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Ex. MET-SLC-040 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Public Health Order 2020-01 (COVID-19)

Public Health Order 2020-01: restaurants and food-service establishments closed to patrons except for take-out pickup; gatherings over fifty prohibited

Salt Lake County Mayor Jennifer Wilson and Health Department Executive Director Gary Edwards · Salt Lake County, Utah (County)

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Jurisdiction
Salt Lake County, Utah · Salt Lake City · Utah
Level
County
Authority
Utah Code 26A-1-114; Salt Lake County Code of Ordinances 2.86.050(E)
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
Modified Mar. 19, 2020 (Order 2020-02: 'All provisions of Public Health Order I remain in force and effect except as modified'); superseded Mar. 29-30, 2020 by Order 2020-03; all prior orders rescinded May 1, 2020 (Order 2020-06) (read as 2020-03-19)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 19, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • restaurants and food-service establishments
  • the public
Functions reached
  • DR dining rooms closed to patrons
  • TO take-out only
  • GATH 50
  • HR payment-handling and cleansing duties
Collection
Salt Lake City MET-SLC

Operative words

(as recited in Order 2020-03, Ex. MET-SLC-042) 'Salt Lake County issued Public Health Order No. 2020-1, curtailing operations of restaurants and other food service establishments, and prohibiting social gatherings larger than fifty (50) persons.' (As described by the Department, Ex. MET-SLC-082: 'March 16 Public Health Order 2020-01: COVID-19.')

Enforcement

Class B misdemeanor (per Order 2020-02, which continued Order 1 in force)

Notes

Issued the day the County Mayor proclaimed a state of emergency (Mar. 16, 2020, recital in MET-SLC-041); the Department also required cleansing between cash and card transactions

Retrieval note

Existence, date, number and gist verified from the County's own later orders (MET-SLC-041, -042) and the Department's archive page (MET-SLC-082); the Salt Lake Tribune and KSL reported the order on Mar. 16, 2020.