{"id":"MET-ATL-023","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"DeKalb County, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Executive Officer Michael L. Thurmond","authority":"DeKalb County Organizational Act § 13(a), (h); O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28","instrument":"Executive Order No. 20-002","title":"Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency in DeKalb County and Ordering That All Individuals Living in DeKalb County Are Directed to Stay at Their Place of Residence Unless Engaging in Essential Activities, Essential Government Functions or to Operate or Work For or Access Essential Businesses","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-28 9:00 p.m.","end":"Enforcement of conflicting local orders suspended by Kemp EO 04.02.20.01 effective Apr. 3, 2020 6:00 p.m.; statewide shelter-in-place Apr. 3-30, 2020; transition by EO 20-003 effective Apr. 24, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-28","endDate":"2020-04-03","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","GATH","CLOSE","TRAV"],"addressees":["all individuals living in DeKalb County","all businesses with a facility in DeKalb County","medically fragile persons"],"clause":"all individuals living in DeKalb County are directed to stay at their place of residence unless engaging in essential activities, essential government functions or to operate or work for or access essential businesses (title)... 8.... I am strongly encouraging all businesses with a facility in DeKalb County, except Essential Businesses as defined herein, to cease all except Minimum Basic Operations, as defined herein; 9. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited, except for the limited purposes as expressly permitted herein... This Order will be effective on March 28, 2020 at 9:00 pm","enforcement":"Paragraph 15: DeKalb County Police and other departments \u0027authorized to support compliance with this Order through information [and education]\u0027 (county recites that it lacks personnel to police distancing); O.C.G.A. § 38-3-7","functions":["CB customer base confined to residence (760,000 residents)","GATH all gatherings outside a household","SF non-essential facilities (cease all but Minimum Basic Operations, by direction)","WF"],"notes":"Incorporates EO 20-001\u0027s restrictions by reference (no dine-in, hours, occupancy 10). Cities in DeKalb (Decatur, Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Chamblee, Doraville, Clarkston, Stone Mountain, Tucker, Avondale Estates, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Stonecrest) issued their own emergency orders (recited in EO 20-001 ¶ 7).","sourceUrl":"https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/sites/default/files/users/user715/Stay%20at%20Home%20Order%20FINAL.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200329003335id_/https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/sites/default/files/users/user715/Stay%20at%20Home%20Order%20FINAL.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":266756,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-023","citation":"Chief Executive Officer Michael L. Thurmond, Executive Order No. 20-002 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-023)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-022","MET-ATL-045"]}