{"id":"MET-ATL-016","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Savannah, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Van R. Johnson II","authority":"O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28(a), (c); City Code § 3-3015","instrument":"Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of Savannah During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (July 26, 2021)","title":"Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of Savannah","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"2021-07-26 8:00 a.m.","end":"2021-08-25 11:59 p.m.; replaced by Emergency Order 29 of Aug. 24, 2021 (Ex. MET-ATL-017)","startDate":"2021-07-26","endDate":"2021-08-25","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP","SCH","HC"],"addressees":["all persons entering City-owned or occupied buildings, early childhood, elementary and secondary institutions, hospitals, and passengers on federally regulated transportation","all persons on guided-tour vehicles","commercial establishments (strongly advised)","restaurants, retail, salons, grocery, pharmacies (employee masking strongly encouraged)"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that masks or facial coverings shall be required when indoors with people who are not members of a given person\u0027s immediate household within the City, vaccination status notwithstanding... as follows: 1. All persons entering a building owned or occupied by the City of Savannah; early childhood, elementary, and secondary institutions; hospitals, and while a passenger on any federally regulated transportation. 2. All persons entering any commercial establishment in the City are strongly advised to wear a face covering... 3. All persons occupying vehicles on guided tours. \u0027Vehicle\u0027 includes cars, trolleys, buses, bicycles, quadricycles, scooters, low speed vehicles, boats, and pedicabs.... civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00... 8. This Order is effective as of 8:00 a.m. on July 26, 2021 and shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on August 25, 2021.","enforcement":"Civil infraction, fine up to $50 (tour vehicles); City Code § 3-3015","functions":["TV tourism (masks on every tour vehicle)","SCH schools (masks in all early childhood, elementary and secondary institutions)","HC hospitals","CRT City buildings","SF (strongly advised)"],"notes":"Q3 2021 instrument. Recites Chatham County incidence \u0027in excess of 100 per 100,000\u0027 over 14 days and O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28(c) (\u0027uniform principle that masks or face coverings will slow the spread\u0027). Savannah Morning News, July 26, 2021: \u0027After downgrading Savannah\u0027s mask mandate to an advisory in May, the city is requiring them once more.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.savannahga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/21722/20210726_Emergency-Order-Requiring-That-Face-Coverings-or-Masks-be-Worn-in-Savannah_Mayor-Van-R-Johnson-II","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":185545,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-016","citation":"Mayor Van R. Johnson II, Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of Savannah During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (July 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-ATL-016)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-017"]}