City of Quincy, MA
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2021-12-13
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 138 Entertainment, Public
- The Charter
- Ch C City Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 12 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 19 City Council
- Ch 25 Departments
- Ch 34 Finance and Assessments
- Ch 44 Insignia
- Ch 66 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Personnel Policies
- Ch 78 Purchasing and Contracts
- Ch 89 Schools
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 101 Advertisements
- Ch 105 Alarm Systems
- Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 120 Boats and Boating
- Ch 124 Body Art
- Ch 126 Bodywork
- Ch 129 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 129A Building Safety
- Ch 130 Business Certificates
- Ch 134 Drugs
- Ch 136 Electrical Standards
- Ch 138 Entertainment, Public
- § 138-1 Use of halls and buildings; license required.
- § 138-2 Police detail required.
- Ch 150 Fees
- Ch 155 Fences
- Ch 163 Gas Stations
- Ch 175 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 180 Historic Preservation
- Ch 183 Housing Development
- Ch 189 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 196 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 205 Meetings, Public
- Ch 208 Minors
- Ch 215 Noise
- Ch 222 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 226 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 230 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 234 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 240 Precious Metal Dealers
- Ch 244 Property Maintenance
- Ch 249 Public Construction Projects
- Ch 253 Public Property
- Ch 261 Quarries
- Ch 266 School Grounds
- Ch 270 Sewers and Water
- Ch 274 Sex Offenders
- Ch 278 Shellfish and Seaworms
- Ch 282 Shopping Carts
- Ch 288 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 293 Solid Waste
- Ch 300 Stormwater Management
- Ch 305 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 311 Tree Protection
- Ch 319 Utility Permits
- Ch 325 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 330 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 344 Water Bodies and Waterways
- Ch 349 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 375 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A400 General Law Acceptances
- Ch A401 Special Acts
- Ch A402 Health Department Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy 5-17-1993 as Ch. 5.36 of the 1993 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No hall or building in the City shall be used for public hire
for public entertainments, such as concerts, dancing parties or moving-picture
shows, until the owner or lessee of such hall or building shall have
first obtained from the Board of Licensing Commissioners a license
for the same, such license to expire one year from date of issue.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
A.
All halls and buildings for public hire wherein any form of public
entertainment, such as concerts, dancing parties or moving-picture
shows, is held shall have in attendance, when used for such purpose,
a police officer, to be appointed by the Chief of Police, the services
of such police officer to be paid for by the licensees of such hall
or building.
B.
The employment of a police officer at entertainments such as concerts,
dancing parties or motion pictures held for religious or charitable
purposes shall be left to the discretion of the Chief of Police.
