{"id":"IA-067","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Iowa City, Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Bruce Teague","authority":"Iowa Const. art. III, § 38A; Iowa Code ch. 364, § 372.14(2); Proclamation of Civil Emergency of August 19, 2021","instrument":"Mayor\u0027s Order requiring face coverings (with Proclamation of Civil Emergency)","title":"Order requiring every person in Iowa City to wear a face covering covering the nose and mouth in every public place, including grocery, hardware and retail stores, restaurants and bars, public school buildings, government buildings, University of Iowa academic buildings and business offices, houses of worship, movie theaters, public transportation and outdoors when six feet cannot be kept","dateIssued":"2021-08-19","effective":"11:59 p.m. August 19, 2021","end":"September 30, 2021 \u0027unless otherwise extended\u0027 (extended into Q4 2021; end date not verified)","startDate":"2021-08-19","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMER"],"addressees":["every person in Iowa City","businesses, schools, government offices, the University of Iowa, houses of worship, theaters"],"clause":"City release of August 19, 2021: \u0027Mayor Bruce Teague has issued an order that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of the Delta variant, every person in the City of Iowa City must wear a face covering when in a public space. The order will take effect at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. The order will expire on Sept. 30, 2021, unless otherwise extended. Every person in the City of Iowa City must wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth when in a public place as follows: In public, as opposed to being in one\u0027s place of residence, when one cannot stay six (6) feet away from others; Inside any indoor public settings, for example, but not limited to: Grocery stores, Pharmacies, Hardware stores, Retail stores, Restaurants and bars, Public school buildings, Government buildings, University of Iowa academic buildings and business offices, Houses of worship, Movie theaters; Outside, if keeping six feet away from others is not possible; Using public transportation or private car service (including taxis, ride share, or carpooling).... The order states that Chapter 364 of the Iowa Code reaffirms the constitutional grant of home rule authority to municipalities \u0022to exercise any power and perform any function it deems appropriate to protect and preserve the rights, privileges and property of the city or its residents, and improve the peace, safety, health, welfare and convenience of its residents.\u0022 The Mayor has also issued a proclamation of Civil Emergency due to the growing risk of the Delta variant.\u0027","enforcement":"Simple misdemeanor under Iowa City Code § 8-1-2 per the 2020 order\u0027s model (the 2021 order\u0027s penalty clause not read; the Governor\u0027s office called the order unlawful under HF 847 but no enforcement action was taken)","functions":["CB customers masked in every business, venue, church and theater in Iowa City July 1-September 30, 2021 (from August 19)","SF/DR/BA/PE/WS premises","OF University and government offices","WF"],"notes":"The only Iowa municipal mask order of general application in force during Q3 2021; it exploited HF 847\u0027s limitation to rules on \u0027the owner of real property\u0027 by imposing the duty on persons (Bleeding Heartland, Aug. 20, 2021). The University of Iowa and the Iowa City Community School District stated they could not require masks under State law.","sourceUrl":"https://www.icgov.org/news/mayor-issues-face-covering-order-city-iowa-city","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210827014623/https://www.icgov.org/news/mayor-issues-face-covering-order-city-iowa-city","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":135348,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-067","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-067","citation":"Mayor Bruce Teague, Mayor\u0027s Order requiring face coverings (with Proclamation of Civil Emergency) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. IA-067)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["IA-046","IA-056"]}