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Ex. MET-MSP-013 Order Primary source read

Emergency Regulation No. 2020-17

Bar areas in restaurants, nightclubs, breweries, distilleries, taprooms and indoor spaces of entertainment ordered closed; counter service prohibited; tableside seated service only

Mayor Jacob Frey · City of Minneapolis (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul · Minnesota
Level
City
Authority
Minn. Stat. 12.29; MCO 128.50, 128.60
Issued
2020-07-30 July 30, 2020
Effective
2020-08-01 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-08-01)
End
Listed in force Jan. 15, 2021 (Ex. MET-MSP-017); not among the regulations continued July 1, 2021; rescission date not verified (read as 2021-01-15)
In force
Aug. 1, 2020 to Jan. 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • restaurants
  • nightclubs
  • brewpubs
  • breweries
  • craft distilleries
  • taprooms
  • indoor spaces of entertainment
Functions reached
  • BA bar and alcohol service
  • DR dining room
  • PE entertainment venues
  • CB customers
Collection
Minneapolis-St. Paul MET-MSP

Operative words

Bar areas within restaurants, nightclubs, brewpubs, breweries, craft distilleries, taprooms, and other indoor spaces of entertainment are ordered closed to limit the risk of patrons congregating; and Bar areas that can be converted for seated service will be allowed as long as food and/or beverage services are provided tableside while patrons are seated, and all applicable spacing and capacity limitations are followed per Minnesota Emergency Executive Order 20-74; and Counter service in bar areas is prohibited. Alcoholic beverages may only be served, consumed, and possessed at the customer's dining table.... This Order is effective at 5:00 p.m. (CST) August 1, 2020

Enforcement

Warning letters, administrative citation to City-licensed businesses, and/or misdemeanor prosecution (Minn. Stat. 12.45; MCO 1.30, 259.250)

Notes

Restaurants, bars and entertainment memoranda: a city closure order exceeding the Governor's EO 20-74, on findings that nine of nineteen MDH bar outbreaks were in Minneapolis and more than half of new cases were adults under 35 exposed in bars.

Retrieval note

Notice page 'Last updated Jul 30, 2020'; signed PDF (wcmsp-225432.pdf) not archived.

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