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Resolution No. 20-17 (closing all public beaches and public beach parking)

Resolution No. 20-17

Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County · Pinellas County, Florida (County)

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Jurisdiction
Pinellas County, Florida · Tampa Bay · Florida
Level
County
Authority
Res. 20-16; Fla. Stat. sec. 252.38; Charter sec. 2.04(k)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-20)
End
2020-04-06 11:59 p.m. as adopted; extended to terminate with the state of local emergency (Res. 20-34 recital); beaches reopened with conditions Apr. 28, 2020 (Res. 20-34) (read as 2020-04-06)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • the public; operators of public beaches and beach parking within Pinellas County; the State (Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Island)
Functions reached
  • TV tourism demand (Clearwater Beach, St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island)
  • LG lodging
  • DR/BA beach concessions
  • AM attractions
  • CN concessions and rentals
Collection
Tampa Bay MET-TPA

Operative words

That effective March 20, 2020 at 11:59 p.m., and extending through April 6, 2020 at 11:59 p.m, all public beaches located within Pinellas County and public beach parking are closed. 2.) That the State of Florida is asked to close Honeymoon Island State Park including Caladesi Island, for the duration that public beaches remain closed in Pinellas County.

Enforcement

Pinellas County Code ch. 34; Fla. Stat. sec. 252.50

Notes

The metro's principal tourism closure instrument for spring 2020

Retrieval note

Text read; adopted Mar. 19, 2020. [bytes=216776].