{"id":"MET-TPA-005","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Hillsborough County, Florida","state":"FL","metro":"TPA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group","authority":"Fla. Stat. sec. 252.38; Hillsborough County Ordinance 06-13 (Code ch. 22, art. II, secs. 22-19 to 22-30); Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan","instrument":"Executive Order of the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group Safer-At-Home Order","title":"Executive Order of the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group Safer-At-Home Order in Response to a County Wide Threat from the COVID-19 Virus","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-27 10:00 p.m.","end":"2020-04-03 (superseded by Governor\u0027s EO 20-91/20-92 statewide Safer At Home order); extensions of the local emergency continued","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-04-03","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","GATH","TRAV"],"addressees":["all residents of incorporated and unincorporated Hillsborough County","all businesses (essential categories enumerated in sec. 3)"],"clause":"A Safer-At-Home Order is hereby established within all incorporated and unincorporated areas of Hillsborough County, effective as of 10:00 p.m. on March 27, 2020. Safer-At-Home means all residents are directed to stay at home as much as possible twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, except in those circumstances outlined below. This Safer-At-Home Order shall continue on a daily basis until this order expires or is rescinded.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. sec. 252.50 (second-degree misdemeanor, recited in Tampa EO 2020-12 sec. 11 for EPG orders); Code ch. 22 sec. 22-28","functions":["CB customer base directed to stay home","SF sales floors of non-exempt businesses","WF workforce (commuting exempt under sec. 3(k))","LG lodging (sec. 9 as amended)","EV events","SC suppliers outside exempt categories"],"notes":"Sec. 3 exempts: (j) food preparation and delivery under AO 20-05; (k) commuting to employment; (m) grocery and household-goods retail; (n) media; (o) gas stations, auto repair and vehicle sales; (p) farming; (q) social-service providers; (r) hardware and building-material stores; (s) contractors, utility workers, tradesmen, janitorial companies, home security, restoration, appliance repair, exterminators, pool, lawn and golf-course maintenance. Recitals: the EPG \u0027wants the types of businesses that by definition cannot continue to remain open because they are unable to maintain the required physical distancing to keep customers safe to close.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/library/hillsborough/media-center/documents/administrator/epg/saferathomeorder.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":693248,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-TPA","url":"/library/MET-TPA-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-TPA-005","citation":"Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group, Executive Order of the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group Safer-At-Home Order (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-TPA-005)","stateName":"Florida","related":["MET-TPA-006","MET-TPA-007"]}