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Ex. MET-DEN-001 Order Primary source read

Public Health Order restricting access to City facilities and cancelling permitted outdoor gatherings of 250 or more (indexed by DDPHE as the 'City and County of Denver Official State of Emergency Declaration')

Public Health Order of March 13, 2020 (Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver Coliseum, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Colorado Convention Center, McNichols Civic Center Building; libraries; recreation centers; permitted outdoor gatherings)

Executive Director, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (Robert M. McDonald) · City and County of Denver, Colorado (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City and County of Denver, Colorado · Denver · Colorado
Level
City
Authority
D.R.M.C. section 24-16; Mayor's declaration of local disaster emergency of Mar. 12, 2020 under C.R.S. 24-33.5-701 et seq.
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-03-13)
End
Facilities closed for 30 days and thereafter under the stay-home and Safer at Home orders; libraries and recreation centers 'until further notice' (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capEvents and venues
Addressees
  • City venues and facilities
  • permit holders for outdoor gatherings
  • the public
Functions reached
  • MK events, shows and conventions (Colorado Convention Center closed)
  • PE performances and venues
  • GATH events
  • CB customer base (public venues closed)
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Denver Coliseum, the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the Colorado Convention Center, and the McNichols Civic Center Building (together "FACILITIES") shall be ACCESS RESTRICTED for 30 days to minimize the spread of COVID-19. ACCESS RESTRICTED means the FACILITIES shall remain closed to the public for any purpose. ADDITIONALLY, all Denver public libraries, and all Denver recreation centers shall also be ACCESS RESTRICTED until further notice... FURTHERMORE, all City permitted public outdoor gatherings scheduled in the next 30 days for 250 or more persons are hereby CANCELLED

Enforcement

D.R.M.C. section 24-16 (public health orders); the recited Mayor's emergency declaration

Notes

The first Denver order; it closed the metro's convention center and its largest performance venues to the public before any statewide closure. Scanned PDF; read by rasterizing page 1.

Retrieval note

File slug carries DDPHE's index date of 3/12/20; the document itself is dated March 13, 2020 and recites the Mayor's March 12 declaration.

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