The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Lincoln and Lancaster County, Nebraska · Nebraska
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-501 and 71-1630(4); Lincoln Municipal Code ch. 8.18; Lancaster County Resolution No. R-07-0035 (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-07-17 July 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-20 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-07-20)
- End
- continued by successor LLCHD DHMs; the countywide face-covering requirement ran to May 21, 2021 (Ex. NE-108) (read as 2021-05-21)
- In force
- July 20, 2020 to May 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- owners or persons in control of premises open to the public; specified businesses (establishments serving food and beverages, salons, body art, massage, child care, sports facilities); employees
- Character
- order operating condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: Nebraska DUT-NE
Operative words
Owners of Establishments shall ensure: a. Patrons/parties are seated at individual tables... a minimum of six (6) feet apart... d. Establishment Employees shall wear face protection that covers the mouth and nose... 10) Any individual or entity which maintains premises open to the general public... shall require all individuals age (five) 5 and older
Penalty
LMC § 8.18.170 (City Misdemeanor, up to $500 or six months, each day separate); § 23-174 (Class III misdemeanor outside Lincoln); injunctive proceedings and nuisance abatement by the City or County Attorney (DUT-NE-011 to DUT-NE-013)
What it required
Owners of restaurants and bars had to ensure seating, six-foot spacing, eight-person party limits, 'heightened cleaning and disinfection of the high touch surfaces' and employee face protection, and every entity maintaining premises open to the public had to require face coverings of everyone aged five and older; enforcement by City Misdemeanor, Class III misdemeanor and injunction or nuisance abatement.
Retrieval noteText read in the saved exhibit. Paragraph 10's operative object (face coverings over the mouth and nose while indoors) continues beyond the quoted line.