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Ex. MET-SLC-073 Order Primary source read

Public Health Orders 2020-13 (Aug. 19), 2020-14 (Sept. 24) and 2020-15 (Oct. 26), 2020

Order 2020-13 extends the face-covering order through January 5, 2021; Order 2020-14 clarifies that face coverings are required in public areas 'including outdoors' where six feet cannot be kept; Order 2020-15 aligns the county with the State's Transmission Index

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

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The record

Jurisdiction
Salt Lake County, Utah · Salt Lake City · Utah
Level
County
Authority
Utah Code 26A-1-114; Salt Lake County Code 2.86.050(E); EO 2020-50 sec. 5 (local mask mandates on notice)
Issued
2020-08-19 Aug. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-08-19 (2020-14: Sept. 24; 2020-15: Oct. 26) (read as 2020-08-19)
End
2021-01-05 11:59 p.m. (mask order); Order 2020-15's own end date not verified; no Salt Lake County order listed by the Department between Oct. 26, 2020 and Aug. 11, 2021 (read as 2021-01-05)
In force
Aug. 19, 2020 to Jan. 5, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all Salt Lake County residents, businesses and community organizations
Functions reached
  • MASK every public area
  • OP/SF/DR every sector's Yellow (county) and Orange (Salt Lake City) duties
  • GATH
  • CAP
  • EV
Collection
Salt Lake City MET-SLC

Operative words

(Order 2020-13, text read) 'Section 2. All Salt Lake County residents, businesses, and community organizations with the exception of [those] located in municipalities listed in Section 3, shall comply with the Low Level of Restriction (Yellow) Guidelines set forth in version 4.10 of the Phased Guidelines... Section 3. Residents, businesses, and community organizations located in Salt Lake City, shall continue to comply with the Moderate Level of Restriction (Orange) Guidelines, unless and until that restriction level is changed under the terms proscribed by item no. 4. of Executive Order 2020-50... Section 4. Face Coverings Mandatory. Any individual within Salt Lake County who is age two and over and able to medically or psychologically tolerate a face covering shall be required to wear a face covering that completely covers the nose and mouth when in public areas where consistent social distancing of at least six feet is not possible, reasonable, or prudent.... Section 5. This Public Health Order takes immediate effect and rescinds all prior Public Health Orders related to COVID-19. It will expire at 11:59 p.m. on January 5, 2021.' (Orders 2020-14 and 2020-15 as described by the Department, MET-SLC-082: 'September 24: Public Health Order 2020-14 clarifies that face coverings... are required in public areas, including outdoors, where consistent social distancing of at least six feet is not possible, reasonable, or prudent. October 26: Public Health Order 2020-15 aligns with the State of Utah's recent order(s) by... referenc[ing] the state's new "Transmission Index" system.')

Enforcement

Utah Code 26A-1-123 via 26A-1-114

Notes

Order 2020-13 kept Salt Lake City under the Orange Level of Restriction by county order until the Governor changed it (Sept. 4, 2020); KSL (Aug. 19, 2020) reported the extension and that EO 2020-50 allowed local mandates by notice rather than approval

Retrieval note

Order 2020-13 retrieved and read (verified_primary); Orders 2020-14 and 2020-15 are grouped here as verified_secondary from the Department's page.

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