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Ex. MET-SDF-024 Order Primary source read

Release: Mayor Fischer extends state of emergency to May 10, closes Metro Parks playgrounds and ballfields (March 24, 2020)

State of emergency extended to May 10, 2020; park amenities closed; license expirations extended; employee reassignment authorized

Louisville Metro Government (Office of the Mayor) · Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
Level
City
Authority
KRS 39B.070; KRS 67C.105; Executive Orders 2020-001 (Mar. 13, 2020) and 2020-002 (Mar. 24, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24
End
2020-05-10
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to May 10, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues
Addressees
  • park users
  • Metro agencies
  • itinerant vendors, peddlers and solicitors
  • ABC licensees
  • food establishments
Functions reached
  • MK events
  • FC facilities
  • SP sports
  • CB
Collection
Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF

Operative words

Mayor Greg Fischer today extended to May 10 the state of emergency he enacted to help stop the COVID-19 outbreak in Louisville. The Mayor's original executive order, signed March 13, cancelled all Metro hosted or sponsored events. The new order extends that into early May and includes new restrictions, including the closure of playgrounds, ballfields, and soccer fields in the city's 120 parks.... The Mayor ordered that portable toilets in the parks be closed and removed.... The campground at Jefferson Memorial Forest will also be closed. All dog parks... are closed... Metro Codes and Regulations will extend the expiration date on all Itinerant Vendors, Peddlers, and Solicitors licenses and permits from March 31 to May 31, 2020.... Metro Public Health and Wellness has suspended collections for swimming pool permits until those facilities open.

Enforcement

Metro311 complaint line for 'businesses defying the order to close or curtail their activities'

Notes

Metro's own contemporaneous account of Executive Orders 2020-001 and 2020-002; links to the executed order (Ex. MET-SDF-023).