Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (the 'October 2, 2020 Mask Order')

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Cambridge, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts

Level

City

Authority

G.L. c. 111, ss. 30, 95-105, 122; 310 CMR 11.05; 105 CMR 300.200

Issued

2020-10-02 Oct. 2, 2020

Effective

2020-10-02

End

Indoor requirements carried forward by the Apr. 29, 2021 order (Ex. 034); rescinded May 29, 2021 (Ex. 039 recital) (read as 2021-04-29)

In force

Oct. 2, 2020 to Apr. 29, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules

Addressees

• each person in Public Areas
• any person, including employees, entering any Place of Business: grocery stores, pharmacies, laundromats, restaurants, cafes, local government buildings, commercial office buildings, retail buildings such as indoor malls, industrial buildings, corridors, stairways, elevators, indoor construction sites, repair garages, equipment or vehicle storage yards and garage bays

Functions reached

• SF
• DR
• OF
• PF
• JS
• SV
• WF
• CB

Collection

Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

1.... Each person shall wear a mask or cloth face covering which covers both the mouth and nose at all times when in Public Areas, except that: a) masks or cloth face coverings may be temporarily removed while eating or drinking while seated in outdoor seating areas so long as a distance of at least 6 feet is maintained at all times; and b) masks or cloth face coverings may be removed while swimming in a public pool... (para. 2, Places of Business, as carried into Ex. 034: 'Any person, including employees of businesses, entering any business open to the public... shall wear a mask or a cloth face covering which covers both the mouth and nose prior to entering such Place of Business')

Enforcement

Notes