O-20-044
ORDINANCE
RELATIVE TO A BAN ON CERTAIN INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR CERTAIN
BUSINESSES STARTING AT 9:30 PM
CITY OF NASHUA
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty
WHEREAS, there is currently a state of emergency in the State of New Hampshire due
to the outbreak of the 2019 novel Coronavirus ("COVID-19");
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was characterized as a
pandemic by the World Health Organization;
WHEREAS, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") have
advised that COVID-19 is spread mainly by person-to-person contact and that the best means of
slowing the spread of the virus is through practicing social distancing and by minimizing
personal contact with large groups and with environments where this potentially deadly virus
may be transmitted including, in particular, spaces that present enhanced risks because of large
number of persons present or passing through who may spread the virus through respiratory
activity or surface contacts;
WHEREAS, as the City has seen a recent increase in cases, further intervention is
warranted to moderate case growth; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Health held meetings to discuss the adoption of a “curfew” for
the City of Nashua to slow the spread of coronavirus disease in the community during high risk
activities that promote the spread of the virus.
Now therefore, the City of Nashua ordains that the following regulation unanimously
adopted by the Nashua Board of Health is hereby approved:
Effective at 12:01 AM on the day following passage of this legislation, in the City of
Nashua no indoor activities may take place after 9:30 PM at any establishment where masks
cannot be worn the entire time on site, specifically at bars, restaurants, and night clubs where
eating or drinking occurs where masks have to be removed.
