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Emergency Ordinance Serial No. 2020-49

An Emergency Ordinance Extending Use of a Face Covering in Certain Indoor Settings and Providing a Penalty

CBJ Assembly (emergency ordinance; presented by the Manager) · City and Borough of Juneau (City)

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Jurisdiction
City and Borough of Juneau · Alaska
Level
City
Authority
CBJ Charter 5.4(a) (emergency ordinance by six affirmative votes)
Issued
2020-09-21 Sept. 21, 2020
Effective
2020-09-21 (extends the requirement first imposed by Emergency Ordinance 2020-41 on July 20, 2020 'through October 17, 2020') (read as 2020-09-21)
End
Emergency ordinances lapse in 90 days unless extended; superseded by the 2021 mitigation-strategies ordinances (AK-041) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Sept. 21, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals indoors in public settings
  • employers
  • retail, restaurants, bars, transit, personal care, child care, offices
Functions reached
  • SF retail
  • DR dining
  • SL personal care
  • OF communal office areas
  • EC child care
  • WF
Collection
Alaska AK

Operative words

All individuals must wear a mask or cloth face covering over their nose and mouth when they are indoors in public settings or communal spaces outside the home.... (1) Grocery stores, pharmacies, and all other retail stores. (2) Restaurants, cafes, bars, and breweries... (3) Buses, taxis, and other forms of public transportation... (4) Personal care facilities. (5) Child care facilities. (6) Communal areas of offices where people from multiple households are present. (7) Elevators... Employers are responsible to make sure employees who are present in the workplace have access to and wear masks or cloth face coverings when in direct contact with customers, members of the public, or other employees.... WHEREAS, Emergency Ordinance 2020-41 initially imposed the face covering requirement through October 17, 2020.

Enforcement

Civil fine of no more than $25 (CBJ; penalty section)

Notes

Recites the Assembly's local emergency declaration of Mar. 16, 2020.

Retrieval note

File name carries July 20, 2020, the date the requirement began under Ordinance 2020-41; this ordinance is dated Sept. 21, 2020.