{"id":"MET-BAL-080","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Howard County, Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"BAL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Executive Calvin Ball","authority":"Howard County Code §§ 6.103, 6.104(a)(3); Howard County Charter; Md. Code, Pub. Safety tit. 14","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of Emergency","title":"COVID-19 State of Emergency (and closure of specified places of assembly)","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"2020-03-15","end":"Continued by Council Resolution No. 41-2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) while the State emergency remained or until terminated by the County Executive; terminated noon Mar. 15, 2022 (EO 2022-05, MET-BAL-101)","startDate":"2020-03-15","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","CLOSE","EVT"],"addressees":["The Mall in Columbia","The Shops at Savage Mill","AMC Columbia Movie Theater","Regal Theater at Snowden Square","county agencies"],"clause":"THAT A STATE OF EMERGENCY EXISTS IN HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that pursuant to the authority granted by section 6.104(a)(3) of the Howard County Code, to control places of amusement and places of assembly, that the following businesses are hereby closed: (1) The Mall in Columbia and all businesses in the Mall proper, which does not include the restaurants located on Mall property but with entrances outside the Mall; and (2) The Shops at Savage Mill; and (3) AMC Columbia Movie Theater; and (4) Regal Theater at Snowden Square","enforcement":"Howard County Code § 6.104","functions":["ML mall closed","SF mall retail closed","PE cinemas closed","predicate for all Howard orders"],"notes":"The county closed a regional mall and two cinemas by name on Mar. 15, 2020, the day before the Governor\u0027s closure order. The emergency continued through all of 2021 Q3 (MET-BAL-093 recital of Dec. 23, 2021; MET-BAL-101).","sourceUrl":"https://www.howardcountymd.gov/sites/default/files/2021-05/COVID-19%20Executive%20Order.03.15.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":109790,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BAL","url":"/library/MET-BAL-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BAL-080","citation":"County Executive Calvin Ball, Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-080)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MET-BAL-101","MET-BAL-093","MET-BAL-081","MET-BAL-082","MET-BAL-083","MET-BAL-084","MET-BAL-085","MET-BAL-086","MET-BAL-087"]}