Determine if a Boston ISD scaffold permit exemption applies to your suspended scaffold
domain: construction-safety.boston-isd · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm the parent construction/alteration/demolition project already holds a valid ISD permit.
Verify the site is closed to the public and enclosed by fencing, with scaffold work confined to the site or protected by sidewalk sheds/roof protection -- this combination exempts a suspended scaffold from a separate permit.
Separately, confirm whether a single-tier, nonadjustable suspended scaffold with a platform of 40 square feet or less qualifies for its own exemption.
If the project is not exempt, file for the required scaffold permit through Boston ISD.
Confirm whether the Safe Construction and Demolition Operations Ordinance's Site Safety Plan Affidavit requirement applies to the job.
Call ISD or 311 to confirm current exemption interpretation for edge cases.
Known gotchas
The permit-exemption criteria are conjunctive (site enclosure AND active permit AND confinement) -- missing any one element means the exemption doesn't apply.
Confirm current thresholds directly with ISD since exemption criteria can be revised by rule change.
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