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Ex. MET-CLE-005 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Amended Proclamation of Civil Emergency of July 3, 2020 (mask mandate, 50 percent capacity, gathering enforcement, sanitization)

Mayor Jackson & County Executive Budish to Mandate Use of Masks Throughout City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County - Update #124 (City release describing and linking the signed order)

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

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
Level
City
Authority
Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 1 (Mar. 11, 2020), as amended; Cleveland Charter; R.C. 3707 (Cleveland Department of Public Health enforcement of ODH orders)
Issued
2020-07-03 July 3, 2020
Effective
2020-07-03 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-07-03)
End
Codified and superseded by Ord. 556-2020 (July 15, 2020); the 50 percent capacity rule yielded to Ch. 236 (Dine Safe Ohio capacity by floor plan), which expired June 2, 2021 (read as 2020-07-15)
In force
July 3, 2020 to July 15, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals in public
  • businesses
  • bars, restaurants and entertainment venues
  • establishments with a positive employee or patron
Functions reached
  • DR dining room and BA bar capacity
  • PE/AM entertainment venue capacity
  • SF sales floor (masks for all in businesses)
  • GATH events
  • EMP sanitization and closure after a positive case
  • CB customer base (masked public)
Collection
Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

The City of Cleveland's order states the following effective immediately: Mandatory masks for all individuals out in public or in public spaces including businesses, restaurants etc. Maximum capacity at any bar, restaurant, entertainment venue cannot exceed 50% of allowable capacity and must comply with social distancing standards. Any establishment that upon 2 incidents of violating maximum capacity order will be ordered to shut down. Mass Gathering Orders are still in effect. If incidents of more than 10 persons are gathered not wearing masks, enforcement actions will be taken. If an establishment has an employee or a patron, who has tested positive for Covid-19, then the establishment must be sanitized to the standards of the Cleveland Health Department, failure to demonstrate such sanitization will result in the facility being shut down.

Enforcement

Shutdown orders after two capacity violations or failure to sanitize; enforcement actions against gatherings of more than ten unmasked persons

Notes

Issued the day after the ODH Public Health Advisory System placed Cuyahoga County at Level 3 (Red) on July 2, 2020; five days before the State's county-level mask order (July 8) and twenty days before the statewide facial-covering order (July 23, 2020). Council President Kelley and Councilman Griffin announced same-day that 'any legislative action needed will be taken up at our July 15 Council meeting.'

Retrieval note

The City's own release quoting the order's terms; the signed order PDF (clecityhall.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/mayor-jacksons-proclamation-of-civil-emergency-amended-7.3.2020.pdf) is gone (HTTP 410) and its Wayback captures could not be fetched this session. The codified text of the same rules is verified_primary at MET-CLE-058.

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