The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Town of Durham, New Hampshire · New Hampshire
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Durham Town Charter sec. 3.9 (emergency ordinances, two-thirds vote); RSA 31:39
- Issued
- 2020-08-03 Aug. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-03
- End
- Not verified (renewed or amended in later Council actions; the Oct. 2020 posting adds a downtown map) (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Aug. 3, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- employees of all businesses
- members of the public entering any business, work site or Town building
- restaurant patrons
- pedestrians in the Central Business, Professional Office, Church Hill and Courthouse zoning districts
- Functions reached
- SF retail
- DR/TO restaurants
- EMP employee masking
- CB customers (recital: residents 'will avoid downtown Durham and shop elsewhere' absent a mandate)
- Collection
- New Hampshire NH
Operative words
1. Employees of all businesses shall wear a face covering over their mouth and nose when interacting with the public and whenever they are within six feet of a co-worker or a customer. 2. Members of the public entering or queued to enter, remaining in, or exiting from any business, including without limitation any outdoor area where business of any sort is conducted, work site, or Town of Durham government building... must wear a face covering.... 3. Members of the public entering or queued to enter a restaurant or establishment serving alcoholic beverages for the purpose of picking up food for takeout or any other purpose must wear a face covering.... 4. Members of the public utilizing sidewalks and other public ways within the Central Business, Professional Office, Church Hill, and Courthouse zoning districts... must wear a face covering when coming into contact with others and social/physical distancing of at least six feet is not possible.
Enforcement
Durham Police Department (recitals); ordinance penalty provisions on later pages
Notes
Recitals: approximately 15,000 UNH students returning Aug. 10, 2020; Town Administrator's Administrative Order #7 (May 28, 2020) had requested voluntary face coverings. Scanned;
Retrieval noteThe principal verified municipal instrument for the Seacoast; Durham hosts the University of New Hampshire.