{"id":"NJ-047","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order No. 239 (2021)","title":"Percentage capacity limits removed for food and beverage, retail, personal care, health clubs, recreation and casinos (six-foot spacing retained); indoor social gatherings 50; indoor commercial gatherings, catered events and theaters 250; religious services without percentage cap; outdoor gathering numerical limit removed; large indoor venues 30 percent; interstate indoor youth sports resume","dateIssued":"2021-05-12","effective":"2021-05-19 at 6:00 a.m.","end":"Six-foot spacing and indoor-gathering distancing rescinded May 28, 2021 (EO 242 paras. 4-6); indoor gathering numerical limits rescinded June 4, 2021 (EO 242 para. 16)","startDate":"2021-05-19","endDate":"2021-05-28","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","GATH","MASK","EVT","ALC"],"addressees":["food or beverage establishments","retail, personal care, health clubs, recreation, casinos","every gathering","commercial gatherings including trade expositions and conferences","entertainment centers"],"clause":"Para. 1: food or beverage establishments \u0022are not subject to any percentage-based capacity limit but shall limit capacity to a number that ensures all patrons can remain six feet apart from all other patrons at all times, except for those patrons with whom they are sharing a table\u0022. Para. 2: retail, personal care, health clubs, recreation and casinos \u0022are not subject to any percentage-based capacity limit but shall limit occupancy to a number that ensures that all patrons or groups of patrons entering the facility together can remain six feet apart\u0022. Para. 3: indoor social gatherings \u0022limited to 50 persons per room\u0022. Para. 5: \u0022The number of individuals at any commercial gathering and other gatherings hosted in a public space by an operating entity, including, but not limited to, trade expositions, conferences, and events hosted by senior centers, shall not exceed 250 persons per room\u0022. Para. 9: indoor gatherings require face coverings and six feet of distance. Para. 12: outdoor numerical limit rescinded; attendees \u0022required to be six feet apart\u0022.","enforcement":"Para. 21: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50","functions":["SF/DR/SL/FC/AM capacity governed by six-foot spacing rather than percentages","EV/MK trade shows and conferences capped at 250 per room","BQ catered events 250","PE theaters 250","WS worship distanced"],"notes":"The \u0022second phase\u0022 of easing: percentages gone, six-foot spacing kept; a 250-person cap on trade shows and conferences remained until June 4, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-239.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":147361,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-047","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 239 (2021) (May 12, 2021) (Ex. NJ-047)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-018","AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-022","SEC-06-027","NJ-049","NJ-048","NJ-050","NJ-046","NJ-051","NJ-052","NJ-061","NJ-045","NJ-044"]}