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Ex. SEC-06-016 Order Primary source read

Tenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat

Tenth Modification (commercial lodging closed to leisure guests; short-term rentals; retail restrictions)

Governor John C. Carney · Delaware (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware
Level
State
Authority
20 Del. C. 3115-3116, 3125-3126, 3127; 16 Del. C. 505
Issued
2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-04-07 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. (read as 2020-04-07)
End
Curbside permitted for listed categories May 8, 2020 (DE-019); struck by the Twentieth Modification effective 8:00 a.m. June 1, 2020 (DE-024), which set hotel common areas at 30 percent (read as 2020-05-08)
In force
Apr. 7, 2020 to May 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersEvents and venues
Addressees
  • Commercial Lodging (hotels, motels, inns, short-term accommodations, vacation homes, condo rentals, Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway)
  • non-essential businesses
Functions reached
  • LG closed to leisure guests
  • FB take-out only
  • AM fitness centers, pools, spas closed
  • MC conference rooms and meeting facilities closed
  • GS
  • CB
Collection
Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06

Operative words

a. Commercial Lodging is hereby closed to leisure guests from the date of this Order until after May 15, 2020, or the public health threat of COVID-19 has been eliminated, whichever is later. As used herein, Commercial Lodging shall include hotels, motels, inns, short-term accommodations, vacation homes, or condo rentals (such as Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway or any other vacation or overnight accommodation rental), and other lodgings providing overnight accommodation. Commercial Lodging may only take reservations from Essential Guests.

Enforcement

20 Del. C. 3125 (misdemeanor); 16 Del. C. 505

Notes

Essential Guests limited to health-care, emergency and essential workers, displaced persons, caregivers, lodging staff, residents and journalists.

Retrieval note

Same instrument as DE-013.