{"id":"MET-AUS-010","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Austin, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Steve Adler","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418; Declaration of Local Disaster of March 6, 2020 ratified by City Council Resolution No. 20200312-074; enforces GA-28 (as amended July 2, 2020) and GA-29 locally","instrument":"Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20200702-017","title":"Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for all business establishments; gatherings over 10 prohibited; test-result reporting)","dateIssued":"2020-07-02","effective":"2020-07-03 12:01 p.m.","end":"2020-08-15 (stated term \u0027continuing through August 15, 2020\u0027; succeeded by Order No. 20200815-019, recited in Ex. MET-AUS-013 § 14, not in library)","startDate":"2020-07-03","endDate":"2020-08-15","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP","GATH","HC","CAP","CRT"],"addressees":["all individuals","all business establishments","all businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities (including condominium and multi-family residential, office common areas, and individual office spaces)","operators of venues or events open to the public","hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and any entity performing or obtaining COVID-19 testing"],"clause":"HEREBY ORDER, EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 P.M. ON JULY 3, 2020, AND CONTINUING THROUGH AUGUST 15, 2020, THAT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN: SECTION 1. All individuals and business establishments are ORDERED to practice the social distancing, hygiene, and face covering behaviors set forth in Sections 2 through 5 and Exhibits A and C... SECTION 3. Individual Face Covering Behaviors... All persons MUST wear some form of covering that fits snugly over their nose and mouth... SECTION 5. Mandatory Face Covering Policies for Business Establishments (both Publicly Accessible and Accessible Only to Employees). All businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities (including without limitation condominium and multi-family residential, office common areas, and individual office spaces), and the operators of any venues or events open to the public, are ORDERED to implement and maintain in force and effect during the term of this Order a health and safety policy or plan related to preventing transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The health and safety policy or plan must, at a minimum, require that all employees, customers, and visitors over the age of ten (though the recommended age is six) wear face coverings over their nose and mouth... while in any part of the business\u0027s or venue\u0027s premises or facility, and must require of and enforce this health and safety policy or plan as to all who enter upon or into the premises or facility.... All business establishments and venues subject to this Order must post conspicuous signage... Business employers shall require all employees to comply with the Face Covering Behaviors in this Section while present on the business premises or conducting the employer\u0027s business outside the employee\u0027s residence.... SECTION 8. Hospital, Pharmacy, and Clinic Data. Hospitals, Pharmacies, and Clinics, or any other entity or person performing or obtaining testing for COVID-19, shall daily provide the City of Austin/Travis County Health Authority... COVID-19 test results...","enforcement":"§ 10 Criminal Offense: violation of Austin City Code § 2-6-24; peace officers, Code inspectors and the Fire Marshal authorized to enforce this Order and GA-28 and GA-29; misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 but not by confinement; \u0027With respect to Section 5, each day or a portion of each day during which the violation occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense\u0027; an individual violating the face-covering provisions receives a warning, then a fine not to exceed $250 per violation","functions":["EMP written face-covering policy required of every business, office and venue","WF all employees must wear face coverings on premises and when conducting the employer\u0027s business away from home","CB customers and visitors must wear face coverings; groups over 10 barred (Exhibit A)","OF office common areas and individual office spaces covered","SF/DR reopened businesses \u0027strongly encouraged\u0027 to operate below permitted capacity during Stage 4 (§ 6)","HC daily test-result reporting","CRT City development deadlines extended to September 15, 2020 (§ 7)"],"notes":"The Austin instrument in force on the first day of 2020 Q3 (from 12:01 p.m. July 3) and through August 15, 2020; Exhibit A (Health Authority requirements) bars social gatherings over 10 and sets construction-site rules; Exhibit B sample business policy and signage. Supersedes Orders 20200615-013, 20200617-014, 20200622-015 and 20200626-016.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6458785,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-010","citation":"Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20200702-017 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-010)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-013","MET-AUS-007","MET-AUS-008","MET-AUS-009","SEC-12-GM-018","SEC-23-GM-017","MET-AUS-006","MET-AUS-005","MET-AUS-004","MET-AUS-012"]}