Ocean City Opens Hotels

Quarantine Restrictions Removed

(May 14, 2020) During a zoom meeting today, the Mayor and City Council of Ocean City met to discuss the re-opening of some businesses which would align not conflict with Governor Hogan’s Order detailed in yesterday’s press conference.  With the lifting of Maryland’s Stay at Home Order, the Mayor decided that these restrictions will change in Ocean City:

• Hotels will open tonight at 5pm (restriction to only essential workers is lifted)
• Those traveling from outside of Ocean City and Maryland no longer need to quarantine for 14 days

The Governor’s office gave interpretive guidance on what the Executive Order’s amendment now allows to open. Here is that list:

1. 1. Animal adoption shelters.
   2. Art galleries.
   3. Bookstores.
   4. Car washes.
   5. Clothing and shoe stores.
   6. Florists.
   7. Furniture stores.
   8. Jewelers.
   9. Lawn and garden stores.
   10. Pawn shops.
   11. Pet groomers.
   12. Sporting goods stores.
   13. Tobacco and vape shops.

Retailers like the above may be open, but at 50% capacity and social distancing and masks are advised. Malls remain closed except for stores with external entrances.  Some stores on the boardwalk and in Ocean City are now open and customers are returning.

Governor Hogan Lifting Stay at Home Order

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