{"id":"MET-ATL-018","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Fulton County, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Fulton County Board of Health","authority":"O.C.G.A. §§ 31-3-4, 31-3-6; Ga. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. 511-9-1-.03, 511-9-1-.04 (District Health Director\u0027s power to close facilities and order control measures)","instrument":"Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human Contact","title":"Board of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited to fewer than ten persons","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24 (effective upon adoption; posted Mar. 31, 2020)","end":"Superseded by the Governor\u0027s statewide orders from Apr. 3, 2020 (Kemp EO 04.02.20.01 suspended conflicting local orders); dine-in reopened statewide Apr. 27, 2020 (Kemp EO 04.23.20.02)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-03","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","CLOSE","GATH","CAP"],"addressees":["all dine-in restaurants in Fulton County","all non-essential businesses requiring direct human contact","the public"],"clause":"the Board of Health hereby directs the District Health Director to command that all dine-in restaurants throughout Fulton County be closed, provided that they may conduct drive-through, delivery, and/or pick-up services as long as the manner in which such services are provided allows for both staff and customers to maintain a safe social distance of six (6) feet between all persons; and... directs the District Health Director to command the limitation of all gatherings to fewer than ten (10) people, and to restrict to fewer than ten (10) people all non-essential businesses or their business activities throughout Fulton County that require direct human contact","enforcement":"Ga. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. 511-9-1-.03 (closure of facilities posing a danger to public health); O.C.G.A. § 31-3-4","functions":["DR dining rooms (all of Fulton County, 15 cities)","GATH gatherings under 10","SL personal services and other direct-contact businesses (under 10)","CB"],"notes":"Countywide (Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Milton, South Fulton, East Point, College Park, Union City, Fairburn, Palmetto, Hapeville, Chattahoochee Hills, Mountain Park). Recites the Board of Commissioners\u0027 March 18, 2020 emergency (Item 20-0237). Passed and adopted March 24, 2020; file posted March 31.","sourceUrl":"https://fultoncountyboh.org/boh/media/attachments/2020/03/31/03.31.20-resolution-re-covid-19.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200919190736id_/https://fultoncountyboh.org/boh/media/attachments/2020/03/31/03.31.20-resolution-re-covid-19.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":263621,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-018","citation":"Fulton County Board of Health, Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human Contact (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-018)","stateName":"Georgia","related":[]}