By Martine Wolfe-Miller, Mount Pleasant Communications Manager
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (March 31, 2020) – Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie today issued a Stay-at-Home
proclamation taking effect in Mount Pleasant on Thursday, April 2, 2020
at 12:01 a.m. until Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 12:01 a.m.
The existing Mount
Pleasant State of Emergency Proclamation, first enacted on March 16, was
also amended to extend to April 15, 2020.
The Stay-at-Home measure states that citizens
must stay in their homes and not congregate in the streets or at establishments
in the Town, unless to work or interact with essential services defined in the
proclamation
Businesses not included on the list of essential
services, but who clearly and convincingly demonstrate that their
operation provides an essential
service and are necessary to the health, safety, and welfare of the
community, can fill out the
Essential Business Review Application. Once submitted and reviewed by the Town,
businesses may be granted an Essential Service Waiver. Until such a waiver is
obtained, business not providing essential services shall abide by the terms
and provisions contained in the Stay-at-Home proclamation.
Click here to view the Stay-at-Home
Proclamation and the definition of essential services. Click here for a listing of Non-Essential Businesses.