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Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services (and construction)

City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Regarding Retail and Personal Care Services

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health, acting through its agent Douglas Kress, Director of Health and Human Services · City of Somerville, Massachusetts (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Somerville, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
Level
City
Authority
310 CMR 11.05 and all other authorizing statutes and regulations; local State of Emergency of March 15, 2020
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-22 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-22)
End
'Until notice is given, pursuant to the Board of Health's judgment that the Public Health Emergency no longer exists'; overtaken by the State's Phase I-II reopening and Somerville's July 3, 2020 order (Ex. 057), Oct. 5, 2020 order (Ex. 056) (read as 2020-07-03)
In force
Mar. 22, 2020 to July 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closure
Addressees
  • all personal and retail services offered to the public in person: hairdressers, barbers, nail salons, massage and spa services, body art, body work, general retail stores
Functions reached
  • SF sales floors closed
  • SL salons, barbers, nails, spa closed
  • CB customers
  • WF workforce
Collection
Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

The Board of Health, acting by and through its agent, pursuant to 310 CMR 11.05 and all other authorizing statutes and regulations, along with the Mayor hereby order that on March 22, 2020 at 12:01 AM all personal and retail services offered to the public in person (as opposed to delivery) are hereby discontinued in order to further encourage social distancing among members of the public. This includes, but is not limited to, the following, hairdressers and barbers, nail salons, massage and spa services, body art, body work, and general retail stores. This order does NOT include childcare services or services provided by a licensed healthcare provider... In addition, this does NOT include stores that sell groceries, hardware stores, liquor stores, bicycle shops, laundromats, dry cleaners or stores that sell essential household goods and cleaning products.

Enforcement

Board of Health order (G.L. c. 111; 310 CMR 11.05)

Notes

Issued one day before the Governor's Order No. 13 and 36 hours before its effective time; the City's orders index titles it 'Order Prohibiting Non-Essential Retail, Personal Care Services, and Construction' and the May 7, 2020 memorandum recites that the Mayor and Board of Health 'issued an order to cease all non-emergency construction in Somerville by March 27th'.

Retrieval note

The construction paragraph is not on the page read; the construction cessation is verified from Ex. 054's recital.