{"id":"MA-040","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A","instrument":"COVID-19 Order No. 59","title":"Order Temporarily Applying Further Capacity Restrictions to Statewide COVID-19 Safety Rules (Revising Restrictions Otherwise Applicable Pursuant to Orders No. 57 and 58)","dateIssued":"2020-12-22","effective":"2020-12-26 12:01 a.m.","end":"Noon January 10, 2021 by its terms; extended to noon January 24, 2021 (Order No. 60) and to 5:00 a.m. February 8, 2021 (Order No. 62); superseded by Order No. 63 (40 percent)","startDate":"2020-12-26","endDate":"2021-01-10","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CAP","GATH","TELE","CLOSE"],"addressees":["gatherings; restaurants; close contact personal services; indoor and outdoor events; theaters and performance venues; casinos; office spaces; places of worship; retail businesses; driving and flight schools; golf facilities; libraries; operators of lodgings; arcades and recreation; fitness centers and health clubs; museums, cultural and historical facilities, guided tours; sectors not otherwise addressed; common areas"],"clause":"Effective at 12:01 am on December 26, 2020... the State-wide capacity limitations for gatherings and events set in COVID-19 Order No. 57 and any capacity limitations set in Sector-Specific COVID-19 workplace safety rules... are hereby superseded and revised as specified for the sectors listed on the table below. [Gatherings: 10 persons indoors, 25 persons outdoors, applies to both private homes and event venues and public spaces; Restaurants: 25% of seating capacity; Close Contact Personal Services: 25%; Indoor and Outdoor Events: 10 indoors / 25 outdoors; Theaters and Performance Venues: movie theaters 25% and maximum 50 people, outdoor performance venues 25% and maximum 25 people, indoor performance venues remain closed; Casinos: 25%; Office Spaces: 25%; Places of Worship: 25%; Retail Businesses: 25%; Driving and Flight Schools: 25%; Golf Facilities: 25%; Libraries: 25%; Operators of Lodgings: 25%; Arcades and Other Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Businesses: 25%; Fitness Centers and Health Clubs: 25%; Museums / Cultural and Historical Facilities / Guided Tours: 25%; Sectors Not Otherwise Addressed: 25%; Common Areas: 25%.]... Where no licensed or permitted capacity allowance is on record and for any enclosed space within a larger facility, occupancy shall be limited to no more than 5 persons per 1,000 square feet.","enforcement":"Enforceable under Order No. 57 (gatherings) and Order No. 58 s. 2 (enterprises); \u0027Each person over the specified capacity limitation and each individual instance of non-compliance... may be treated as a separate violation\u0027","functions":["OF office spaces cut to 25 percent (telework compelled for the remainder)","SF retail 25 percent","DR restaurants 25 percent of seating","WS worship 25 percent","FC fitness 25 percent","LG lodgings 25 percent","SL personal services 25 percent","GATH 10 indoors / 25 outdoors everywhere","sectors not otherwise addressed 25 percent"],"notes":"The single most important winter instrument for offices, retail and worship: a statewide 25 percent occupancy ceiling from Dec. 26, 2020 to Feb. 8, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-59/download","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201223234447/https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-59/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":320930,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-040","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 59 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. MA-040)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["SEC-03-GM-003","SEC-03-GM-019","SEC-08-GM-008","MA-041","MA-038","MA-039","MA-042","MA-043","MA-037","MA-033","MA-034","MA-035"]}