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Emergency Order for Control of Epidemic

Emergency Order for Control of Epidemic (face coverings; bars, restaurants and nightclubs; gatherings and events; workplace safeguards by sector; pre-K-12 education; parks; government business; water service)

Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer · City of Detroit, Michigan (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Detroit, Michigan · Detroit · Michigan
Level
City
Authority
MCL 333.2453 (Public Health Code sec. 2453); enforcement MCL 333.2443, 333.2235(1)
Issued
2020-10-09 Oct. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-10-09 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-10-09)
End
Until further order of the Local Health Officer or certification that the epidemic has abated. (read as 2021-06-22)
In force
Oct. 9, 2020 to June 22, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • the public
  • all businesses open to the public
  • food service establishments and bars
  • construction, manufacturing, research labs, retail, offices, outpatient health care, in-home services, casinos
  • schools and districts
  • public bodies
  • public water supplies
Functions reached
  • CB customer base (masks; no service to unmasked customers)
  • DR dining room 50 percent; BA bars closed indoors if over 70 percent alcohol
  • SF sales floor 25 percent
  • GATH/EVT events capped
  • PF production floor and JS job sites (entry screening, shifts, barriers)
  • OF offices (staggered, remote work promoted; labs remote)
  • CL clinical intake (screening, telehealth)
  • AM casinos 15 percent
  • IN schools (face coverings; assemblies barred)
  • WF workforce (screening, exclusion, return rules)
Collection
Detroit MET-DET

Operative words

Any individual who leaves their home or place of residence must wear a face covering over their nose and mouth: a. When in any indoor public space... d. No passenger may ride a DDOT bus without a proper face covering.... no business, government office, or operation that is open to the public may provide service to a customer or allow a customer to enter its premises, unless the customer is wearing a face covering as required by this order.... Food service establishments... that hold on-premises retailer licenses to sell alcoholic beverages must close for indoor service if they earn more than 70% of their gross receipts from sales of alcoholic beverages.... All food service establishments must:... Limit capacity to 50% of normal seating... Indoor gatherings of more than 10 and up to 500 people occurring at a nonresidential venue are permitted only to the extent that the organizers and venue: i. In venues with fixed seating, limit attendance to 20% of seating capacity of the venue; ii. In venues without fixed seating, limit attendance to 20 persons per 1,000 square feet in each occupied room... Stores of less than 50,000 square feet of customer floor space must limit the number of people in the store (including employees) to 25% of the total occupancy limits... Casinos must:... Limit and enforce patron occupancy of 15%... A provision of this order will prevail over any conflicting provision of a local charter, ordinance, or rule.

Enforcement

MCL 333.2443: 'a person who violates a regulation of a local health department or order of a local health officer under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $200.00, or both' (recited at 25); law enforcement officers deemed department representatives; licensees face summary license suspension under MCL 24.292(2)

Notes

25 pages; issued one week after In re Certified Questions to carry the Governor's and MDHHS rules forward in Detroit; sections I-XIV cover face coverings, bars and restaurants, gatherings, sector workplace safeguards (outdoor work, construction, manufacturing, research labs, retail, offices, health care, in-home services, casinos and others), pre-K-12 education, parks, government business (OMA), residential care, water service and general provisions; scanned PDF (no text layer), read page by page

Retrieval note

Pages 1-5, 7-12, 16, 18-19, 24-25 read visually. The order's own text confirms that a city health officer imposed masks, capacity, gathering and workplace limits with force of law on every open business in Detroit from Oct. 9, 2020.