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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Snohomish County, Washington · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RCW ch. 38.52; SCC ch. 2.36; Local Declaration of Emergency of Mar. 4, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- 'until cancelled, suspended, or upon the Executive's issuance of a proclamation declaring an end to the Emergency, whichever shall occur first' (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Supply chainOther
- Addressees
- every city and the County as to their noise and delivery-hour ordinances
- grocery supply-chain carriers and grocers
- Functions reached
- SC grocery supply chain and freight
- DR drivers and routes
- WF (recites school-closure workforce effects)
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
[OCR:] ACTION: I. All County and city roads and streets throughout Snohomish County are open twenty four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week to grocery supply chain deliveries regardless of any local ordinance regulating the days and hours of such deliveries. The language of any County or city ordinance, regulation, permit or other rule restricting the days or hours of grocery supply chain deliveries is hereby waived and suspended.
Enforcement
Emergency executive order under RCW 38.52 and SCC 2.36
Notes
Recitals verify: Executive Somers' 'Local Declaration of Emergency Snohomish County' of Mar. 4, 2020; the Snohomish County Health Officer's countywide public health emergency of Mar. 4, 2020 (MET-SEA-051); and Emergency Executive Order No. 20-01 of Mar. 13, 2020 ('Emergency Executive Order Regarding Additional Measures in Response to COVID-19'), which ordered all K-12 schools in Snohomish County closed by Mar. 17 through Apr. 24, 2020. Recites 'hoarding behavior... resulting in grocery stock shortages' and 'workforce reductions... as a result of COVID-19 infections and related isolation and quarantine'.
Retrieval noteScanned; text by OCR. 'Dated this 13th day of March, 2020. new instrument.