The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Miami-Dade County, Florida · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida
- Level
- County
- Authority
- s. 252.38(3)(a), Fla. Stat.; Code of Miami-Dade County ss. 8B-7(2)(e), (f), (o)
- Issued
- 2020-08-28 Aug. 28, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-31 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-08-31)
- End
- Amended Sept. 17 (theaters, concert houses, convention spaces, bowling, arcades, indoor amusement reopened under the Handbook; live performances at ten feet) and Sept. 23, 2020; cancelled by Emergency Order 30-20 (Sept. 26, 2020) (read as 2020-09-23)
- In force
- Aug. 31, 2020 to Sept. 23, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- every retail and commercial establishment and any other establishment or facility in Miami-Dade County
- restaurants and food service establishments with seating for more than eight
- bars, pubs, night clubs, ballrooms, banquet halls, cocktail lounges, cabarets, hookah lounges, breweries
- movie theaters, concert houses, convention spaces, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys, arcades, indoor amusement, adult entertainment
- short-term vacation rentals
- hotels (hurricane exception)
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor
- DR dining room (50 percent, curfew closure)
- BA bars closed
- BQ banquets, ballrooms, conventions closed
- PE performances and cinemas closed
- MC meetings and conventions closed
- HR training in protocols compelled
- WF workforce (14-day exclusion after exposure; establishment closure on a positive case)
- LG short-term rentals capped and monthly-only
- OF administration (attestations, reporting)
- Collection
- Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA
Operative words
1. a. With the exception of establishments listed in paragraph 4 below, every retail and commercial establishment and any other establishment or facility... is permitted to open, and remain open, provided that each such establishment complies with the following requirements at all times: i. the requirements in paragraph 2 below; ii. the applicable activity-specific requirements in the "Moving To A New Normal Handbook," attached as Exhibit A, as amended...; iii. the facial covering requirements in Emergency Order 20-20, as amended; and iv. the entry of County or municipal personnel onto the establishment's property for the sole purpose of inspection... b. In the event that an establishment is not in compliance..., the establishment shall immediately close. Before reopening, the owner... must... keep the establishment closed for a minimum of 24 hours... Execute the attestation... d. Restaurants and other food service establishments with seating for more than eight people shall close for on-premises dining between the start of the curfew as determined in Emergency Order 27-20 and 6:00 am the next morning.... 2. As a condition of opening, all establishments shall...: a. post CDC signage...; b. train all personnel in new operating protocols...; c. reduce seating in breakrooms and common areas...; e. if faced with infection from on-site personnel, immediately report... to the Florida Department of Health...; k. comply with any restrictions or requirements imposed pursuant to any Executive Order issued by the Governor, including... building capacity restrictions.... 4. The following establishments remain closed: a. bars, pubs, night clubs, ballrooms..., banquet halls, cocktail lounges, cabarets, hookah lounges, and breweries...; b. movie theaters, concert houses, convention spaces, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys, arcades, indoor amusement facilities, and adult entertainment; c. concerts, conventions, and other temporary events, except outdoor events... such as attendees remaining in their own cars. 5. Any establishment that has an on-site employee or contractor who tests positive shall close until... deep-sanitized and employees who were in close contact... have been tested and cleared... or do not report to work for 14 days...; or b. 14 days from the date such employee or contractor was last onsite... 9.... the maximum daytime and overnight occupancy for short-term vacation rentals shall be up to a maximum of two persons per bedroom plus two additional persons per property not to exceed a maximum of ten persons, and... new rental agreements shall not be entered into except on a monthly basis.
Enforcement
Immediate closure for non-compliance; 24-hour closure, attestation to Miami-Dade Police Special Patrol Bureau, compliance plan approved by the Mayor for repeat violations; Code of Miami-Dade County ch. 8B
Notes
Recital: indoor dining at 50 percent, six per table, HVAC fans on and doors and windows open (per County index summary); casinos reopened with no food or drink at gaming tables; religious services not limited (s. 8)
Retrieval noteText layer read in full (Handbook exhibit not included in the file).