{"id":"CT-077","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ned Lamont","authority":"Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; sections 8-3b and zoning statutes modified","instrument":"Executive Order No. 7MM","title":"Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Expedited Zoning and Permitting for Outdoor Dining and Outdoor Activities","dateIssued":"2020-05-12","effective":"2020-05-12","end":"Extended through Nov. 12, 2020 (7OOO s.1), Feb. 9, 2021 (9K s.6) and for the duration (7ZZ s.11); codified for a year by 2021 legislation (per CT-044 recital)","startDate":"2020-05-12","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","CLOSE"],"addressees":["municipal zoning commissions and officials","restaurants and retailers seeking outdoor operations"],"clause":"In order to prevent the potential transmission of COVID-19 in commercial establishments while allowing commercial establishments to operate in a manner that promotes social distancing and complies with my executive orders... Section 8-3b of the Connecticut General Statutes is suspended and modified to provide that, if a zoning administrator, chairperson of the zoning commission or planning and zoning commission, or chief elected official has made a finding that a proposal is necessary to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including but not limited to making changes to permit the Outdoor Activities described herein","enforcement":"Municipal zoning administration","functions":["DR outdoor dining (the compelled substitute for closed indoor dining)","SF sidewalk retail","PM/CM commercial landlords"],"notes":"Evidence of the compelled modification of restaurant and retail operations to outdoor formats.","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/office-of-the-governor/executive-orders/lamont-executive-orders/executive-order-no-7mm.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":240934,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CT","url":"/library/CT-077","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CT-077","citation":"Governor Ned Lamont, Executive Order No. 7MM (May 12, 2020) (Ex. CT-077)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["CT-044","CT-017","CT-019","CT-068","CT-016","CT-015","CT-020","CT-013","CT-010","CT-009","CT-008","CT-006"]}