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- Jurisdiction
- City of Providence, Rhode Island · Rhode Island
- Level
- City
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; Providence Code of Ordinances ch. 7
- Issued
- 2020-05-06 May 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-09
- End
- 2020-06-05 by its terms; superseded by EO 2020-7 (May 30, 2020) and successors (read as 2020-06-05)
- In force
- May 9, 2020 to June 5, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons within the city
- food establishments
- Providence Place Mall and its tenants
- non-essential retail
- fitness centers
- travelers
- park and golf-course users
- Functions reached
- GATH
- DR
- ML
- SF
- FC
- TR
- MASK
- AM golf courses under approved plans; fields, courts and playgrounds closed
- Collection
- Rhode Island RI
Operative words
1. There shall be no gatherings of more than five (5) persons within the boundaries of the city. 2. There shall be no on-premises food or drink consumption for restaurants, bars, coffee shops, or other food establishments... 3. The Providence Place Mall shall remain closed, except that stores which maintain separate entry ways (unique to the individual store) may open to the public consistent with restrictions placed upon non-essential retail stores established by Executive Order of the Governor of Rhode Island. 4. Non-essential retail establishments may open to the public, subject to all restrictions placed upon non-essential retail stores established by Executive Order of the Governor of Rhode Island. 5. Fitness centers and venues of all kinds... shall remain closed. 6. There shall be a mandatory 14 day quarantine for anyone who has traveled between any state other than the State of Rhode Island and Providence... through June 5, 2020.... 9. Any person who is in a place open to the public, whether indoors or outdoors, shall cover their mouth and nose with a mask or cloth covering unless doing so would damage the person's health.
Enforcement
Notes
Scanned PDF read by OCR. Recitals in EO 2021-8 and 2021-9 list the City's later supplemental orders and their dates: 2020-7 (May 30), 2020-9 (June 18), 2020-11 (June 26), 2020-12 (July 1), 2020-14 (July 23), 2020-15 (Aug. 27), 2020-16 (Sept. 29), 2020-19 (Oct. 28), 2020-20 (Nov. 23), 2020-21 (Dec. 22, 2020), 2021-1 (Jan. 21), 2021-2 (Feb. 12), 2021-3 (Mar. 12), 2021-4 (Apr. 13), 2021-5 (May 13), 2021-6 (June 15, 2021).