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Executive Order No. 142 (2020)

Resumption of non-essential construction under mandatory site protocols; curbside pickup at non-essential retail; drive-in gatherings

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-05-13 May 13, 2020
Effective
Paras. 4-8 (car gatherings) immediately; paras. 1-3 (construction) and 9 (curbside retail) at 6:00 a.m. Monday, May 18, 2020 (para. 14) (read as 2020-05-18)
End
Curbside-only retail superseded by full reopening 6:00 a.m. June 15, 2020 (EO 150 para. 8); construction protocols continued (glove rules ended Aug. 27, 2020, EO 181) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
May 18, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses engaged in construction projects
  • non-essential retail businesses
  • organizers of gatherings
Functions reached
  • JS job sites reopened under ten-person meeting caps, distancing, masks and staggered shifts
  • CU curbside-only retail (sales floors still closed)
  • ML malls closed
  • GATH ten-person limit outside vehicles
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "The physical operations of all construction projects that were not designated as essential in Executive Order No. 122 (2020) are permitted to resume, subject to the conditions in paragraph 2 of this Order." Para. 2: "All businesses engaged in construction projects in the State... must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Prohibit non-essential visitors from entering the worksite;... c. Limit worksite meetings, inductions, and workgroups to groups of fewer than 10 individuals; d. Require individuals to maintain six feet or more distance between them wherever possible; e. Stagger work start and stop times... h. Require workers and visitors to wear cloth face coverings... m. When the worksite is an occupied residence, require workers to sanitize work areas and keep a distance of at least six feet from the occupants". Para. 9: "Non-essential retail businesses are permitted to reopen to the public, but only where they adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Customers shall not be permitted to enter the brick-and-mortar premises, but shall be permitted to pick up goods outside of the establishment that they have already ordered ('curbside pickup'); b. In-store operations shall be limited, wherever feasible, to those employees who are responsible for the operations required for curbside pickup"... 9(f): "The indoor portions of shopping malls shall remain closed to the public". Para. 8: gatherings of more than 10 persons (other than compliant car gatherings) remain in violation of EO 107.

Enforcement

Para. 13: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; para. 12: no municipal or county conflicting orders

Notes

Construction resumed May 18, 2020 under conditions that changed how every trade worked; retail moved from closed to curbside-only for four weeks.

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