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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Hamilton County, Ohio (Metro service area) · Cincinnati · Ohio
- Level
- County
- Authority
- R.C. 306.35 (regional transit authority powers); implementing Cincinnati Ordinance 0246-2020 and the ODH Level 3 county mask order
- Issued
- 2020-07-06 July 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-08 6:00 p.m. (read as 2020-07-08)
- End
- continued under the ordinance to May 17, 2021 and thereafter under the federal CDC conveyance order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond (FED file) (read as 2021-05-17)
- In force
- July 8, 2020 to May 17, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all Metro customers and operators
- Functions reached
- WF workforce commuting
- TR transit
- CB customer access
- Collection
- Cincinnati MET-CIN
Operative words
All Metro customers and operators will be required to wear a face covering on board Metro buses beginning Wednesday, July 8 at 6 p.m., in accordance with the state order for Hamilton County and city ordinance.... All passengers on Metro must wear a mask to ride with the exception of children under the age of 2.
Enforcement
Condition of carriage; Ordinance 0246-2020 sec. 1(c) $25 civil penalty
Notes
Metro is the principal transit carrier for Cincinnati and Hamilton County employers' workforces.
Retrieval noteSORTA's own release; the requirement's legal source is the City ordinance and the State order.