MA H2316

Requires safety appurtenances (bollards, retaining walls, landscape planters, or structural barriers) at municipal on-street angle or perpendicular parking adjacent to commercial buildings with construction costs exceeding $1,000,000

Applies to commercial buildings including offices, retail, institutional/educational facilities, and hotels/motels, requiring barriers to separate parking from sidewalks and prevent vehicles from striking pedestrians or buildings

Creates a 15-member Pedestrian Safety Design Advisory Group to investigate best practices and develop recommendations for bollard and safety barrier regulations, with a report due December 31, 2021

Allows insurers to offer discounts on commercial property insurance for buildings that install compliant safety appurtenances

Requirements apply only to commercial buildings permitted after the effective date of July 1, 2022, with waivers available for unique circumstances that make compliance an unreasonable burden