The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A
- Issued
- 2020-07-02 July 2, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-06 12:01 a.m. (City of Boston July 13, 2020) (read as 2020-07-06)
- End
- Rescinded 12:01 a.m. August 11, 2020 by Order No. 46 (read as 2020-08-11)
- In force
- July 6, 2020 to Aug. 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
- Addressees
- the public
- event organizers and venues
- Functions reached
- MK/EV conferences, conventions, fundraisers capped at 25 indoors
- BQ weddings and functions
- SP road races and festivals prohibited
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
Indoor gatherings are limited to 8 persons per 1,000 square feet of accessible, indoor floor space, and never more than 25 persons in a single enclosed, indoor space. Outdoor gatherings in enclosed, permitted, or leased spaces are limited to 25% of the maximum permitted occupancy of the facility... and never more than 100 persons in a single outdoor space that is enclosed, permitted, or leased.... Street festivals, agricultural festivals, walk-a-thons, road races and bike races, and other outdoor, organized athletic or recreational events that gather large numbers of participants or spectators outdoors are prohibited until further Order.
Enforcement
Civil fine up to $300 per violation under G.L. c. 277, s. 70C; injunction
Notes
Phase I-III enterprises operating under sector rules exempt from the general caps (s. 1); Phase IV enterprises 'shall remain closed'.