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Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020)

Supplemental Emergency Order, March 30, 2020

Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health) · Town and County of Nantucket, Massachusetts (City)

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Jurisdiction
Town and County of Nantucket, Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
Level
City
Authority
G.L. c. 111; local emergency powers; construction and street-opening permit authority
Issued
2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-03-30 (Emergency Order No. 1 effective Mar. 20, 2020; No. 3 Mar. 22, 2020) (read as 2020-03-30)
End
Construction and landscaping resumed under Emergency Order No. 6 (Back-to-Work Program for Landscaping, Phase I) and later orders in May 2020 (dates not verified) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all construction and commercial landscaping work on Nantucket
  • all residents
Functions reached
  • JS construction sites suspended
  • LS commercial landscaping suspended
  • TV worker travel by ferry
  • CB residents at home
Collection
Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

WHEREAS, effective Friday, March 20, 2020 the Town of Nantucket issued an Emergency Order temporarily suspending all regular activity at construction sites on Nantucket, including but not limited-to all work authorized by building permits and street opening permits (Emergency Order No. 1). WHEREAS, the Town of Nantucket issued an Emergency Stay-at-Home Order on March 22, 2020... (Emergency Order No. 3).... WHEREAS, on March 29, 2020, officials from the Town of Nantucket participated in a telephone conference with the Governor's Legal Counsel, Legislative Director and Chief Secretary, who affirmed that local governments retain the authority to enact regulations that are more stringent than the Governor's orders, to regulate activities within their jurisdictions based on their individual circumstances. WHEREAS, we wish to re-affirm... that all non-emergency construction work and all commercial landscaping work is prohibited until the expiration of the applicable orders or they are sooner rescinded.

Enforcement

Permit suspension; Board of Health authority

Notes

The key preemption exhibit: records the Governor's counsel's affirmation of local authority to be stricter than the State (Mar. 24 and Mar. 29, 2020).