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The Cincinnati file holds 52 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 52 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Ohio file and the Kentucky file.

Code CINStates Ohio, KentuckyFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 23, 2020 Ex. MET-CIN-040Orders reaching 2021 Q3 6Primary source read 43 Confirmed from a secondary source 9
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The Cincinnati file

The record in brief

ScopeCincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio (City of Cincinnati mayoral emergency declarations and emergency orders, City Council ordinances, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas and Hamilton County Municipal Court joint administrative orders, Hamilton County Public Health advisories, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (Metro) orders, Cincinnati Public Schools); Northern Kentucky (City of Covington emergency declaration and executive orders, Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky, Boone County Fiscal Court, Northern Kentucky Health Department). Statewide Ohio and Kentucky instruments are cited by name and date only.

The Cincinnati metropolitan area straddles two States whose regimes differed in structure but not in reach. On the Ohio side the general closures, the stay-at-home order, the gathering caps, the county-tier mask order, the statewide mask order (July 23, 2020), the November 19, 2020 curfew and the June 2, 2021 rescission were Ohio Department of Health instruments (OH file). The local layer sat on top of them and, in Cincinnati, added orders of its own with the force of law. The Mayor of Cincinnati declared a local emergency on March 11, 2020 under Article III of the Charter and Article XVIII of the Administrative Code (Ex. MET-CIN-050); Council amended Article XVIII, Section 9 on March 20, 2020 so that a declared emergency would continue until the declaring officer ended it rather than lapsing after two weeks (Ordinance 0096-2020, Ex. MET-CIN-029). Under the declaration the Mayor and the Cincinnati Board of Health issued numbered Joint Emergency Orders with 'the force of law': No. 4 (March 17, 2020) required 'all individuals in the public spaces of the City of Cincinnati... to maintain a minimum of six feet (6') of physical distance from other persons at all times' and stayed in force until rescinded May 27, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-045, -051); No. 6 (April 1, 2020) required every restaurant remaining open for carry-out to 'develop and submit a plan' for compliance with State and local orders (Ex. MET-CIN-048); No. 7 closed the streetcar and No. 8 closed 'all bike sharing and electric scooter services and rental businesses... for the duration of the declared emergency' (Exs. MET-CIN-047, -049); No. 9 (April 14, 2020) ordered every person who tested positive, was diagnosed, or had 'reason to believe they have COVID-19' to self-isolate at home for 14 days (Ex. MET-CIN-046). On May 13, 2020 Council enacted Ordinance 0141-2020, forbidding any employer to demote, terminate or take adverse action against an employee for obeying an order of the Mayor, the Governor, the Ohio Department of Health, the Cincinnati Health Commissioner or the Board of Health to remain at home, quarantine or isolate, with treble-wage damages (Ex. MET-CIN-030), and Ordinance 0142-2020, creating civil offenses for failing to comply with emergency orders and health orders (Ex. MET-CIN-031). The Mayor reissued the declaration on June 29, 2020 for the reopening phase (Ex. MET-CIN-019), and on July 3, 2020 Council passed Emergency Ordinance 0246-2020, effective July 9, 2020: every individual in the City 'shall wear a facial covering' when entering, waiting to enter, or inside the public areas of any place of business, in any City building, and 'in any public transportation vehicle,' every place of business 'shall require all employees that interact with the public to wear a facial covering,' a $25 civil penalty applied, and the ordinance ran 'during the pendency of the Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor effective June 29, 2020' (Ex. MET-CIN-001). Metro made the requirement operative on every bus from 6:00 