Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Austin, Texas · Austin · Texas

Level

City

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418; Declaration of Local Disaster of March 6, 2020 ratified by City Council Resolution No. 20200312-074; implements GA-29, GA-31, GA-32 locally

Issued

2020-12-15 Dec. 15, 2020

Effective

2020-12-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-12-16)

End

2021-02-16 (stated term 'continuing through February 16, 2021'; superseded by Order No. 20210216-026 § 14, Ex. MET-AUS-017) (read as 2021-02-16)

In force

Dec. 16, 2020 to Feb. 16, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all individuals and business establishments
• all businesses and commercial entities including office common areas and individual office spaces
• operators of venues and events
• hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and testing entities

Functions reached

• EMP business face-covering policies
• WF employee face coverings
• CB customers; groups over 10 barred
• OF offices
• SF/DR businesses encouraged to reduce capacity (§ 6)
• HC test reporting
• CRT City development deadlines extended to March 15, 2021 (§ 7)

Collection

Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

HEREBY ORDER, EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 A.M. ON DECEMBER 16, 2020, AND CONTINUING THROUGH FEBRUARY 16, 2021, THAT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN: SECTION 1. All individuals and business establishments are ORDERED to practice the social distancing, hygiene, and face covering behaviors set forth in Sections 2 through 5 and Exhibits A and C, unless excepted by this Order or otherwise provided by the Governor's Executive Orders GA-29, GA-31, GA-32 and any other executive order in effect... SECTION 3.... All persons, including those persons attending a protest or demonstration, MUST wear some form of covering... SECTION 5. Mandatory Face Covering Policies for Business Establishments (both Publicly Accessible and Accessible Only to Employees). All businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities (including without limitation condominium and multi-family residential, office common areas, and individual office spaces), and the operators of any venues or events open to the public, are ORDERED to implement and maintain in force and effect during the term of this Order a health and safety policy or plan... [Exhibit A] No more than 10 individuals may stand or gather... SECTION 8. Hospital, Pharmacy, and Clinic Data.... shall provide the local Health Authority test results twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays.

Enforcement

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