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Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order, Amendment No. 2 of June 22, 2020

City of Cambridge Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order, Amendment No. 2 of June 22, 2020

Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.), Commissioner of Inspectional Services, Commissioner of Public Works · City of Cambridge, Massachusetts (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Cambridge, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
Level
City
Authority
Cambridge state of emergency (Mar. 19, 2020); public health and permitting authority; MA Sector Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Construction Sites (May 18, 2020)
Issued
2020-06-22 June 22, 2020
Effective
2020-06-22
End
'Until further notice'; rescinded with the City's reopening orders (May-June 2021; exact rescission not verified) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
June 22, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all construction activity on both public and private property regulated or permitted by the Commissioner of Inspectional Services or the Commissioner of Public Works
  • owners and contractors
Functions reached
  • JS job sites (COVID-19 Control Plan required)
  • SB subcontractors
  • OW owners
  • HR site personnel restrictions
Collection
Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and the Cambridge City Manager, issued the City of Cambridge Temporary Emergency Construction Moratorium Order of March 18, 2020 (the 'Moratorium Order'), that instituted a construction moratorium on all non-essential or non-exempt construction activity... NOW THEREFORE, the Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and the City Manager hereby amend and supersede the Moratorium Order... and the City of Cambridge Amended Temporary Emergency Construction Order Amendment No. 1 of May 20, 2020... 1. This Amended Emergency Order applies to all construction activity on both public and private property.... iii. No non-essential personnel may be present at the work site.... 6.... may require the Owner and/or Contractor to safely secure the site and pause construction activities on such site until a corrective action plan is prepared, submitted and approved... This Emergency Order shall remain in effect until further notice.

Enforcement

Warnings; pause of construction until a corrective action plan is approved; all remedies at law and equity

Notes

Documents the Cambridge construction moratorium of March 18 to May 20, 2020 and the conditions on every Cambridge site thereafter.

Retrieval note

City file name says 052020; the text is Amendment No. 2 of June 22, 2020.

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