{"id":"MET-AUS-013","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; implements GA-29, GA-31, GA-32 locally","instrument":"Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021","title":"Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for business establishments; twice-weekly test reporting)","dateIssued":"2020-12-15","effective":"2020-12-16 12:01 a.m.","end":"2021-02-16 (stated term \u0027continuing through February 16, 2021\u0027; superseded by Order No. 20210216-026 § 14, Ex. MET-AUS-017)","startDate":"2020-12-16","endDate":"2021-02-16","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","EMP","GATH","HC","CAP","CRT"],"addressees":["all individuals and business establishments","all businesses and commercial entities including office common areas and individual office spaces","operators of venues and events","hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and testing entities"],"clause":"HEREBY ORDER, EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 A.M. ON DECEMBER 16, 2020, AND CONTINUING THROUGH FEBRUARY 16, 2021, 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, unless excepted by this Order or otherwise provided by the Governor\u0027s Executive Orders GA-29, GA-31, GA-32 and any other executive order in effect... SECTION 3.... All persons, including those persons attending a protest or demonstration, MUST wear some form of covering... 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... [Exhibit A] No more than 10 individuals may stand or gather... SECTION 8. Hospital, Pharmacy, and Clinic Data.... shall provide the local Health Authority test results twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays.","enforcement":"§ 10: Austin City Code § 2-6-24; misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, not by confinement; § 5 violations a separate offense each day; individuals warned then fined up to $250 per violation","functions":["EMP business face-covering policies","WF employee face coverings","CB customers; groups over 10 barred","OF offices","SF/DR businesses encouraged to reduce capacity (§ 6)","HC test reporting","CRT City development deadlines extended to March 15, 2021 (§ 7)"],"notes":"The Austin instrument in force on the last day of 2020 Q4 and the first day of 2021 Q1; supersedes Order No. 20200815-019 (August 15, 2020; not in library). Exhibits include the Austin Public Health Risk-Based Guidelines chart (Stage 5: \u0027100% virtual learning\u0027 recommended). Companion: Travis County Order 2020-21 (Ex. MET-AUS-044).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":11167194,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-013","citation":"Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-013)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-017","MET-AUS-010","MET-AUS-044","MET-AUS-014","MET-AUS-016","MET-AUS-012"]}