The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Town of Provincetown (Barnstable County), Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
- Level
- City
- Authority
- G.L. c. 111, ss. 95-105 and 122
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-23 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-23)
- End
- Not verified (superseded in practice by the Governor's Order No. 13 regime and the Town's later orders; the Mar. 4, 2021 Joint Order 'incorporates by reference all prior Orders') (read as 2021-03-04)
- In force
- Mar. 23, 2020 to Mar. 4, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all individuals living within the Town
- all businesses with a facility in the Town except Essential Businesses
- all public and private gatherings
- all travel
- Functions reached
- CB customer base ordered home
- SF, DR, LG all non-essential premises closed
- GATH all gatherings
- TV all non-essential travel including public transit
- WF
- Collection
- Boston MET-BOS
Operative words
2. All individuals currently living within the Town of Provincetown ('Town') are ordered to stay at their place of residence.... All businesses with a facility in the Town, except Essential Businesses as defined below in Section 8, are required to cease all activities at facilities located within the Town except Minimum Basic Operations... 3. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a household or living unit are prohibited... 4. All travel, including, but not limited to, travel on foot, bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, public transit, except Essential Travel and Essential Activities as defined below in Section 8, is prohibited.... Violation of or failure to comply with this Order is punishable by a fine of up to One Hundred Dollars per offense, and up to One Thousand Dollars for a third offense of this Order, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 111, Section 122.
Enforcement
Fine up to $100 per offense, up to $1,000 for a third offense (G.L. c. 111, s. 122)
Notes
A true local stay-at-home order in the Bay Area form, issued the same day as the State's essential-services order; recites the age and health of the Town's population.