No child under 16 years of age shall be, loiter or remain upon
any street, highway, park or other public way or place in the City
after the hour of 9:30 p.m. unless accompanied by, or under the control
or care of, a parent, guardian or other adult person, or performing
or returning from employment or the performance of some duty, directed
in writing by such parent, guardian or other adult person, and no
such child, while performing such duty, or returning from the performance
thereof, or from employment, shall loiter upon any such street, highway,
park or other public way or place.
[Added 11-10-2008 by Order No. 2008-304]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to give, sell or offer for sale
or cause any person to give, sell or offer to sell a knife to any
individual 17 years of age and younger unless said person is a parent
or legal guardian of said individual.
B. Any person selling knives shall positively establish the purchaser's
age as of the date of sale to be 18 years or older by viewing a valid
form of photographic identification such as a driver's license, Massachusetts
identification card or passport.
C. "Knife" shall be defined, in accordance with the provisions of MGL
c. 269, § 10, as any stiletto, dagger or a device or case
which enables a knife with a locking blade to be drawn at a locked
position, any ballistic knife, or any knife with a detachable blade
capable of being propelled by any mechanism, dirk knife, any knife
having a double-edge blade, or a switch knife, or any knife having
an automatic spring release device by which the blade is released
from the handle, having a blade over 1 1/2 inches.
D. Any person found in violation of this section shall be fined $300
per offense. Enforcement of this section may be by noncriminal disposition
as provided for in MGL c. 40, § 21D, or by filing a criminal
complaint in the Quincy District Court.
E. For purposes of this section, the Police Department shall be the
enforcing department.
F. Violations of this section occurring at a place of business shall
be the responsibility of the business owner and shall be referred
to the Board of Licensing Commissioners for further appropriate action.