p.m. July 8, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-015). The Mayor reissued the declaration again on November 16, 2020 for the winter wave (Ex. MET-CIN-024) and, the same day, Joint Emergency Order 14 suspended all public meetings of the City through December 13, 2020; amended orders of February 18 and March 8, 2021 prohibited in-person public attendance at City meetings through April 18, 2021 (Exs. MET-CIN-028, -032, -033). On April 28, 2021 Council enacted Ordinance 0137-2021, barring eviction actions for nonpayment of rent where the tenant tenders the arrears, 'for so long as the State of Emergency declared by the Governor... on March 9, 2020 exists' (Ex. MET-CIN-021). On May 17-18, 2021 the Mayor, City Manager and Health Commissioner rescinded the June 29, 2020 declaration, ending the City mask ordinance, and issued a limited declaration to run until the end of the Governor's statewide emergency (Exs. MET-CIN-022, -023). The Hamilton County courts ran a parallel and longer regime: Joint Administrative Order M200001 (March 13, 2020) suspended all jury trials and continued all civil and criminal matters for thirty days from March 16, 2020 and relocated all in-person Clerk operations (Ex. MET-CIN-008); the March 24 and April 6, 2020 orders limited courthouse access to 'critical court proceedings' and suspended petit jury summons (Exs. MET-CIN-009, -002); the April 6, 2020 screening order required every person entering the Courthouse to submit to questions and a temperature check and excluded anyone exposed within 14 days (Ex. MET-CIN-003); the June 1, June 22 and September 25, 2020 orders capped in-person dockets (fifteen to twenty cases), limited access to necessary participants, and ordered every entrant to wear a face covering (Exs. MET-CIN-004, -010, -005); jury trials were suspended October 26, 2020 to March 8, 2021 (Exs. MET-CIN-006, -011, -026, -012); the June 3, 2021 order lifted the access limits but kept the exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons and each judge's authority over capacity and masks (Ex. MET-CIN-025); and on August 11, 2021 Joint Amended Administrative Order M210001 ordered that 'anyone entering Court Facilities... shall wear a facial covering/mask in all common areas,' in force until February 24, 2022 (Exs. MET-CIN-007, -027). Hamilton County Public Health issued advisories rather than orders (November 19, 2020 stay-at-home advisory, Ex. MET-CIN-013; July 30, 2021 universal indoor masking recommendation, Ex. MET-CIN-035) and communicated the State's county-tier mask mandate effective July 8, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-036). Metro suspended fares and cut service to a Saturday schedule from March 29, 2020, resumed fares April 12, and restored full service June 28, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-016, -018, -017). On the Kentucky side the regime was the Commonwealth's (Governor Beshear's executive orders and Cabinet for Health and Family Services orders, KY file); the Northern Kentucky Health Department issued no general closure or mask order this research located. Covington's Mayor declared a State of Emergency on March 19, 2020 and by executive order closed Commission meetings to the public from March 24, 2020 and closed playgrounds, courts and fields on March 27, 2020; the City Manager closed the City Hall lobby from March 17, 2020 and sent non-essential staff home March 23, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-037 to -041, -044); TANK moved to Sunday schedules, free fares and rear-door boarding from March 23, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-040); Boone County Fiscal Court met by videoconference under the state of emergency (Ex. MET-CIN-052). For the third quarter of 2021 the local instruments in force were the Hamilton County courts' June 3 and August 11, 2021 orders, the codified Cincinnati ordinances 0141-2020 and 0142-2020, the federal transit mask order on Metro and TANK, and (Kentucky) the Commonwealth's school-mask regulations of August-September 2021; the Cincinnati mask ordinance and emergency orders had ended May 17-18 and June 18, 2021.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Cincinnati on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

