The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Memphis, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-9-101 et seq. (civil emergency); Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-101 et seq.; City of Memphis Code §§ 9-24 et seq., 9-8-4, 2-58-7
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 6:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- Original expiration April 7, 2020 extended to April 21, 2020 by Executive Order No. 06-2020 (MET-BNA-052) and thereafter to May 4-5, 2020; superseded by Executive Orders Nos. 12-2020 (May 1, 2020) and 13-2020 (May 5, 2020, MET-BNA-053) (read as 2020-04-07)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 7, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap
- Addressees
- all individuals living within the City
- all businesses outside the Essential Activities list
- Functions reached
- CB customers under stay-home
- SF premises outside the essential-services list closed
- WF on-site workforce excluded
- Collection
- Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA
Operative words
1. Safer at Home. All individuals currently living within the City are required to stay at their place of residence unless engaged in Essential Activities as outlined in this Order.
Enforcement
Memphis Police Department and other City officials authorized to enforce and close businesses (recited in Executive Order No. 13-2020 para. 15)
Notes
Recitals establish the prior chain: March 17, 2020 declaration of emergency; Executive Order No. 01-2020 (March 19, 2020) closing restaurants and bars for on-site consumption as well as closing gyms and exercise facilities; Executive Order No. 02-2020 (March 21, 2020) closing entertainment and recreational establishments.
Retrieval noteFive pages; scanned; read from rendered images (pp. 1, 5). Wikipedia (Tennessee) confirms the 6:00 p.m. March 24, 2020 effective time.