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Ex. MET-ATL-007 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2020-113

Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive Order; prohibiting gatherings of more than ten individuals on City of Atlanta property; requiring all persons within the jurisdiction of the City of Atlanta to wear a mask or a cloth face covering over the nose and mouth

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms · City of Atlanta, Georgia (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Atlanta, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
Level
City
Authority
City of Atlanta Code §§ 2-181(a), 2-181(b); O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28 (local supplementation of the Governor's orders); Willis v. City of Atlanta, 285 Ga. 775 (2009)
Issued
2020-07-08 July 8, 2020
Effective
2020-07-08 (filed 7:44 p.m.) (read as 2020-07-08)
End
Re-issued by EO 2020-114 (July 10, 2020); local face-covering requirements more restrictive than the State's suspended by Kemp EO 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) and 07.31.20.02; local option restored by Kemp EO 08.15.20.01 (Aug. 15, 2020) (read as 2020-07-10)
In force
July 8, 2020 to July 10, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement
Addressees
  • all persons within the City
  • businesses, establishments, corporations, non-profits and organizations (50-person gathering rule)
  • users of City property
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor (masked entry)
  • CB customers (mask condition on commerce)
  • GATH events on City property (parks, Civic Center, airport concourses)
  • WF workforce (masked)
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

§ 4(a): All persons within the jurisdiction of the City of Atlanta shall wear a mask or a cloth face covering over the nose and mouth when inside a commercial entity or other building or space open to the public, or when in an outdoor public space, wherever it is not feasible to maintain appropriate social distancing from another person not in the same household. § 3(b)(2): All gatherings of more than ten (10) individuals shall be prohibited on City of Atlanta property.

Enforcement

Code § 2-181(b); § 3(a) higher-risk persons required to shelter in place; exemptions § 4(b) (under 10, medical, eating, personal vehicle)

Notes

Recites Kemp EO 06.29.20.02 (gatherings over 50 prohibited; face coverings 'strongly encouraged'; higher-risk shelter in place) and reasons that the Governor's order 'does not contain a requirement or a prohibition concerning the use of masks.' Governor Kemp filed Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct. No. 2020cv338387, on July 16, 2020 challenging this order and EO 2020-114 (Ex. MET-ATL-004).

Retrieval note

Six-page signed order read as images. the filed July 8 order is numbered 2020-113 and EO 2020-114 is the July 10 re-issue.

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