{"id":"MET-PHL-003","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"PHL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020)","authority":"Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955; Home Rule Charter section 8-407 (Board regulation); Mayor\u0027s Declarations of Mar. 11 and 13, 2020","instrument":"Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order)","title":"Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses and Congregation of Persons to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-22","effective":"2020-03-23 8:00 a.m., \u0027indefinitely\u0027","end":"Stay-at-home directive suspended 2020-06-05 by the Yellow Phase Order (Ex. MET-PHL-005); business provisions superseded to the extent inconsistent from June 5, 2020; construction provisions modified Apr. 29, May 15 and May 26, 2020 (Exs. MET-PHL-023, 024, 025)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-06-05","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","GATH","TELE","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all Philadelphia residents","all non-essential businesses","essential businesses (Social Distancing Rules and CDC/PA DOH/PDPH guidance)","child daycare facilities"],"clause":"Section 1.... A. No person or entity shall operate a non-essential place of business. This prohibition does not apply to virtual or remote operations (e.g., work from home). B. Essential Businesses may operate during the term of this Order and must observe the Social Distancing Rules of 4.... Section 2.... B. Businesses required to suspend physical operations may only have essential on-site personnel to maintain critical functions... All businesses must follow social distancing and COVID-19 mitigation guidance provided by the U.S. Center for Disease Control, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.... Section 5. Gatherings of Individuals. 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 permitted by this Emergency Order.... Section 6. Stay at Home Order. A. All Philadelphia residents shall remain home or at their place of residence unless they are engaged in Essential Personal Activities... Section 8. Effective Date and Duration.... This Order shall become effective as of Monday, March 23 at 8:00 AM, and shall remain in effect indefinitely, until rescinded, superseded, or amended by further Order. Failure to comply with this Order shall result in orders to cease operations and the imposition of such other remedies and penalties as provided for by law.","enforcement":"Orders to cease operations; from Apr. 30, 2020 fines up to $2,000 per violation for businesses and $500 for individuals under the Board of Health fines regulation (Ex. MET-PHL-070)","functions":["CB customer base under stay-home","SF premises closed","OF office closed to all but essential on-site personnel","GATH every gathering outside a household","WF child care closed; workforce confined to home","JS construction prohibited (see Ex. MET-PHL-023 recitals)","SH real estate showings prohibited until May 26, 2020"],"notes":"Essential retail list includes grocery, pharmacy, hardware, banks, gas, laundromats, home healthcare services; essential healthcare list includes hospitals, nursing and residential care, offices of physicians, dentists and other practitioners; the Apr. 29, 2020 Construction Authorization recites that this Order \u0027prohibited, inter alia, most construction work in Philadelphia\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/media/20200322134942/HEALTH-ORDER-2-NON-ESSENTIAL-BUSINESSES-AND-INDIVIDUAL-ACTIVITY-STAY-AT-HOME.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":203799,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHL","url":"/library/MET-PHL-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHL-003","citation":"Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020), Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-003)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["MET-PHL-005","MET-PHL-023","MET-PHL-001","MET-PHL-002","MET-PHL-070","SEC-06-GM-014","SEC-16-GM-018","SEC-16-GM-022","SEC-16-GM-025"]}