The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Birmingham, Alabama · Alabama
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Ala. Code § 31-9-10(b)(5)b.
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03
- End
- 2020-04-30 11:59 p.m.; modified to an overnight curfew by the ordinance adopted April 30, 2020 (Ex. AL-071) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careCurfew and hours
- Addressees
- all persons within the City
- all businesses within the City
- child-care centers
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Alabama AL
Operative words
(a) This curfew shall apply to all persons within the City of Birmingham. During such curfew, all persons shall not be or remain in public places and, if residents of the City of Birmingham, shall remain in their places of residence, except as further provided in subsection (e) of this ordinance.... (b) All businesses within the City of Birmingham shall comply with the Order of the State Health Officer... [which provisions] are hereby adopted in this ordinance.... (d) Subject to the exceptions further provided in subsection (e) of this ordinance, all travel... [is prohibited]... (i) Workplaces closed by order of the State Health Officer shall remain closed to the public.... SECTION 3. Failure to comply with this ordinance is punishable by a fine of up to $500.00
Enforcement
Ordinance § 3: fine of up to $500.00 (and/or the further penalty stated)
Notes
Adopts the State Health Officer's order by reference and gives it municipal penalties: the State order's closures became municipal offenses in Birmingham.
Retrieval noteText-layer PDF; 'Adopted by the Council April 3, 2020 and Approved by the Mayor April 3, 2020'.