QuarterFirst dayLast day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Apr. 1, 2020: Cincinnati local emergency (Mar. 11, Ex. MET-CIN-050; duration extended by Ord. 0096-2020, Ex. MET-CIN-029); Joint Emergency Order 4 six-foot distancing in all public spaces (Ex. MET-CIN-045); JEO 6-8 issued this day: restaurant carry-out plans, streetcar closure, bike-share and scooter closure (Exs. MET-CIN-048, -047, -049); Hamilton County courts: jury trials suspended, all matters continued, courthouse access limited to critical proceedings, petit jury summons suspended (Exs. MET-CIN-008, -009); Metro fares suspended and Saturday schedule from Mar. 29 (Ex. MET-CIN-016); Covington: State of Emergency (Mar. 19), City Hall lobby closed (Mar. 17), Commission meetings closed to public (Mar. 24), playgrounds closed (Mar. 27), non-essential staff at home (Mar. 23) (Exs. MET-CIN-037 to -041, -044); TANK Sunday schedules, free fares, rear-door boarding (Ex. MET-CIN-040). Statewide: Ohio Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22) and Kentucky Healthy at Home (Mar. 26) (State files).June 30, 2020: Cincinnati reissued declaration effective June 29 (Ex. MET-CIN-019) with JEO 11 outdoor dining extended (Ex. MET-CIN-020) and the Public Participation Protocols order (Ex. MET-CIN-034); Ords. 0141-2020 and 0142-2020 in force (Exs. MET-CIN-030, -031); Hamilton County courts under the June 22, 2020 order (docket caps, access limits, screening, masks) (Ex. MET-CIN-010); Metro full service restored June 28, fares resumed Apr. 12 (Exs. MET-CIN-017, -018); Covington State of Emergency continuing (Ex. MET-CIN-037).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →July 1, 2020: Cincinnati June 29 declaration in force (Ex. MET-CIN-019); Ords. 0141-2020, 0142-2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-030, -031); courts under June 22 order through July 30 (Ex. MET-CIN-010); Ordinance 0246-2020 passed July 3, effective July 9 (Ex. MET-CIN-001); Metro mask requirement from July 8 (Ex. MET-CIN-015); State Level 3 mask order effective in Hamilton County July 8 (Ex. MET-CIN-036; OH file).Sept. 30, 2020: Ordinance 0246-2020 in force (Ex. MET-CIN-001); Metro masks (Ex. MET-CIN-015); courts under the Sept. 25, 2020 order (twenty-case docket cap, access limits, screening, masks) (Ex. MET-CIN-005); June 29 declaration continuing (Ex. MET-CIN-019).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Oct. 1, 2020: same as Sept. 30, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-001, -005, -015, -019, -030, -031).Dec. 31, 2020: Ordinance 0246-2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-001); Nov. 16, 2020 reissued declaration (Ex. MET-CIN-024); courts: jury trials suspended since Oct. 26 (Ex. MET-CIN-006), Sept. 25 order in force (Ex. MET-CIN-005); HCPH Nov. 19 stay-at-home advisory (Ex. MET-CIN-013); Covington City Hall lobby still closed (secondary: Dec. 23 and 31, 2020 releases); statewide curfew (OH file).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Jan. 1, 2021: same as Dec. 31, 2020; jury trials suspended (extended Jan. 19 to Mar. 8, 2021, Ex. MET-CIN-026).Mar. 31, 2021: Ordinance 0246-2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-001); Nov. 16 declaration (Ex. MET-CIN-024); Amended JEO 14 of Mar. 8, 2021 barring in-person public attendance at City meetings through Apr. 18 (Ex. MET-CIN-033); courts' Sept. 25, 2020 order in force, jury trials resumed Mar. 8 (Exs. MET-CIN-005, -012); Metro masks under the ordinance and the federal CDC order (Ex. MET-CIN-015; FED file).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Apr. 1, 2021: same as Mar. 31, 2021; Ordinance 0137-2021 enacted Apr. 28 (Ex. MET-CIN-021).June 30, 2021: Cincinnati mask ordinance ended May 17 (Exs. MET-CIN-022, -023); limited declaration ended with the State emergency June 18 (OH file to confirm); Ord. 0137-2021 ended with the State emergency (Ex. MET-CIN-021); Ords. 0141-2020, 0142-2020 codified (Exs. MET-CIN-030, -031); courts under the June 3, 2021 order (Ex. MET-CIN-025); Metro and TANK under the federal mask order (FED file).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →July 1, 2021: courts' June 3, 2021 order (exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons; judge-level mask and capacity authority; remote hearings encouraged) (Ex. MET-CIN-025); Ords. 0141-2020, 0142-2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-030, -031); federal transit mask order on Metro and TANK (FED file); Kentucky statewide emergency continuing (KY file).Sept. 30, 2021: courts' Aug. 11, 2021 mask order M210001 in force (Ex. MET-CIN-007, to Feb. 24, 2022, Ex. MET-CIN-027); June 3, 2021 order otherwise continuing (Ex. MET-CIN-025); Ords. 0141-2020, 0142-2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-030, -031); HCPH July 30, 2021 universal indoor masking recommendation (advisory, Ex. MET-CIN-035); federal transit mask order (FED file).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Cincinnati, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

