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Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 1

Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 1, 3/11/2020

Mayor Frank G. Jackson · City of Cleveland, Ohio (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
Level
City
Authority
Charter and laws of the City of Cleveland (home rule, Ohio Const. art. XVIII, § 3)
Issued
2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03-11 1:00 p.m. (signed 2:15 p.m.) (read as 2020-03-11)
End
2020-03-31 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended Mar. 31, 2020 (to Apr. 30), June 24, 2020 (to July 31), Nov. 18, 2020 (No. 10, to Dec. 31, 2020) and thereafter; in force Mar. 1, 2021 (Res. 135-2021). (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 11, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the City of Cleveland
  • all City departments, boards and commissions
  • law enforcement agencies
Functions reached
  • OP/OF City permitting, licensing and public counters
  • CRT courts and public offices
  • CB customer base (later mask and capacity orders rest on it)
Collection
Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

I, Frank G. Jackson, Mayor of the City of Cleveland, under and by the virtue of the authority vested in me by the Charter and laws of the City of Cleveland, do hereby proclaim that a State of Civil Emergency exists within the City of Cleveland... the entire area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Cleveland is covered by this proclamation... any existing rule, regulation, or procedure of the City which is suspended, changed or amended during the existence of the Civil Emergency shall be reinstated as it existed prior to its change by the Mayor upon the expiration of the Civil Emergency

Enforcement

Predicate for the Mayor's amending orders (July 3, 2020 mask and capacity order; Nov. 18, 2020 Stay At Home Advisory) and for Codified Ordinances Ch. 602 and § 437.30, which expire with it

Notes

Creates the Civil Emergency Executive Policy Group (Finance, Operations, Law, Health, Public Safety, EOC) to recommend suspension or amendment of any City rule; duration 'until 11:59 p.m. on 3/31/2020 or upon the issuance of a proclamation by the Mayor that a Civil Emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs first. However, the Mayor may extend the Civil Emergency for such additional periods of time as determined necessary.'

Retrieval note

Signed copy (two pages, scanned) posted by the Mayor's office (link on clecityhall.com post of Mar. 13, 2020, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20200408044248/https://clecityhall.com/2020/03/13/mayor-jackson-announces-policy-changes-during-proclamation-of-civil-emergency/). Read in full.