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Ex. MET-PHX-018 Order Primary source read

Ordinance No. 11766

Relating to Public Health and Safety and the Prevention of Community-Based Spread of Infectious Disease; Finding and Reaffirming that the COVID-19 Pandemic Constitutes a Continuing Local and Civil Emergency; Endorsing Pima County Regulations Adopted June 19, 2020 Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings in Public; Reserving City and Mayor and Council Authority to Make and Adopt Additional Regulations, Including a Civil Penalty Provision; and Declaring an Emergency

Mayor and Council of the City of Tucson · City of Tucson, Arizona (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Tucson, Arizona · Phoenix and Tucson · Arizona
Level
City
Authority
Tucson Charter ch. IV, s. 1(10) and ch. VII, s. 1(28) (regulations to prevent the spread of disease)
Issued
2020-06-19 June 19, 2020
Effective
2020-06-19 (emergency clause, effective immediately upon passage) (read as 2020-06-19)
End
Not repealed within the period (repeal date not verified); enforcement outside City facilities barred by EO 2021-06 from Mar. 25, 2021 (read as 2021-03-25)
In force
June 19, 2020 to Mar. 25, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement
Addressees
  • all persons within the incorporated City of Tucson
Functions reached
  • SF public places (patron masks)
  • CB
  • WF
Collection
Phoenix and Tucson MET-PHX

Operative words

SECTION 2. Today (June 19, 2020), the Pima County Board of Supervisors adopted and approved Resolution No. 2020-[49], requiring persons within Pima County to wear face coverings when they are in public places and cannot maintain a continuous physical distance of at least six (6) feet from other persons. The Mayor and Council endorse and support the provisions of the Pima County Resolution as adopted, including its specific requirements and exceptions, and support the implementation and enforcement of these requirements within the incorporated areas of the City of Tucson... [and] reserve their authority to adopt additional regulations beyond those included in Pima County's Resolution... including a penalty provision providing for civil penalties for violations.

Enforcement

Civil penalty reserved to the City (supplied by the Mayor's June 18 proclamation: $50 or 5 hours of community service)

Notes

Recital 8 records that the Pima County resolution 'precluded any penalty, including any civil penalty, for violations'; recital 7 records the Mayor's June 18 proclamation (age 2+); the City's FAQ of July 2020 (Ex. MET-PHX-031) describes the requirement as 'put in place under Ordinance Number 11766' for persons over five.

Retrieval note

Header: 'ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL June 19, 2020'; the copy is the final unsigned form with the resolution number blank.

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