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Ex. MET-DET-017 Order Primary source read

Emergency Order for Control of Pandemic (food service establishments, entertainment venues and physical fitness centers)

Occupancy load of every food service establishment, entertainment venue and physical fitness center reduced by 50 percent, March 16 to April 5, 2020

Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer · Oakland County, Michigan (County)

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Jurisdiction
Oakland County, Michigan · Detroit · Michigan
Level
County
Authority
MCL 333.2453
Issued
2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
2020-04-05 (overtaken by EO 2020-9 dine-in closure of Mar. 16 and EO 2020-21 stay-home order of Mar. 24, 2020) (read as 2020-04-05)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 5, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitEvents and venues
Addressees
  • restaurants, bars, church dining halls, schools, carryout, catering, country clubs, banquet halls, fraternal organizations
  • theaters, auditoriums, concerts, conferences, sporting events, gaming establishments, trampoline parks
  • physical fitness centers
Functions reached
  • DR dining room and BQ banquets (50 percent)
  • PE performances, SP sporting events, AM gaming
  • FC fitness facilities
  • MC conferences
Collection
Detroit MET-DET

Operative words

Each Food Service Establishment approved for Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development licensure by Oakland County Health Division shall reduce its occupancy load by 50% excluding employees.... Entertainment Venues and physical fitness centers shall reduce occupancy load by 50% excluding employees.... This Order shall become effective on March 16, 2020 and shall be effective until April 5, 2020.

Enforcement

MCL 333.2443 (misdemeanor); not recited

Notes

The first business-capacity order in the metro, two days before the Governor's dine-in closure; the Mar. 13-31, 2020 run-up belongs to 2020 Q2's proof

Retrieval note

Unnumbered; the county's later orders number from 2020-2. Date of issue taken from the file name (3.14.20) and the county's Mar. 14, 2020 release; the 'Dated' line is blank.

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