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Resolution No. 20-20, 'COVID-19 - Safer at Home' Order

Resolution No. 20-20 'COVID-19 - Safer at Home' Order

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(1), (3)(a)5; Charter sec. 2.04(k); Code ch. 34
Issued
2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-03-26 11:27 a.m. (twenty-four hours after adoption) (read as 2020-03-26)
End
2020-05-04 (terminated by Res. 20-39 concurrently with the effective date of Governor's EO 20-112) (read as 2020-05-04)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to May 4, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
Addressees
  • all individuals in Pinellas County
  • places of public assembly
  • all entities conducting public and private gatherings
  • all businesses in Pinellas County
Functions reached
  • SF sales floors closed for non-essential businesses
  • CB customer base ordered to limit non-essential activity
  • WF workforce distancing and gathering rules
  • OF offices reduced to internal and minimum basic operations
  • EV/GATH gatherings capped at 10
  • AM pools and places of public assembly closed
Collection
Tampa Bay MET-TPA

Operative words

A. Individuals in Pinellas County are ordered to: 1. Comply with the CDC guidelines by maintaining a distance of 6 feet from other persons and by not gathering in groups of more than 10 individuals. 2. Limit non-essential activity and/or transportation to the following:... D. Businesses in Pinellas County are ordered to: Close storefront operations and limit customer foot traffic if they do not provide Essential Services as outlined in this Order or cannot maintain CDC social distancing guidelines. However, businesses may continue internal and minimum basic operations required to maintain the businesses, but are required to enforce CDC social distancing and group gathering guidelines as it applies to their workforce.

Enforcement

Fla. Stat. sec. 252.50 (recited as second-degree misdemeanor in St. Petersburg Order 2020-07); Code ch. 34

Notes

Essential Services enumerated (food cultivation and sale; social services; logistics and delivery; office-product suppliers; suppliers to essential businesses; home-based care; banks; laundromats; home repair); 'Home' includes hotels and motels; individuals may leave to operate, maintain and repair Essential Infrastructure

Retrieval note

Text read; adopted Mar. 25, 2020; 'This Order will expire upon the expiration of the existing [state of local emergency]'. [bytes=202384].