{"id":"MET-BOS-015","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Boston, Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Martin J. Walsh","authority":"Municipal permitting authority; BPHC emergency","instrument":"Extension \u0027until further notice\u0027 of the City of Boston order pausing non-essential construction on City-permitted sites","title":"Mayor Walsh extends order pausing non-essential construction work in Boston (boston.gov, March 25, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25 (pause in effect since Mar. 17; sites locked down by Mar. 23)","end":"Phased restart May 5, May 18 and May 26, 2020 (verified_secondary)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2020-05-26","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["all City of Boston permitted construction sites"],"clause":"Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced he is affirmatively extending the City of Boston\u0027s order to pause non-essential construction for City of Boston permitted sites. Mayor Walsh first announced this order on March 16, 2020, and sites should have been locked down for safety by March 23. Due to the public health emergency in Boston and across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this pause is still in effect until further notice.... In addition to these construction projects, the City will, on a case-by-case basis, review requests for exemptions to the temporary construction moratorium.","enforcement":"Exemptions only by the Commissioner of Inspectional Services or Commissioner of Public Works","functions":["JS job sites","SB trades","OW owners","SC materials"],"notes":"Boston\u0027s pause continued although the Governor\u0027s Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) treated construction as essential; the Governor\u0027s counsel affirmed local authority (see Ex. 122).","sourceUrl":"https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-walsh-extends-order-pausing-non-essential-construction-work-boston","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200403203137/https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-walsh-extends-order-pausing-non-essential-construction-work-boston","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128992,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-015","citation":"Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Extension \u0027until further notice\u0027 of the City of Boston order pausing non-essential construction on City-permitted sites (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-015)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}