{"id":"MET-ATL-005","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Atlanta, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms","authority":"City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances §§ 2-181(a), 2-181(b), 2-182 (mayoral emergency powers; 72-hour limit absent Council ratification)","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-07","title":"Declaring an emergency within the City of Atlanta; temporary prohibition on large public assemblages, events or gatherings of more than fifty persons","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 (filed with the Municipal Clerk 6:44 p.m.); supersedes the March 15, 2020 declaration limiting gatherings to 250","end":"2020-03-31 (by its terms); superseded by EO 2020-21 (Mar. 23, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["the public","event organizers","venues"],"clause":"declaring there to be an emergency in existence within the jurisdictional limits of the City of Atlanta... [and imposing a] temporary prohibition on large public assemblages, events or gatherings of more than fifty (50) people within the City of Atlanta through March 31, 2020 (title, as read from the filed order)","enforcement":"Code § 2-181(b): mayor may impose a curfew, close businesses and close city buildings and facilities during the emergency","functions":["GATH events, conventions, worship and sports gatherings over 50","CB customer base (venues, hotels, restaurants serving events)","MK marketing events and trade shows"],"notes":"Georgia World Congress Center, State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium events fell under the 50-person cap; the March 15 declaration (250) was tightened the next day.","sourceUrl":"https://www.atlantaga.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=45470","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200326190544id_/https://www.atlantaga.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=45470","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":498861,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-005","citation":"Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-005)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["SEC-03-GM-001","SEC-03-GM-013","SEC-03-GM-014","SEC-04-GM-018","SEC-06-GM-007","SEC-06-GM-030","SEC-06-GM-045","SEC-17-GM-043","SEC-22-GM-049","MET-ATL-006","MET-ATL-048","MET-ATL-049"]}