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Definitions Applicable on Tidelands and in Waterfront Subdistricts in the East Boston Neighborhood District.

Facilities of Public Accommodation. A "Facility of Public Accommodation" means a facility, including a commercial facility, at which goods or services are made available directly to the general public. Facilities of Public Accommodation include, but are not limited to:

Lunch room, restaurant, cafeteria or other place for the service or sale of food or drink for on-premises consumption, provided that there is no dancing nor entertainment other than phonograph, radio, and television;

Place for sale and consumption of food and beverages (other than drive-in restaurant) providing dancing or entertainment or both, provided that such establishment is customarily open to the public at large and does not exclude any minor by reason of age as a prevailing practice;

Theater;

Lobbies and public areas of a hotel or motel;

Library, museum, aquarium, educational, historical, or cultural institution open to the public;

Adult education center, community center, or other interior space dedicated to the programming of community meetings, informational displays, special recreational events, or other public activities;

Store primarily serving the local retail business needs of the residents of the neighborhood, including, but not limited to, store retailing one or more of the following: food, baked goods, groceries, drugs, tobacco products, clothing, dry goods, books, flowers, paint, hardware, and minor household appliances, but not including packaged alcoholic beverages;

Department store, furniture store, general merchandise mart, or other store serving general retail business needs of a major part of the city, including accessory storage;

Barber shop, beauty shop, shoe repair shop, self-service laundry, pick-up and delivery station of laundry or dry-cleaner, or similar use;

Tailor shop or hand laundry;

Caterer's establishment, photographer's studio, upholsterer's shop, carpenter's shop, or electrician's shop;

Day care facility;

Sports or physical fitness facility open to the public; and

Interior facility for waterborne public transportation facilities, recreational marina, boat rental establishment, recreational sailing or boating school, or other recreational boating facility or establishment.

Water-Dependent Uses.

Water-Dependent industrial uses;

Facilities for fishing, swimming, diving, and other water-based recreational activities;

Parks, esplanades, boardwalks, and other pedestrian facilities that promote public use and enjoyment of the water and are located at or near the water's edge;

Aquariums and other cultural, educational, research, or training facilities dedicated primarily to marine purposes;

Aquaculture facilities;

Navigation aids, marine police and fire stations, and other waterways public safety and law enforcement facilities;

Shore protection structures, such as seawalls, bulkheads, revetments, dikes, breakwaters, rip rap, water defectors, and the like;

Waterborne passenger transportation facilities, such as those serving ferries, cruise ships, commuter and excursion boats, and water shuttles and taxis;

Marinas, boat basins, Boat Rental Establishments, boating or sailing school, channels, storage areas, and other facilities and establishments for commercial or recreational boating.

(Text Amd. No. 472, § 2, 5-1-2024)