The COVID Project
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- Jurisdiction
- Dane County and City of Madison, Wisconsin · Milwaukee and Madison · Wisconsin
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Wis. Stat. § 252.03
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- 2020-03-25 (superseded by the March 25, 2020 Safer at Home Order adopting DHS Emergency Order #12) (read as 2020-03-25)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 25, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venues
- Addressees
- the public
- schools
- taverns
- theaters
- fitness centers
- places of worship
- restaurants
- long-term care facilities
- Functions reached
- GATH events
- EVT venues, theaters, worship
- CB customer base (restaurants at 50 percent of seating)
- VS long-term care visitation restricted to compassionate care
- WF workforce (schools closed for instruction)
- Collection
- Milwaukee and Madison MET-MKE
Operative words
Effective as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020, and continuing until further notice, public and private Mass Gatherings, defined below, are hereby prohibited in the City of Madison and Dane County.... a 'Mass Gathering' is any event or convening... that brings together or is likely to bring together fifty (50) or more people in a single room or single confined or enclosed space at the same time, such as... public schools, private schools, charter schools, an auditorium, stadium, arena, conference room, meeting hall, theater, movie theater, exhibition center, museum, taverns, health/fitness and recreational centers, licensed pools, place of worship...
Enforcement
Crime punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both (Wis. Stats. §§ 252.03, 252.25) (recited)
Notes
Restaurants exempt only if operating at 50 percent of seating capacity with six-foot spacing and no self-service; long-term care facilities exempt only if all visitation except compassionate care is restricted, volunteers and non-essential personnel excluded, group activities and communal dining cancelled; schools exempt only for non-instructional purposes.