spaces Within City Hall Garage
   11-7.12   Prompt Release of Information in Cases of Stranger Sexual Assault
   11-7.13   Transfer of Functions Between the Public Facilities Department and the Property Management Department
   11-7.14   City Hall Plaza, Rental of
11-8   LIBRARY DEPARTMENT AND TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
   11-8.1   Duties of Trustees
   11-8.2   Annual Report
11-9   CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
   11-9.1   Department of Civil Defense Established
   11-9.2   Director of Civil Defense
   11-9.3   Civil Defense Advisory Council
   11-9.4   Police Aid to Other Cities and Towns in Event of Riots and Other Violence Therein
   11-9.5   Termination of Ordinance
   11-9.6   Definition
11-10   PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
   11-10.1   Overview
   11-10.2   Dog Recreation Spaces
   11-10.2(a)   Introduction and Purpose
   11-10.2(b)   Definitions
   11-10.2(c)   Applicant for a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(d)   Procedure for Establishing and Designating a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(e)   Managing a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(f)   Use of a Dog Recreation Space
   11-10.2(g)   Education Program
   11-10.2(h)   Violations and Penalties
   11-10.2(i)   Suspension, Forfeiture and/or Revocation of Designation as Dog Recreation Space and Closure
   11-10.2(j)   Limited Exception of Subsection 16-1.9
   11-10.2(k)   Regulatory Authority
   11-10.2(l)   Enforcement Authority
   11-10.2(m)   Severability
   11-10.2(n)   Harmonious Construction
   11-10.2(o)   Savings Clause
   11-10.2(p)   Sunset Clause
   11-10.2(q)   Implementation
11-11   VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESSIBILITY
   11-11.1   Purpose
   11-11.2   Availability of Voter Registration Forms