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Ex. MET-SAN-035 Order Primary source read

Ordinance O-21218 (New Series) (adopted July 14, 2020) enacting temporary amendments to the San Diego Municipal Code for outdoor business operations (sidewalk cafes, outdoor dining, retail and fitness in parking areas and rights-of-way); extended by O-21229 (Aug. 4, 2020) and O-21320 (May 18, 2021)

An Emergency Ordinance... Enacting a Temporary Amendment to San Diego Municipal Code Chapter 2, Article 2, Division 40, Section 22.4022; Chapter 12...; Chapter 13...; Chapter 14...; Chapter 15..., All Relating to [Temporary Outdoor Business Operations]

Council of the City of San Diego (emergency and urgency ordinance) · City of San Diego, California (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of San Diego, California · San Diego · California
Level
City
Authority
San Diego City Charter § 295; Cal. Gov't Code § 65858
Issued
2020-07-14 July 14, 2020
Effective
2020-07-14 (effective upon passage for 45 days; extended) (read as 2020-07-14)
End
Extended by O-21229 (Aug. 4, 2020) and by O-21320 to July 13, 2022; sec. 3 also provided automatic expiration 14 days after the County rescinded its social-distancing requirements (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
July 14, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitOther
Addressees
  • restaurants, retailers and other businesses operating outdoors in the City
  • City permitting departments
Functions reached
  • DR dining moved outdoors under compelled distancing
  • SF retail and fitness in parking areas
  • PM/CM permitting
Collection
San Diego MET-SAN

Operative words

WHEREAS, on June 30, 2020, effective July 1, 2020, the County Public Health Officer [issued an order requiring] six feet from other people who are not from your household in both indoor and outdoor spaces...; WHEREAS, expanding allowable outdoor business activities to allow for social [distancing is necessary]... Section 1. That the following temporary amendments are made to the San Diego Municipal Code: (A) Sidewalk Cafes... [width and barrier requirements waived]... Section 3. That this Ordinance, being an urgency ordinance, is effective upon the day of its passage, and is effective for 45 days from the date of its passage, unless extended... However, this Ordinance will automatically expire 14 days after the County of San Diego rescinds its social distancing requirements in the County's novel coronavirus COVID-19 health orders.

Enforcement

Municipal Code permitting

Notes

Evidence of the compelled modification of restaurant, retail and fitness operations in the City in response to the County's July 1, 2020 order; the ordinance's own recitals tie it to that order. Scanned; read by OCR.

Retrieval note

Adoption date July 14, 2020 is recited in O-21320 ('O-21218 (Jul. 14, 2020)'); the date stamp on the scan is illegible. O-21229 (Aug. 4, 2020) was read on its first page and not saved. 3).