[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-17-1993 as Ch. 1.16 of the 1993 Code]
Whoever violates any provision of this Code may be penalized by indictment or on complaint brought in the District Court. Except as may be otherwise provided by law and as the District Court may see fit to impose, the maximum penalty for each violation, or offense, brought in such manner, shall be $300.
A. 
Whoever violates any provision of this Code, the violation of which is subject to a specific penalty, may be penalized by a noncriminal disposition as provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D. The noncriminal method of disposition may also be used for violations of any rule or regulation of any municipal officer, board or department which is subject to a specific penalty.
B. 
Without intending to limit the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of this provision that only the ordinances which specifically invoke the use of a noncriminal disposition as provided in MGL c. 40, § 21D, are to be included within the scope of this section. In addition to police officers, who shall in all cases be considered enforcing persons for the purpose of this provision, the municipal personnel listed for each section, if any, shall also be enforcing persons for such sections. Each day on which any violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
All fines and penalties for the violation of any ordinance or any order of the City Council shall, when recovered, inure to the use of the City and be paid into the City treasury, unless it be otherwise directed by law or ordinance.
[Adopted 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
The ordinances of the City of Quincy of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 375, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Municipal Code of the City of Quincy, hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal or continued in force.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinances.
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance, and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the City Clerk, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said City Clerk to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Council to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the City of Quincy" shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be inserted in the Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the City of Quincy shall cause this ordinance to be published in the manner required by law. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and publication of this ordinance, coupled with the availability of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized and directed by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the Code required to be filed in the Clerk's office for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new ordinances are included as supplements to said Code.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased from the Clerk or an authorized agent of the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by the City Council. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Quincy to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section, or any part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to the penalties as set forth in § 1-1 of the Code.
Each section of the Code and every part of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof. If any provision of this Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Code and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the City of Quincy which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect. The following chapters from the 1993 Code are specifically repealed: Chapter 2.104, Board of Managers of Hospital Department, Chapter 2.128, Rent Grievance Board, and Chapter 8.28, Smoking (except Order No. 2017-039 amending Chapter 8.28, which is saved from repeal).
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-15 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. 
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to April 22, 2019.
B. 
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. 
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
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Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
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Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.
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Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. 
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the City's indebtedness.
H. 
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I. 
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J. 
The annexation or dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K. 
Ordinances providing for local improvements or assessing taxes or special assessments therefor.
L. 
Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
M. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of municipal officers and employees or establishing or classifying positions.
N. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing traffic or parking regulations.
O. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the City.
P. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance accepting or adopting the provisions of any general law or special act of the commonwealth.
A. 
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the City of Quincy, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made except as provided for in Subsections B and C hereof. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the City Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. 
Nomenclature. The following titles are updated throughout the Code:
(1) 
"Chairman" and "Chair" to "Chairperson."
(2) 
"Director of Inspections," "Building Inspector," "Building Commissioner" and "Building Official" to "Director of Inspectional Services."
(3) 
"Department of Inspections" and "Building Department" to "Department of Inspectional Services."
(4) 
"Commissioner of Public Health" and "Board of Health" to "Health Commissioner."
(5) 
"Licensing Board," "License Board," "License Commissioners" and "Board of License Commissioners" to "Board of Licensing Commissioners."
(6) 
"Treasurer," "Collector," "Collector of Taxes," "Treasurer-Collector" and "Collector-Treasurer" to "Treasurer/Collector."
(7) 
"Planning Director" to "Director of Planning and Community Development" and "Planning Department" to "Department of Planning and Community Development."
(8) 
"Park Department" and "Park and Forestry Department" to "Department of Natural Resources" and "Director of Parks and Forestry" and "Director of Park and Forestry" to "Commissioner of Natural Resources."
(9) 
"Massachusetts Department of Public Works" to "Massachusetts Department of Transportation."
(10) 
"Board of Appeals" to "Zoning Board of Appeals."
C. 
In addition, the amendments and/ or additions as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
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Editor's Note: Schedule A is on file at the office of the City Clerk.
This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as required by law.