Fifth Amended Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Stay at Home, Work Safe Measures

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Fort Worth, Texas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas

Level

City

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code § 418.108; Tex. Health & Safety Code § 122.006

Issued

2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020

Effective

2020-03-24 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)

End

2020-04-03 by its terms, subject to City Council continuation; superseded by the Sixth Amended Declaration Apr. 6-7, 2020 (MET-DFW-061) (read as 2020-04-03)

In force

Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• all individuals living in Fort Worth
• all businesses
• hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, dental offices
• nursing homes
• travelers

Functions reached

• CB
• SF
• OP telework (permitted operations: working from home, IT, online sales, in-store repair with the store closed to the public)
• GATH
• SX/PR
• WF
• TV travel
• VS

Collection

Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW

Operative words

7. All individuals living in the City of Fort Worth are ordered to stay at home consistent with the direction and guidance in this declaration... All persons may leave their residences only for Essential Travel, Essential Activities, or to provide or perform Essential Governmental Functions, or to operate Essential Businesses... 8. All businesses operating within the City of Fort Worth, except Essential Businesses as defined in below in Section 16, are required to close to the public... 10. All public or private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited... 11. All elective medical, surgical, and dental procedures are prohibited anywhere in the City... 12. If someone in a household has tested positive for COVID-19, the household is ordered to isolate at home... 14. All travel, including, but not limited to, travel on foot, bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, or public transit, except Essential Travel... is prohibited... 20. That this declaration shall take effect at 11:59 pm on March 24, 2020, and shall be in effect until April 3, 2020

Enforcement

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