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Executive Order No. 20-002

Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency in DeKalb County and Ordering That All Individuals Living in DeKalb County Are Directed to Stay at Their Place of Residence Unless Engaging in Essential Activities, Essential Government Functions or to Operate or Work For or Access Essential Businesses

Chief Executive Officer Michael L. Thurmond · DeKalb County, Georgia (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
DeKalb County, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
Level
County
Authority
DeKalb County Organizational Act § 13(a), (h); O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28
Issued
2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
Effective
2020-03-28 9:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-28)
End
Enforcement of conflicting local orders suspended by Kemp EO 04.02.20.01 effective Apr. 3, 2020 6:00 p.m.; statewide shelter-in-place Apr. 3-30, 2020; transition by EO 20-003 effective Apr. 24, 2020 (read as 2020-04-03)
In force
Mar. 28, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all individuals living in DeKalb County
  • all businesses with a facility in DeKalb County
  • medically fragile persons
Functions reached
  • CB customer base confined to residence (760,000 residents)
  • GATH all gatherings outside a household
  • SF non-essential facilities (cease all but Minimum Basic Operations, by direction)
  • WF
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

all individuals living in DeKalb County are directed to stay at their place of residence unless engaging in essential activities, essential government functions or to operate or work for or access essential businesses (title)... 8.... I am strongly encouraging all businesses with a facility in DeKalb County, except Essential Businesses as defined herein, to cease all except Minimum Basic Operations, as defined herein; 9. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited, except for the limited purposes as expressly permitted herein... This Order will be effective on March 28, 2020 at 9:00 pm

Enforcement

Paragraph 15: DeKalb County Police and other departments 'authorized to support compliance with this Order through information [and education]' (county recites that it lacks personnel to police distancing); O.C.G.A. § 38-3-7

Notes

Incorporates EO 20-001's restrictions by reference (no dine-in, hours, occupancy 10). Cities in DeKalb (Decatur, Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Chamblee, Doraville, Clarkston, Stone Mountain, Tucker, Avondale Estates, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Stonecrest) issued their own emergency orders (recited in EO 20-001 ¶ 7).

Retrieval note

Text layer read (title, ¶¶ 1-15, effective clause).

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