{"id":"MET-SDF-024","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"SDF","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisville Metro Government (Office of the Mayor)","authority":"KRS 39B.070; KRS 67C.105; Executive Orders 2020-001 (Mar. 13, 2020) and 2020-002 (Mar. 24, 2020)","instrument":"Release: Mayor Fischer extends state of emergency to May 10, closes Metro Parks playgrounds and ballfields (March 24, 2020)","title":"State of emergency extended to May 10, 2020; park amenities closed; license expirations extended; employee reassignment authorized","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"2020-05-10","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-05-10","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","CLOSE","GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["park users","Metro agencies","itinerant vendors, peddlers and solicitors","ABC licensees","food establishments"],"clause":"Mayor Greg Fischer today extended to May 10 the state of emergency he enacted to help stop the COVID-19 outbreak in Louisville. The Mayor\u0027s original executive order, signed March 13, cancelled all Metro hosted or sponsored events. The new order extends that into early May and includes new restrictions, including the closure of playgrounds, ballfields, and soccer fields in the city\u0027s 120 parks.... The Mayor ordered that portable toilets in the parks be closed and removed.... The campground at Jefferson Memorial Forest will also be closed. All dog parks... are closed... Metro Codes and Regulations will extend the expiration date on all Itinerant Vendors, Peddlers, and Solicitors licenses and permits from March 31 to May 31, 2020.... Metro Public Health and Wellness has suspended collections for swimming pool permits until those facilities open.","enforcement":"Metro311 complaint line for \u0027businesses defying the order to close or curtail their activities\u0027","functions":["MK events","FC facilities","SP sports","CB"],"notes":"Metro\u0027s own contemporaneous account of Executive Orders 2020-001 and 2020-002; links to the executed order (Ex. MET-SDF-023).","sourceUrl":"https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-fischer-extends-state-emergency-may-10-closes-metro-parks-playgrounds-and-ballfields","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200330185450/https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-fischer-extends-state-emergency-may-10-closes-metro-parks-playgrounds-and-ballfields","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128937,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SDF","url":"/library/MET-SDF-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SDF-024","citation":"Louisville Metro Government (Office of the Mayor), Release: Mayor Fischer extends state of emergency to May 10, closes Metro Parks playgrounds and ballfields (March 24, 2020) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-024)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["MET-SDF-023","MET-SDF-034","MET-SDF-043"]}