{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"North Carolina (Hyde County; Ocracoke Island; Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes)","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Hyde County Board of Commissioners (emergency declaration), implemented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division","authority":"Hyde County emergency declaration of Mar. 18, 2020 (recited: \u0027due to an emergency declaration issued today by Hyde County... visitors will not be allowed access to Ocracoke Island beginning at 5 a.m. Thursday\u0027)","instrument":"NCDOT release, Mar. 18, 2020: visitors not allowed on Ocracoke-bound ferries from 5:00 a.m. Mar. 19, 2020 under the Hyde County emergency declaration; visitor reservations cancelled and refunded; only residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers may board; county law enforcement at terminals to check identification","title":"Hyde County Restricts Visitation to Ocracoke Island Beginning March 19","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-19 5:00 a.m.","end":"Until further notice; visitor restrictions eased in spring 2020 as the State moved to Phase 1 and 2 (Ex. 051 records increased Ocracoke service from May 23, 2020 \u0027as Governor Cooper lifts the stay at home order\u0027); the county\u0027s own lifting date is not documented in this cluster","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-05-23","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TRAV","EMER"],"addressees":["visitors to Ocracoke Island (barred)","residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers (permitted)","ferry reservation holders"],"clause":"Visitors will not be allowed on Ocracoke-bound ferries starting Thursday morning, due to an emergency declaration issued today by Hyde County.... As part of that declaration, visitors will not be allowed access to Ocracoke Island beginning at 5 a.m. Thursday. Visitors with reservations for the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes will have their reservations canceled and will be issued refunds. Only residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers will be allowed to board Ocracoke-bound ferries.... These restrictions will be in place until further notice. Hyde County will have law enforcement at ferry terminals to check passengers\u0027 identifications and enforce restrictions.","enforcement":"County law enforcement identification checks at the ferry terminals; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.20A (Class 2 misdemeanor for violating a local emergency prohibition); NCDOT cancellation of reservations","functions":["TV travel (an island tourism destination closed to visitors by order)","CB customer access (every Ocracoke lodging, restaurant and retail business lost its visitor base by order)","WF workforce (workers admitted on identification)"],"notes":"Force-of-law county order limiting travel, implemented by a State agency at its terminals: the paradigm of an order on the customer base of an entire island\u0027s employers. Similar Outer Banks restrictions (Dare County) are in the North Carolina State and metro files.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":125635,"grade":"primary","character":"binding","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047","citation":"Hyde County Board of Commissioners (emergency declaration), implemented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Mar. 18, 2020: visitors not allowed on Ocracoke-bound ferries from 5:00 a.m. Mar. 19, 2020 under the Hyde County emergency declaration; visitor reservations cancelled and refunded; only residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers may board; county law enforcement at terminals to check identification (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":[]}