{"id":"MET-CMH-050","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Columbus, Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"CMH","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Council of the City of Columbus (signed by Mayor Ginther Sept. 14, 2021)","authority":"Columbus City Charter; Columbus City Codes; Columbus City Health Code § 203.08","instrument":"Ordinance 2388-2021","title":"To require the wearing of face coverings in indoor public spaces in the City of Columbus to reduce and prevent the spread of COVID-19; to allow for enforcement and assessment of a civil penalty for a violation of said mandate; and to declare an emergency","dateIssued":"2021-09-13","effective":"2021-09-14 8:00 a.m.","end":"2022-03-07 (repealed by Ord. 0683-2022, passed Mar. 7, 2022 and signed the same evening)","startDate":"2021-09-14","endDate":"2022-03-07","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["all individuals within the City","all places of business (grocery, retail, pharmacies, health care facilities, restaurants and bars, banquet and catering, personal care and grooming, child care and camps, hotels and motels, gyms)","public or private transportation regulated by the City"],"clause":"SECTION 5. All individuals within the City of Columbus shall wear a face covering over the individual\u0027s nose and mouth in indoor areas accessible to the public and within the confines of public or private transportation regulated by the City of Columbus, unless otherwise exempted... SECTION 9. Citations to places of business under this Ordinance shall be written only to those places of business that recklessly fail to enforce the requirements of this Ordinance. Places of business are entitled to rely on their customers\u0027 or patrons\u0027 statements about whether or not they are exempted... SECTION 13. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and upon signature by the Mayor shall take full force and effect at 8:00am on Tuesday September 14, 2021. This Ordinance shall remain in effect so long as the Mayoral proclamation of emergency issued September 10, 2021 remains in effect or until further act of Council.","enforcement":"Columbus Public Health investigates and enforces (§ 8); civil citations and a schedule of civil penalties on individuals who recklessly refuse (§ 10); citations to places of business only for reckless failure to enforce (§ 9); posted signage is prima facie evidence of enforcement; appeals under Health Code § 203.08 (§ 11); CPH to report to Council every 30 days (§ 12)","functions":["SF","DR/BA","SL","LG","FC","EC","WF","TV transit and vehicles for hire","CB"],"notes":"Passed unanimously Sept. 13, 2021 at Council\u0027s first meeting after summer recess; effective through the last sixteen days of the third quarter of 2021 and to Mar. 7, 2022. Within ten days CPH received more than 150 complaints and sent 85 notification letters to businesses (WCMH-TV, Sept. 20, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/columbus/matters/118520/texts/117742","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":78218,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CMH","url":"/library/MET-CMH-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CMH-050","citation":"Council of the City of Columbus (signed by Mayor Ginther Sept. 14, 2021), Ordinance 2388-2021 (Sept. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-CMH-050)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["MET-CMH-051","MET-CMH-048"]}