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• Visit the Preparing for Winter page for information to help you stay warm and safe this winter season.
• Visit the Winter Heating FAQs page for information about discounted utility rates, city and state programs, home improvement services, and other forms of assistance

Bus Stop Alert!!!- New Parking Fine in Bus Stops is $100.00

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Speeding Vehicles on Your Street?  Call our office to report speeding and we will notify our traffic officers to be on alert.  Call 617-343-5624.
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How to obtain a Road Race or a Parade Permit
To hold a road race or parade in Boston, the organizer must submit a written request, as far in advance as possible, to the Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department. The request must contain the following information:

• The name of the group sponsoring the road race or parade
• The date of the event
• The route that the road race or parade will take
• The formation point for participants
• The starting time
• The expected number of participants
• The name, address and daytime telephone number of the organizer.

Gas-Powered Vehicles: Scooters, Powerboards, and Mini-Motorbikes.

     a.     Definition.  This section refers to scooters, powerboards, and mini-motorbikes that have handlebars, that have two (2) wheels, that are designed to be stood upon or sat upon by the operator, and that are gas-powered by an engine or motor capable of propelling the vehicle with or without human thrust.

     b.     Prohibition from Sidewalks. No person may use, ride, or otherwise operate a gas-powered scooter, powerboard, or mini-motorbike on a sidewalk of the City of Boston.

     c.     Prohibition from Streets. No person may use, ride, or otherwise operate a gas-powered scooter, powerboard, or mini-motorbike on a public way, private way, street, or on the grounds of any public school in the City of Boston unless that person is sixteen (16) years of age or older and is carrying a valid driver's/operator's license.

     d.     Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five dollars and no cents ($25.00) for a first offense and fifty dollars and no cents ($50.00) for a second or any subsequent offense, but a court of competent jurisdiction may substitute community service for any fine monies.

     e.     Exceptions. Nothing in these sections shall prevent the legal use of (i) any mechanical or motorized device designed and used to assist a person with a disability affecting ambulation, (ii) a moped that has been registered with the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, and (iii) a motorized bicycle that has been registered with the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.

     f.     Enforcement. The Boston Transportation Department and the Boston Police Department shall have the authority to enforce this section. The provisions of Massachusetts General Laws c. 40, s. 21D may be used to enforce these sections. The Boston Police Department shall have the authority to impound any vehicle in violation of these sections.

     g.     Regulatory Authority. The Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department and the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce these sections.

     h.     Severability. If any provision of these sections are held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be considered separately and apart from the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

     i.     Implementation. The provisions of this section shall be effective immediately after passage.

(Ord. 2004 c. 6)