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Ex. MET-MIA-050 Order Primary source read

Palm Beach County Emergency Order No. 14 (Order No. 2020-014), Restriction on Operating Hours of Restaurants, Food Establishments, and Other Businesses

No on-site alcohol or food service 11 p.m.-5 a.m.; amusement parks, hookah and kava bars, banquet halls and ballrooms closed 11 p.m.-5 a.m.; civil citation schedule

County Administrator (Board direction of July 14, 2020) · Palm Beach County, Florida (County)

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Jurisdiction
Palm Beach County, Florida · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida
Level
County
Authority
Palm Beach County Code ch. 9, art. II, ss. 9-35, 9-37; ss. 252.46, 252.47, Fla. Stat.; Fla. EO 20-52, 20-123, 20-139 (recited)
Issued
2020-07-14 July 14, 2020
Effective
2020-07-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-07-16)
End
Repealed and replaced by EO 2020-015 (July 23, 2020) (read as 2020-07-23)
In force
July 16, 2020 to July 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • every establishment permitted to serve alcohol or food for on-site consumption
  • amusement parks, hookah and smoking bars and lounges, kava and kratom bars, banquet halls, ballrooms
Functions reached
  • DR dining room (hours)
  • BA bar service (hours)
  • BQ banquets and ballrooms (hours)
  • AM amusement parks (hours)
  • WF late-shift workforce
Collection
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA

Operative words

3. Restriction of Hours for Alcohol and Food Service. No establishment permitted to serve alcohol for on-site consumption, whether indoor or outdoor, shall serve alcohol between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. No establishment permitted to serve food for on-site consumption, whether indoor or outdoor, shall serve food between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Nothing in this section prohibits delivery, drive-through, pick-up, or take-out services, for off-site consumption. 4.... the following businesses and venues, to the extent they have been authorized to legally operate, shall be closed between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.: amusement parks; hookah and smoking bars and lounges; kava, kratom and similar bars and lounges; banquet halls; and ballrooms. 5. Enforcement.... Any person violating any provision of Sections 252.31 through 252.90, Florida Statutes, or any rule or order made pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 252.31 through 252.90, Florida Statutes, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree... individuals shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25) for the first violation, fifty dollars ($50) for the second violation, and one-hundred dollars ($100) for each additional violation; businesses shall be fined two-hundred-and-fifty dollars ($250) for the first violation, three-hundred-and-fifty dollars ($350) for the second violation, and five-hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation.

Enforcement

Second-degree misdemeanor (ss. 252.46-.47, 775.082-.083); civil citations $25/$50/$100 (individuals) and $250/$350/$500 (businesses), each day a separate violation

Notes

Recitals: Palm Beach 'remains in Phase 1' (restaurants 50 percent indoor with partitions; bar counters closed; bars and nightclubs closed); Board rescinded its request to enter Phase 2 on July 14, 2020

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