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Ordinance No. 4420 (Ames Municipal Code § 17.37, Face Covering Requirement)

Ordinance requiring every person in Ames three years of age or older to wear a face covering covering the nose and mouth outdoors when six feet cannot be kept and inside any indoor setting where the public is invited

Ames City Council · Ames, Iowa (City)

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Jurisdiction
Ames, Iowa · Iowa
Level
City
Authority
Iowa Const. art. III, § 38A; Iowa Code § 364.1
Issued
2020-09-01 Sept. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-09-04
End
Repealed or lapsed in 2021 (date not verified; preempted as to property-owner requirements by HF 847 from May 20, 2021) (read as 2021-05-20)
In force
Sept. 4, 2020 to May 20, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Face-covering requirement
Addressees
  • every person in Ames three years of age or older
Functions reached
  • CB customers masked in Iowa State University's city
  • SF/FC/DR premises
Collection
Iowa IA

Operative words

'Sec. 17.37 FACE COVERING REQUIREMENT:... This ordinance is being adopted pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Authority as stated in Article III, Section 38A of the Iowa Constitution and Iowa Code section 364.1. It is the intent and belief of the Ames City Council that this ordinance does not conflict with provisions of the Governor of Iowa's Public Health Disaster Emergency Proclamation regarding COVID-19 which is currently in effect. (1) Every person in the City of Ames three (3) years of age or older must wear a face covering that completely covers the person's nose and mouth under the following circumstances: a. Outside whenever the person cannot stay at least six (6) feet away from others not in the person's household; b. Inside any indoor setting or establishment where the public is invited in, including, but not limited to: i. Grocery, retail, and hardware stores, gas stations and convenience stores, fitness centers, pharmacies, any other indoor public setting when with persons who do not live in the person's household... A childcare facility is not considered a public setting... (2) A person is not required to wear a face covering... d. While at a person's place of employment where at least six (6) feet of physical separation from others can be maintained...'

Enforcement

No fine adopted (the Council removed the penalty after the City Attorney advised a penalty would conflict with State law)

Notes

Adopted September 1, 2020 during the Story County outbreak that also produced the Governor's bar closure (IA-023).

Retrieval note

City's own ordinance PDF retrieved from the Wayback Machine (the City's site blocks non-browser clients) and read in full (text layer).

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