The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota · North Dakota
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Municipal emergency powers under the City's State of Emergency (N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1 local declaration; Fargo Municipal Code)
- Issued
- 2020-10-19 Oct. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-10-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-10-19)
- End
- 'shall remain in effect until the underlying State of Emergency has ended unless it is sooner modified or terminated'; termination date not verified in this session (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Oct. 19, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- every person, family, business and store in the City of Fargo
- retail alcohol licensees (moratorium extension)
- Functions reached
- EMP every Fargo workplace (mask duty)
- SF
- CB
- BA alcohol retail rules
- predicate: City State of Emergency from March 16, 2020
- Collection
- North Dakota ND
Operative words
He said on March 16, 2020, he issued a Mayoral Declaration to denote a State of Emergency in the City as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has since been approved and extended by the City Commission. On July 27, 2020, he said, the City Commission approved a motion directing the public to wear masks where and when appropriate and encouraging businesses to adopt policies prohibiting entry without the wearing of masks.... Therefore, he said, under emergency powers, he is issuing a mask mandate to every person, family, business and store in the City to adopt appropriate measures accordingly. He said those measures include: every person within the City shall wear a face covering over the mouth and nose in all indoor environments where a person is exposed to non-household members and where social distancing of six feet or more cannot be assured, and in all outdoor settings where there is exposure to non-household members unless there exists ample space of six feet or more to practice social distancing. He said although the measures are mandated with the strongest possible recommendation, there is no penalty for non-compliance. The mandate takes effect immediately, he said, and shall remain in effect until the underlying State of Emergency has ended unless it is sooner modified or terminated by the Mayor or unless it is modified or terminated sooner by motion or resolution approved by the Board of City Commissioners.
Enforcement
'there is no penalty for non-compliance' (mandate under emergency powers); alcohol moratorium extension adopted by resolution
Notes
The minutes also record the mayor's statement that Cass County's Smart Restart risk level had escalated 'from Yellow to Orange, which means limiting the number of people in a room to 25 percent of capacity', that the Fargo Cass Public Health Board of Health recommended a mandate by letter of October 16, 2020, and that businesses requested a mandate for fear of 'the escalation to the Red Critical-Risk level, which would mean shutting down bars and restaurants'. The Resolution Extending the Moratorium Pertaining to the Retail Sale of Alcoholic Beverages was amended 'to terminate at the same time as the State of Emergency'.
Retrieval noteOfficial minutes of the Board of City Commissioners published on the City's site. The mayoral declaration of March 16, 2020 and the July 27, 2020 motion are recorded in these minutes; Other 2020 local mask mandates reported in North Dakota (West Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Bismarck, Mandan) are described by category only: none was verified in this session.