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(A) Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to expand accessible communication in places of public accommodation.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CLOSED CAPTIONING. A transcript or dialog of the audio portion of a television program that is displayed on the bottom portion of a television receiver screen when the user activates the feature.
CLOSED CAPTIONING TELEVISION RECEIVER. A receiver of television programming that has the ability to display closed captioning, including, but not limited to, a television, digital set top box and other technology capable of displaying closed captioning for television programming.
PUBLIC AREA. Any part of a public facility that is open to the general public.
PUBLIC FACILITY. The same meaning as “public accommodation and service”, as defined in Subsection 12-9.2.
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. A place that is open to the public for mass gathering for entertainment, regardless of whether or not a ticket or payment of any type is required for admission. The term includes, but is not limited to, cinemas, theaters, concert halls, sports centers and festivals.
REGULAR HOURS. The hours of any day in which a public facility is generally open to members of the general public.
(C) Activating Closed Captioning.
(1) Any person owning or managing a public facility in the city must activate closed captioning on closed captioned television receivers in use in any public area during regular hours.
(2) Exception: This Section does not require public entertainment venues to activate closed captioning on closed captioned television receivers.
(3) This Section does not require a public facility to make closed captioning available in a public area of the public facility if:
(a) No television receiver of any kind is available in the public area; or
(b) The only public television receiver available in the public area is not a closed-captioning television receiver.
(4) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to imply an, exemption from commonwealth and federal requirements, such as those for effective communication and reasonable accommodations required under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.
(D) Enforcement.
(1) If a violation of this Subsection occurs, individuals can file a complaint with the Mayor’s Commission for Persons with Disabilities (“Disabilities Commission”).
(2) The Disabilities Commission shall have the authority to investigate complaints brought before it, including, but not limited to, conducting unscheduled inspections of public facilities, holding mediation sessions with public facilities and other interested parties and providing guidance for bringing public facilities into compliance.
(CBC 1985 12-4.10; Ord. 2022 c. 11)
(A) There shall be in the city a Board, known as the Commission on Mental Retardation, consisting of the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation and the Commissioner of Health and Hospitals, ex officiis, or their respective designees and 13 persons appointed by the Mayor, each for a term expiring on the first Monday of the January following the next biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is elected. In making the appointments to be made by him or her, the Mayor shall give consideration to the appointment of persons associated with, or representative of, the Division of Social and Rehabilitation Services in the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare; the Area Director for Community Mental Health and Retardation Area VI in the commonwealth, the Division of Special Education in the City’s School Department, and the Greater Boston Association for Retarded Children; and nine inhabitants of the city who are parents of retarded children and indicate a willingness to serve on the Board.
(B) The Mayor shall, from time to time, designate one of the members of the Board as Chair. The Vice-Chair shall be elected by the Board by majority vote. The Board may appoint a clerical assistant.
(C) All members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Ord. 1970 c. 1; Ord. 1971 c. 5; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 18A § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 200; CBC 1985 12-5.1)
Cross-reference:
Statutes, Title 12 § 1
It shall be the duty of the Commission on Mental Retardation to meet at least once each month; to coordinate to the fullest possible extent the work of all public and private Agencies dealing with the problems besetting the parents of children who are mentally retarded and assisting retarded children in any manner; to bring about a continual dialogue and exchange of views between federal, commonwealth and local Agencies concerned with the effective administration of programs for the mentally retarded; to conduct either independently or in conjunction with the School Committee of the city or any other appropriate Agency such education programs as the Board deems necessary; to coordinate the existing recreational programs for retarded children; and to initiate where appropriate new and innovative recreational programs for retarded children. The Board shall issue an annual report of its activities to the Mayor and Boston City Council and shall at all times be free to suggest new programs for the city and request proper financing for such programs as the Board feels feasible for the program and the city’s needs in the area of mental retardation.
(Ord. 1970 c. 1; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 18A § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 201; CBC 1985 12-5.1)
Cross-reference:
Ord. ss 5-5.32; Statutes, Title 7 §§ 109, 110
(A) Composition.
(1) There shall be in the city a Youth Services Commission consisting of the Superintendent of Schools, the Commissioner of Health and Hospitals, the Police Commissioner, the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, the Director of the Community School program and the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Job and Community Services, ex officio or their respective designees, the Chair of the Boston City Council Special Committee on Youth Services, ex officio, and eight members appointed by the Mayor each for a term expiring on the first Monday of the January following the next biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is elected. In making appointments to the Commission, the Mayor shall appoint persons with demonstrated experience in counseling, advising or employing youth; experience as a supervisor or director of a youth program or Agency in the city; experience in traditional or alternative educational programs for youth; or experience in the delivery of health or drug abuse prevention services to children or adolescents. At least one of the Mayor’s appointees to the commission shall be a young person between the ages of fifteen (16) and 19. At least one of the Mayor’s appointees to the Commission shall be a parent of a child or children under age 18. At least one of the Mayor’s appointees shall be a Boston Housing Authority tenant.
(2) The Mayor shall designate one member of the Commission as Chair. All members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
(B) Powers and duties. The Commission shall evaluate the delivery of youth services in Boston; shall advise the Mayor and the Boston City Council on ways to expand and coordinate counseling, employment, health, educational and recreational programs for the youth in Boston and to minimize drug abuse and violence among children and adolescents; shall work to coordinate the delivery of youth services by the various Departments and Agencies of the city; shall work to coordinate the delivery of youth services in Boston by other governmental and private Agencies; shall work to coordinate and encourage private sponsorship and investment in youth programs in Boston and shall direct and oversee the annual compilation and publication of a comprehensive directory of youth services in Boston.
(CBC 1985 12-6.1; Ord. 1989 c. 10 §§ 1, 2)
(A) There shall be in the city a Board, known as the Coordinating Council on Drug Abuse, consisting of the Corporation Counsel, the Commissioner of Health and Hospitals, the Penal Institutions Commissioner, the Police Commissioner and the Chair of the Youth Activities Commission, ex officiis, or their respective designees, and 16 persons appointed by the Mayor each for a term expiring on the first Monday of the January following the next biennial municipal election at which a Mayor is elected. In making the appointments to be made by him or her, the Mayor shall give consideration to the appointment of persons associated with, or representative of, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Division of Food and Drugs in the commonwealth’s Department of Public Health, the probation Officers of the Municipal Court of the city, the Boston Juvenile Court and the other municipal and district courts in the city, the public and the nonpublic, schools in the city, the Model Cities Drug Program, the Boston Teachers Union, the Drug Treatment and Drug Education Committee of United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston and the project currently coordinated by the Boston University Mental Health Center and the Boston College-Urban League Joint Center for Intercity Change. At least two of the persons appointed by the Mayor shall be doctors or psychologists who have dealt with the medical and psychological problems of youth in Boston.
(B) The Mayor shall, from time to time, designate one of the members of the Board as Chair and another as Vice-Chair. The Mayor shall designate a full-time executive secretary of the Board. The Board may appoint clerical assistance.
(C) All members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Ord. 1969 c. 17; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 10C § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T12 § 300; CBC 1985 12-7.1)
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