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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047 Order Primary source read

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

Hyde County Restricts Visitation to Ocracoke Island Beginning March 19

Hyde County Board of Commissioners (emergency declaration), implemented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division · North Carolina (Hyde County; Ocracoke Island; Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes) (County)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina (Hyde County; Ocracoke Island; Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes) · North Carolina
Level
County
Authority
Hyde County emergency declaration of Mar. 18, 2020 (recited: 'due to an emergency declaration issued today by Hyde County... visitors will not be allowed access to Ocracoke Island beginning at 5 a.m. Thursday')
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 5:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-19)
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 'as Governor Cooper lifts the stay at home order'); the county's own lifting date is not documented in this cluster (read as 2020-05-23)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to May 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • visitors to Ocracoke Island (barred)
  • residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers (permitted)
  • ferry reservation holders
Functions reached
  • 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)
Character
binding
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

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' 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

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's employers. Similar Outer Banks restrictions (Dare County) are in the North Carolina State and metro files.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Apr. 28, 2020) of ncdot.gov/news/press-rele... (banner URL truncated); NCDOT release 'Published Date: 3/18/2020'. The county declaration itself was not read; the State agency's implementing release is the primary text read, and the grade is primary as to NCDOT's instrument and secondary as to the county declaration's terms.

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