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Executive Order No. 150 (2020)

Outdoor dining permitted from June 15, 2020 under conditions; municipal expansion of premises; reopening of non-essential retail premises June 15, 2020 under EO 122 protocols

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-06-03 June 3, 2020
Effective
2020-06-03 (immediately); outdoor dining and retail reopening at 6:00 a.m. Monday, June 15, 2020 (paras. 1 and 8) (read as 2020-06-03)
End
Listed in P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 1(6) to remain in effect until January 1, 2022 (outdoor-premises expansion provisions); six-foot outdoor dining rule rescinded May 28, 2021 (EO 242 para. 4) (read as 2022-01-01)
In force
June 3, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • restaurants, cafeterias, dining establishments, food courts, bars and liquor licensees ("food or beverage establishments")
  • non-essential retail businesses
  • municipalities
  • Department of Health
Functions reached
  • DR dining rooms still closed; outdoor service only
  • SF sales floors reopened at 50 percent with masks (EO 122 para. 1)
  • BA bar service outdoors only, seated, six feet apart
  • CB patrons
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "Effective at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2020, restaurants, cafeterias, dining establishments, and food courts, with or without a liquor license, bars, and all other holders of a liquor license with retail consumption privileges, collectively referred to as 'food or beverage establishments,' are permitted to offer in-person service at outdoor areas, provided that the establishment complies with the following requirements:... b. Limit capacity to a number that ensures all patrons can remain six feet apart from all other patrons at all times... e. Prohibit patrons from entering the indoor premises of the food or beverage establishment, except to walk through such premises when entering or exiting... or to use the restroom". Para. 5: "Municipalities are permitted to use their existing authority to allow food or beverage establishments to expand their footprint to outdoor areas... including but not limited to sidewalks, streets, or parks." Para. 8: "Effective at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2020, the brick-and-mortar premises of non-essential retail businesses that were closed to the public by Executive Order No. 107 (2020) can reopen to the public, provided that such businesses adopt policies that include, at minimum, the requirements that were applied to essential retail businesses in Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 122 (2020)."

Enforcement

Para. 10: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; DOH standards (ED 20-014, NJ-069) incorporated by para. 3

Notes

Restaurants: 86 days of takeout-only (March 16 to June 15, 2020), then outdoor-only until September 4, 2020. Retail: 86 days closed, then 50 percent with mandatory masks.

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