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Ex. RI-097 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2020-20

Supplemental Emergency Declaration (winter re-tightening: gatherings advised to five or one household; catered events over 10 indoors / 25 outdoors require City approval; cruise passenger vessels barred from the Port of Providence)

Mayor Jorge O. Elorza · City of Providence, Rhode Island (City)

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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
2020-11-22 Nov. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-11-22 (immediately) (read as 2020-11-22)
End
2020-12-22 by its terms; continued by EO 2020-21 (Dec. 22, 2020) and 2021-1 to 2021-6 (read as 2020-12-22)
In force
Nov. 22, 2020 to Dec. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all persons within the city
  • event hosts and caterers
  • businesses
  • City buildings
  • commercial cruise lines and the Port of Providence
Functions reached
  • BQ catered events under City approval
  • MC/EV public events under permit
  • TV cruise calls barred
  • CT City offices limited
  • GATH
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

1. Social gatherings, indoor and outdoor, are advised to be limited to no more than five (5) people, or to only immediate household members. 2. Public events, indoor and outdoor, shall comply with guidelines issued per Executive Order of the Governor of the State of Rhode Island and, where applicable, with a special event permit issued by the City of Providence. 3. Any catered events with more than 10 people indoors or 25 people outdoors shall require City approval via the City Services Committee.... 4. All businesses, essential and nonessential, may be open to the public consistent with guidelines issued per Executive Order of the Governor of the State of Rhode Island. 5. Domestic travel restrictions and quarantine requirements shall be consistent with those issued per Executive Order of the Governor of the State of Rhode Island.... 8. City buildings shall be open to the public in a limited capacity and subject to COVID-19 restrictions. 9. The Port/Harbor of the City of Providence shall be closed to any commercial cruise line passenger vessel regardless of size and irrespective of passenger capacity; and any disembarkation of passengers related to any commercial cruise line passenger vessel within the City of Providence at any public or private facility is hereby prohibited.

Enforcement

Providence Code ch. 7; City Services Committee approval; special event permits

Notes

Scanned PDF read by OCR; the order's face date is November 22, 2020 (later recitals give November 23).

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