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14-2.1   Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
   (A)   There shall be in the Building Department a Committee of the Public Safety Commission, known as the Committee on Licenses, consisting of the Building Commissioner, the Fire Commissioner and the Commissioner of Traffic and Parking, ex officiis. Said Committee shall have the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on the Board of Street Commissioners by M.G.L. Chapter 148, by Chapter 577 of the Acts of 1913 and by Chapter 349 of the Acts of 1953 and all acts in amendment thereof.
   (B)   The Committee on Licenses shall not be subject to the supervision or control of the Building Commissioner except as he or she acts as a member thereof; but unless otherwise ordered by the Mayor, the Committee on Licenses shall not communicate with the Mayor, or make any annual or other report, except through the Building Commissioner.
(St. 1959 c. 203; Ord. 1962 c. 9 § 2; Ord. 1970 c. 5 § 2; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 9 § 11; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 50; CBC 1985 14-2.1)
Cross-reference:
   M.G.L. Chapter 148; St. 1913 c. 577; St. 1953 c. 349; St. T. 8 c. 8
14-3   DIRECTOR OF MARKETS.
   No ordinances apply. See special statutes.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 c. 5; CBC 1985 14-3)
14-4   REGULATION UNDER POLICE POWERS.
   No ordinances apply. See special statutes.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 c. 7; CBC 1985 14-4)
14-5   DUTY OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.
14-5.1   Duties of Animal Control Officer.
   (A)   The Animal Control Officer appointed under M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151, or the domestic charitable corporation, from time to time, performing by contract the duties of Animal Control Officer in accordance with said Section, shall apprehend and impound any dog found running at large in any street or public place within the city in violation of Subsection 16-1.9. Upon apprehending or receiving any such dog the Animal Control Officer or domestic charitable corporation performing duties as aforesaid shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color and sex of such dog, whether or not such dog is licensed, and, if such dog is licensed, the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag. The Animal Control Officer or domestic charitable corporation performing duties as aforesaid shall as soon as possible notify the owner of any such dog, if known, that the dog has been impounded, and shall return any dog so impounded to the owner thereof upon payment of all costs and charges incurred by the Animal Control Officer or by such domestic charitable corporation in connection with the apprehension and detention of such dog and, if such dog is unlicensed when apprehended, upon presentation of a license for such dog secured from the Police Commissioner by the owner thereof.
   (B)   The Listing Board or its Agents shall give to each owner or harborer of an unlicensed dog the form of application for a dog license that may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Police Commissioner, with as many duplicate copies of the same as may be required by the Police Commissioner, and shall inform each such owner or harborer of the procedure, if any, that may be, from time to time, established by the Police Commissioner for submitting such application and securing such license by mail.
(Ord. 1972 c. 15 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 500; CBC 1985 14-5.1; Ord. 2014 c. 15 §§ 3, 4)
Cross-reference:
   M.G.L. Chapter 140, Section 151; Ord. ss 2-4.1; Ord. ss 16-1.9
14-6   CONSUMERS’ COUNCIL.
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