Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Atlanta
  3. MET-ATL-061

Ex. MET-ATL-061 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2020-114

Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive Order; prohibiting gatherings of any number of 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)

The COVID Project

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
Issued
2020-07-10 July 10, 2020
Effective
2020-07-10 (filed 10:06 p.m.) (read as 2020-07-10)
End
Enforcement of the more-restrictive local face-covering requirement suspended by Kemp EO 07.15.20.01 (July 16-31, 2020) and 07.31.20.02 (Aug. 1-15, 2020); local option restored by Kemp EO 08.15.20.01 (Aug. 15, 2020); City mask requirement continued into 2021 (EO 2021-06, Jan. 13, 2021, per Husch Blackwell) (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
July 10, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirement
Addressees
  • all persons within the City
  • businesses and organizations
  • users of City property
Functions reached
  • SF
  • CB
  • GATH (all gatherings on City property: parks, Civic Center, City Hall, Hartsfield-Jackson public areas)
  • WF
  • EVT permits (City events moratorium under Phase 1 guidance)
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

§ 3(b)(2): All gatherings of any number of individuals shall be prohibited on City of Atlanta property. § 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(a): persons who meet criteria for higher risk of severe illness... are required to shelter in place. § 5: Nothing in this Order shall impede the operation of any businesses... as provided in the Governor's June Executive Order.

Enforcement

Code § 2-181(b); exemptions § 4(b)(1)-(8)

Notes

Issued the same day the Mayor returned the City to 'Phase 1: Stay at Home' under the Recommended Guidelines (Ex. MET-ATL-046). The Governor's Aug. 13, 2020 statement withdrew Kemp v. Bottoms after the Mayor's 'concession regarding the city's Phase One roll-back plan' (that the Phase guidance is voluntary).

Retrieval note

Six-page signed order read in full as images; signed 'This 10th day of July 2020', attested Foris Webb III, Municipal Clerk.