The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County) · Alabama
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Ala. Code § 31-9-10(b)(5)b. (municipal public-safety curfew during a state of emergency)
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 (adopted 9-0 and approved the same day) (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- 2020-04-03 by its terms; readopted and extended to April 30, 2020 by Ordinance No. 20-50 (Ex. AL-070) (read as 2020-04-03)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours
- Addressees
- all persons within the City of Birmingham
- all businesses within the City
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under curfew
- OP
- WF
- TR travel
- SF
- Collection
- Alabama AL
Operative words
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A 'SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER' FOR THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM DURING THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY... WHEREAS, the Chief Health Officer of Jefferson County and the State Health Officer have issued orders for the closing of certain businesses and the limitations on the operation of essential businesses within their respective jurisdictions
Enforcement
General penalty, Sec. 1-6 of the General Code of the City of Birmingham (per the City's contemporaneous statement); Ordinance 20-50 § 3 later fixed a fine of up to $500
Notes
The first stay-home command in Alabama, eleven days before the State's; Birmingham is the State's largest city.
Retrieval noteText-layer PDF read (title and recitals); WSFA report of March 24, 2020 confirms the 9-0 vote and the March 24 to April 3 term.