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Ex. MET-MKE-066 Order Primary source read

Common Council File No. 200426, Substitute 2: A substitute ordinance relating to a requirement for face coverings in public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic (creating MCO §§ 62-1-11, 62-1-12 and 62-8) ('MKE Cares' mask ordinance)

A substitute ordinance relating to a requirement for face coverings in public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee (Common Council File No. 200426, Substitute 2; sponsors Ald. Dimitrijevic, Zamarripa, Johnson, Kovac, Hamilton, Dodd, Perez and Lewis); certified by the City Clerk · City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Milwaukee and Madison · Wisconsin
Level
City
Authority
Municipal home-rule and police power; Milwaukee Code of Ordinances ch. 62
Issued
2020-07-13 July 13, 2020
Effective
2020-07-16 (MHD release of July 14, 2020, Ex. MET-MKE-067); certified copy dated July 14, 2020 (read as 2020-07-16)
End
2021-06-01 12:01 a.m., with the expiration of the Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely orders ('For the duration of the Moving Milwaukee Forward health and safety orders'); a new ordinance reinstated masking in January 2022 (poster of Jan. 20, 2022 in the archive; post-period) (read as 2021-06-01)
In force
July 16, 2020 to June 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every person in the City
  • operators of buildings open to the public
  • City facilities and employees
Functions reached
  • SF sales floors, DR dining rooms, FC fitness, SL salons, WS worship, OF offices open to the public (universal masking)
  • EMP employer rules
  • CB customer base
  • WF workforce
Collection
Milwaukee and Madison MET-MKE

Operative words

62-8. Face Covering Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 1. MASK REQUIRED INDOORS. For the duration of the 'Moving Milwaukee Forward' health [and safety orders, every person age 3 and older shall have] possession of a face covering when the person leaves home or other place of residence and shall wear the face covering whenever the person is in a building open to the public. 2. MASK REQUIRED OUTDOORS. For the duration of the 'Moving Milwaukee Forward' health [and safety orders, every person shall have] possession of a face covering when the person leaves home or other place of residence and shall wear the face covering whenever the person is in an outdoor public space and within 6 feet of any [other person not a member of the household]. 3. MASK REQUIRED FOR CITY FACILITIES AND EMPLOYEES....

Enforcement

MCO § 62-8-5 (referenced by every Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely order as the exclusive enforcement path for face coverings); forfeitures under the City code

Notes

Milwaukee's ordinance preceded the statewide face-covering order (Aug. 1, 2020) by sixteen days and outlasted it (Mar. 31, 2021) by two months; it lapsed on June 1, 2021 and there was no City of Milwaukee mask mandate in force July 1 to September 30, 2021.

Retrieval note

Bracketed words in the operative clause reconstruct text elided by line-wrapping in the extraction; quote from the PDF.

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