{"id":"MET-BOS-009","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Boston, Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Licensing Board for the City of Boston","authority":"M.G.L. c. 138 and c. 140 licensing authority; Commonwealth\u0027s restaurant safety standards updated Sept. 22, 2020","instrument":"Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth\u0027s Safety Standards for Restaurants","title":"The Licensing Board for the City of Boston\u0027s Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth\u0027s Safety Standards for Restaurants","dateIssued":"2020-09-23","effective":"2020-09-28","end":"Superseded Mar. 1, 2021 (Ex. 012); party cap of six carried into every later Boston rule","startDate":"2020-09-28","endDate":"2021-03-01","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CAP","ALC","EMP"],"addressees":["all Boston restaurants and licensees"],"clause":"2. The maximum size of any party, including children, will remain at six (6) until further notice from the Board. Public health and public safety are of the utmost importance and due to incoming public health metrics the Board and the City of Boston are not increasing the maximum size of parties at this time regardless of the updates to the safety standards. 3. Bar seating will be permitted only if: a. Any active work areas or working staff behind the bar remain at least six (6) feet away from the edge of the bar; or b. There is a physical barrier such a plexiglass... 4.... No standing or walk-up service at the bar is permitted.","enforcement":"Strict enforcement by the Board and Boston Police; immediate license suspension","functions":["DR party size below State\u0027s ten","BA bar seating conditions","CB patrons"],"notes":"Boston refused the State\u0027s Sept. 22, 2020 increase of party size from six to ten; Cambridge (Ex. 025) and Salem (Ex. 161) did the same.","sourceUrl":"https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2020/09/Board\u0027s%20Advisory%20Re_%20Updates%20to%20Safety%20Standards%20for%20Restaurants_1.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":118227,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-009","citation":"Licensing Board for the City of Boston, Licensing Board Advisory Regarding Updates to the Commonwealth\u0027s Safety Standards for Restaurants (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-009)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}