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Ex. MET-ORL-061 Order Primary source read

City of Orlando Executive Order: Emergency Order Amending Prior Order Relating to Alcohol Consumption (Mar. 17, 2020, 3:30 p.m.)

Restaurants limited to 50 percent occupancy, six-foot spacing and parties of ten; on-premises alcohol provisions otherwise continued

Mayor Buddy Dyer · City of Orlando, Florida (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Orlando, Florida · Orlando · Florida
Level
City
Authority
City Code of the City of Orlando ch. 43A; Fla. Stat. 252.36(5)(g) (as invoked)
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 3:30 p.m., 'until further notice' (read as 2020-03-17)
End
Overtaken by State EO 20-71 (Mar. 20, 2020: restaurants takeout and delivery only) and Orange County EEO 2020-04 (Mar. 26, 2020) (read as 2020-03-20)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Mar. 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • every restaurant in the City of Orlando (food service establishments licensed under Fla. Stat. ch. 500 and public food service establishments under ch. 509)
Functions reached
  • DR dining rooms at 50 percent with six-foot spacing and parties of ten
  • BA on-premises alcohol (city ban continued outside restaurants)
Collection
Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

(a) Pursuant to Section 252.36(5)(g), Florida Statutes, a restaurant shall immediately limit its occupancy to 50% of its current building occupancy; and (b)... a restaurant shall follow the CDC guidance by ensuring, at minimum, a 6-foot distance between any group of patrons and limiting parties to no more than 10 individuals... The provisions relating to restaurants are rescinded and ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CITY OF ORLANDO'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED TODAY'S DATE SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

Enforcement

City Code ch. 43A; Chief of Police copied

Notes

Adopts the Governor's EO 20-68 restaurant limits in place of the city's morning ban as applied to restaurants while keeping the on-premises alcohol ban in force elsewhere in the city.

Retrieval note

Scanned; read as rendered images (two pages). Handwritten date 3/17/2020, 3:30 pm.