{"id":"IA-064","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Ames, Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Ames City Council","authority":"Iowa Const. art. III, § 38A; Iowa Code § 364.1","instrument":"Ordinance No. 4420 (Ames Municipal Code § 17.37, Face Covering Requirement)","title":"Ordinance requiring every person in Ames three years of age or older to wear a face covering covering the nose and mouth outdoors when six feet cannot be kept and inside any indoor setting where the public is invited","dateIssued":"2020-09-01","effective":"2020-09-04","end":"Repealed or lapsed in 2021 (date not verified; preempted as to property-owner requirements by HF 847 from May 20, 2021)","startDate":"2020-09-04","endDate":"2021-05-20","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["every person in Ames three years of age or older"],"clause":"\u0027Sec. 17.37 FACE COVERING REQUIREMENT:... This ordinance is being adopted pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Authority as stated in Article III, Section 38A of the Iowa Constitution and Iowa Code section 364.1. It is the intent and belief of the Ames City Council that this ordinance does not conflict with provisions of the Governor of Iowa\u0027s Public Health Disaster Emergency Proclamation regarding COVID-19 which is currently in effect. (1) Every person in the City of Ames three (3) years of age or older must wear a face covering that completely covers the person\u0027s nose and mouth under the following circumstances: a. Outside whenever the person cannot stay at least six (6) feet away from others not in the person\u0027s household; b. Inside any indoor setting or establishment where the public is invited in, including, but not limited to: i. Grocery, retail, and hardware stores, gas stations and convenience stores, fitness centers, pharmacies, any other indoor public setting when with persons who do not live in the person\u0027s household... A childcare facility is not considered a public setting... (2) A person is not required to wear a face covering... d. While at a person\u0027s place of employment where at least six (6) feet of physical separation from others can be maintained...\u0027","enforcement":"No fine adopted (the Council removed the penalty after the City Attorney advised a penalty would conflict with State law)","functions":["CB customers masked in Iowa State University\u0027s city","SF/FC/DR premises"],"notes":"Adopted September 1, 2020 during the Story County outbreak that also produced the Governor\u0027s bar closure (IA-023).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cityofames.org/home/showdocument?id=58387","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240717130222/https://www.cityofames.org/home/showdocument?id=58387","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":95007,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-064","citation":"Ames City Council, Ordinance No. 4420 (Ames Municipal Code § 17.37, Face Covering Requirement) (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. IA-064)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["IA-023"]}