TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS CITY OF BOSTON November 1, 2012
If, while a license is in effect, there is a reduction in the gross area of the premises to be
occupied under the license as specified in the application therefor, or there is a change in
the name, place of residence, or telephone number of an individual licensee or, if the
licensee is a partnership, in its business name, address, or telephone number or the name,
place of residence, or telephone number of any partner or, if the licensee is a corporation, in
its name, principal office address or telephone number or in its president, treasurer, or clerk
or the name, place of residence, or telephone number of its president, treasurer or clerk, the
licensee shall forthwith notify the Commissioner thereof in writing. If, while a license is in
effect, the licensee desires to make any change in the layout of his/her parking space or in
any sign maintained pursuant to Rule 6 herein, he/she may petition the Commissioner in
writing for leave to substitute for the layout plan or sign drawing accompanying the
application for his/her license a seventeen inch by twenty-two inch (17” x 22”) plan or eight
and one-half inch by eleven inch (8-1/2” x 11”) sign drawing annexed to such petition; and
such substitution shall be deemed to occur upon the approval of the Commissioner of such
petition, but not otherwise.
RULE 3. Termination of License
A license shall, unless sooner revoked, expire on the first (1st) day of July in the year next
succeeding the year in which it takes effect, or on such earlier date as may be specified in
the license. A license may be suspended or revoked by the Commissioner at any time after
notice and hearing, if there is a false statement or misrepresentation of material fact in the
application therefor or if, while the license is in force, the licensee violates any condition of
the license or any statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation of the license. A license granted in
renewal of an earlier license may be likewise suspended or revoked for any cause aforesaid
or if, while the earlier license was in force, the licensee violated any condition thereof or
any statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation.
RULE 4. License Not Transferable
No license shall be transferred, assigned, or used by any person other than the one to whom
it is issued, or used at any location other than the one for which it is issued. Monthly space
fees for licenses not in effect for the entire term may be rebated on a prorated basis.
RULE 5. Pavement, Pavement Markings, and General Maintenance
No licensee shall have his/her parking space open for the parking and/or storing of vehicles
unless the surface thereof is such that at all times it provides for vehicles parked and/or
stored, a hard stand free from dust, mud, ruts, ridges, frost, leaves, holes, and puddles of
water, nor unless there are maintained in good condition markings (cones, stanchions,
painted markings, etc.) delineating all lanes for ingress or egress. In the case of any space
having an asphalt or concrete surface, all markings shall be in paint. Nor shall any licensee
have his/her parking space open for the parking and/or storing of vehicles unless every
boundary of his/her parking space abutting on a public way or public alley is, except at the
driveways therefor, equipped with barriers so constructed, maintained, and permanently
affixed to the surface of each space as to withstand the shocks and stresses to which they
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