Broward County Administrator's Emergency Order 20-24

The record

Jurisdiction

Broward County, Florida · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida

Level

County

Authority

Broward County Code ss. 8-53, 8-56; Fla. EO 20-52; ch. 252, Fla. Stat.

Issued

2020-08-21 Aug. 21, 2020

Effective

2020-08-21 (immediately) (read as 2020-08-21)

End

Amended by EO 20-28 (Oct. 16, 2020: hours moved to midnight); s. 2 closures deleted by EO 20-26 (Sept. 25/26, 2020); replaced by the CEO (Dec. 16, 2020) (read as 2020-10-16)

In force

Aug. 21, 2020 to Oct. 16, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars

Addressees

• bars, pubs, breweries, billiards halls and cocktail lounges deriving more than 50 percent of gross revenue from alcohol
• night clubs, hookah bars, cabarets
• banquet halls
• adult entertainment establishments
• hot tubs, steam rooms, saunas
• restaurants and food establishments
• short-term vacation rentals
• all persons (open containers)

Functions reached

• BA bars closed
• BQ banquet halls closed
• DR dining room hours (to 11 p.m.)
• RT retail alcohol sales (11 p.m.-5 a.m. ban)
• LG short-term rentals (on-site management; check-in window)
• AM saunas and hot tubs closed

Collection

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA

Operative words

Section 2. Businesses and Establishments Not Permitted to Operate. The following establishments must close and remain closed to the public...: A. Bars, pubs, breweries, billiards halls and clubs, and cocktail lounges, if such establishments derive more than fifty percent (50%) of gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages. However, these establishments may operate solely to provide food or beverage for take-out or delivery... B. Night clubs, hookah bars, and cabarets. C. Banquet halls (except to the extent banquet halls function solely within the limitations of Attachment 13, Section A.7). D. Adult entertainment establishments... E. All hot tubs, steam rooms, saunas, and Jacuzzis... C. Attachment 2... is replaced... to allow on-premises dining until 11 p.m. instead of 10 p.m., to limit the sale of alcohol for off-site consumption between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., and to clarify that billiards tables and similar games must remain closed.... Section 2. Prohibition on Open Containers. Between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., no person in Broward County may consume any alcoholic beverage in or upon any area available for use by the public...

Enforcement