{"id":"MET-SEA-005","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Seattle, Washington","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Jenny A. Durkan","authority":"Seattle City Charter art. V, § 2; SMC ch. 10.02; RCW ch. 38.52 (as recited in the orders issued under it)","instrument":"Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency (COVID-19)","title":"Proclamation of Civil Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-03","effective":"2020-03-03","end":"Continuing through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond (EO 2021-07 of Sept. 21, 2021 acts under it; MET-SEA-019); terminated in 2022 (post-period; date not verified)","startDate":"2020-03-03","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["City departments","the public"],"clause":"[Scanned image; text layer absent. The Mayor\u0027s release of Mar. 3, 2020 describes it: the Proclamation \u0027grants the Mayor emergency authority to take measures to address imminent threats to public health and safety caused by COVID-19\u0027, including to bypass regulations and City contracting procedures, forgo permits for COVID-19 facilities and \u0027immediately adjust use and closure of City facilities and events\u0027. Every later Seattle order recites: \u0027in my capacity as Mayor, I proclaimed a civil emergency exists in the City of Seattle in the Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency dated March 3, 2020\u0027.]","enforcement":"Predicate for orders under SMC 10.02.020.A.15 (violation of an emergency order is a misdemeanor under SMC 10.02.110)","functions":["predicate for every Seattle closure, eviction, delivery-fee and personnel order"],"notes":"The first municipal emergency in the metro area; Everett followed Mar. 4, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://durkan.seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2020/03/COVID-19-Mayoral-Proclamation-of-Civil-Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200304104825/https://durkan.seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2020/03/COVID-19-Mayoral-Proclamation-of-Civil-Emergency.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1535443,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-005","citation":"Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-005)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-019","MET-SEA-006","MET-SEA-007","MET-SEA-011","MET-SEA-012","MET-SEA-013"]}