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Mayor's Order 2021-004

Extension of Paused Activities and Clarification of Duration of Public Emergency and Public Health Emergency

Mayor Muriel Bowser · District of Columbia (State)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; Coronavirus Public Health Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, D.C. Act 23-524 (eff. Dec. 21, 2020), 67 DCR 14747; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
Issued
2021-01-11 Jan. 11, 2021
Effective
2021-01-11 (immediately) (read as 2021-01-11)
End
Pause ended 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021; emergencies through Mar. 17, 2021 (extended by MO 2021-038) (read as 2021-01-22)
In force
Jan. 11, 2021 to Jan. 22, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limit
Addressees
  • restaurants
  • museums
  • libraries
  • non-essential businesses
  • the public
Functions reached
  • DR indoor dining closed through Jan. 22, 2021
  • OF telework required through Jan. 22, 2021
  • EMER predicate through Mar. 17, 2021
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

The Phase Two activities paused by Mayor's Order 2020-127 (December 18, 2020) shall remain paused until 5:00 a.m. on January 22, 2021... [the public emergency and public health emergency are] extended through March 17, 2021.

Enforcement

D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties; Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act penalties and injunctive relief reserved

Notes

Recites 41.22 new cases per 100,000 as a District record; the Mayor's release of Jan. 21, 2021 confirms indoor dining resumed at twenty-five percent or 250 on Jan. 22 while libraries and the Circulator Mall route stayed suspended

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; read by OCR.