(1) Applicability.
(a) 310 CMR 7.33 is applicable to the
Massachusetts Port Authority, the body politic and corporate, created by and
existing pursuant to St. 1956, c. 456, as amended, hereafter referred to as
Massport. Massport shall be responsible for administering the South Boston
Parking Freeze on all Massport owned property.
(b) 310 CMR 7.33 is applicable to the City of
Boston which shall be responsible for administering the South Boston Parking
Freeze on all lands other that Massport owned property under the authority of
the Boston Air Pollution Control Commission (BAPCC). Under M.G.L., c. Ill
§ 31C, BAPCC is responsible for administering local air pollution control
programs including parking freezes within the geographic and political
boundaries of the City of Boston.
(c) 310 CMR 7.33 applies to the parking of
motor vehicles in the South Boston Parking Freeze Area. The South Boston
Parking Freeze area shall be divided into three zones defined as
(1) the South Boston Piers Zone,
(2) the South Boston Industrial/Commercial
Zone and(3) the South Boston
Residential Zone. These geographic areas shall be bounded as follows: The South
Boston Piers Zone
Beginning at the point where Mount Washington Street meets the
high water line of the Fort Point Channel and continuing in a westerly
direction to the center point of the Channel; then northeasterly along the
imaginary center line of the Channel to the Boston Inner Harbor; then
continuing southeasterly along the high water line to the southern most edge of
the Boston Marine Industrial Park property; then easterly in a straight line to
the center point of the Reserved Channel and continuing westerly in a straight
line along the Channel to the point where it meets Summer Street; then
following Summer Street in a northwesterly direction to a point where it meets
Fargo Street; then following Summer Street in a northwesterly direction to a
point along Fargo Street where it meets B Street; then westerly along an
imaginary straight line back to the point where Mount Washington meets the high
water line.
The South Boston Industrial/Commercial Zone:
Beginning at the point where Southampton Street meets the
railroad tracks and continuing northerly along the railroad tracks, to the West
Fourth Street Bridge; then southeasterly along the Bridge to the center point
of the Fort Point Channel; then north and northeasterly along the center line
of the Channel to the point where it meets the imaginary line extending to the
point of the beginning of the Piers Zone; then following along the southeast
boundary line of the Piers Zone to its end point where it meets the imaginary
line extending easterly along the center line of the Reserved Channel and then
southerly in a straight line to the point where it meets the northeastern edge
of the residential Zone boundary line; then following said boundary line
westerly, northerly, and southerly back to the point where Southampton Street
meets the railroad tracks.
The South Boston Residential Zone:
Beginning at the point where Southampton Street meets
Dorchester Avenue and continuing in a northerly direction along Dorchester
Avenue to West Second Street; then southeasterly along West Second Street to B
Street; then northwesterly along B Street to West First Street; then
southeasterly along West First Street to the point where it meets East First
Street and continuing along East First Street to the point where it meets O'Day
Boulevard; then easterly along O'Day Boulevard to the high water line of Boston
Harbor; then along the high water line of Boston Harbor around Castle Island to
the point where it meets the rock jetty enclosing Pleasure Bay and continuing
along to the point where it meets O'Day Boulevard; then following along O'Day
Boulevard in a southwesterly direction to the point where it meets Preble
Street and continuing along Preble Street back to the point where Southampton
Street meets Dorchester Avenue.
(2) Definition of the Parking Freeze. There is hereby established a freeze on the availability of motor vehicle parking spaces within the South Boston Piers Zone and the Industrial/Commercial Zone and a freeze on the availability of remote parking spaces within the South Boston Residential Zone within the South Boston Parking Freeze Area. No owner, operator or tenant within the South Boston Parking Freeze Area Piers Zone and Industrial/Commercial Zones shall allow for the parking of motor vehicles in excess of the allowed number of motor vehicle parking spaces established by the parking freeze. No person within the South Boston Parking Freeze Area Residential Zone shall allow for the parking of motor vehicles in excess of the allowed number of remote parking spaces established...
