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Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III postponed; table capacity remains six; pedestrian mall restrictions; local traveler form

Emergency Order - October 2020: Step 2 Reopening Postponed; Table Capacity Remains 6; Pedestrian Mall Area Restrictions; Local Traveler Form Established (October 2, 2020)

Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem · City of Salem, Massachusetts (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Salem, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
Level
City
Authority
310 CMR 11.05; 105 CMR 300.200; G.L. c. 111, ss. 30, 104; Salem Public Health Emergency of March 20, 2020
Issued
2020-10-02 Oct. 2, 2020
Effective
2020-10-02
End
'At least November 5, 2020' (read as 2020-11-05)
In force
Oct. 2, 2020 to Nov. 5, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all Phase III Step 2 businesses in Salem
  • performers on the Essex Street pedestrian mall
  • restaurants and bars
  • hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and short-term rental operators and their guests from high-risk States
Functions reached
  • PE indoor performance venues, arcades, recreation stayed closed
  • DR party size six
  • LG lodging operators (traveler form)
  • PE street performers barred
  • CB Halloween-season visitors
Collection
Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

1. The City of Salem shall remain in Step 1 of Phase III of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts phased reopening plan and the implementation of Step 2 of Phase III of the reopening plan shall be delayed until at least November 5, 2020. 2. Performers, including but not limited to musicians, balloon and face-painting artists and costumed actors, and public orators... shall not be allowed on the Essex Street pedestrian mall and designated side streets... 3. That notwithstanding the September 22, 2020 Guidance, the size of a party seated at a restaurant table or bar in the City of Salem cannot exceed six people.... 4. The City of Salem will issue a local travel order that requires the following, a) All hotels/motels, bed and breakfast and short term rental operators in the city of Salem will notify their guests of this order... b) All visitors to the City of Salem staying in a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or a short term rental from high risk states as designated by the Governor shall complete a local travel form... Violations of this Order may be punishable by monetary municipal fines up to $300.00

Enforcement

Municipal fines up to $300; Board of Health and Salem Police

Notes

Salem's October regime for its largest tourist month.

Retrieval note

Full order text reproduced on the City page (PDF emergency_order_-_october_2020_-_final.pdf linked, not saved).