2021-05-17 (Cincinnati mask ordinance and 2020-21 emergency orders); 2021-06-03 (court access limits); 2021-06-18 (Cincinnati limited declaration)

Instrument City of Cincinnati: Rescission of Prior Declaration of Emergency and May 17, 2021 Limited Declaration of Emergency and Emergency Order (executed May 17-18, 2021; filed with Council May 19-20, 2021) (Exs. MET-CIN-022, -023); the limited declaration ran until the end of the Governor's statewide emergency (Ohio Executive Order 2021-08D, June 17-18, 2021). Hamilton County courts: Joint Amended Administrative Order M210001 of June 3, 2021 lifted the access limits (Ex. MET-CIN-025). Statewide (by name only): Ohio Department of Health rescission of health orders June 2, 2021; Kentucky end of the statewide mask mandate June 11, 2021.

What remained in force

Hamilton County courts' June 3, 2021 order (exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons; judge-level mask and capacity authority) and, from August 11, 2021, the courthouse mask mandate (Ex. MET-CIN-007, to Feb. 24, 2022); Cincinnati Ordinances 0141-2020 (employer anti-retaliation for obeying stay-home, quarantine and isolation orders) and 0142-2020 (civil offenses for violating emergency and health orders), codified without sunset (Exs. MET-CIN-030, -031); the federal CDC conveyance mask order and TSA directives on Metro, TANK and CVG (FED file); Hamilton County Public Health's July 30, 2021 universal indoor masking recommendation (advisory, Ex. MET-CIN-035); Kentucky's August-September 2021 school masking regulations and the Commonwealth's continuing emergency (KY file).

The State and the local orders

Ohio did not bar local mask or emergency orders in 2020-2021; Cincinnati's Ordinance 0246-2020 ran from July 9, 2020 to May 17, 2021 without State interference, and the July 8, 2020 State mask order for Level 3 counties (Hamilton included) and the July 23, 2020 statewide order overlaid rather than displaced it. Ohio Senate Bill 22 (effective June 23, 2021; OH file) limited State and local health authority prospectively (general isolation and quarantine orders confined to persons diagnosed or directly exposed, R.C. 3709.212; legislative power to rescind executive orders) and is the reason no Ohio local government in this metro reissued a general mask mandate in the third quarter of 2021; the courts' August 11, 2021 mask order was issued under the judiciary's own authority and was unaffected. Kentucky's regime was statewide and the Commonwealth's; the 2021 General Assembly's limits on the Governor (HB 1, SB 1, SB 2), Cameron v. Beshear (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021), and the September 2021 special session (SB 1, leaving school masking to districts) are KY-file instruments. Northern Kentucky local governments did not issue general business orders of their own in 2020-2021 that this research located; the Northern Kentucky Independent District Board of Health's 2021 posts are meeting notices only.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Cincinnati. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (8)

  • MET-CIN-025 (Hamilton County courts, Joint Amended Administrative Order M210001, June 3, 2021: no entry for symptomatic persons or unvaccinated exposed persons; judge-level mask and capacity rules; in force July 1 - Aug. 11, 2021 and continuing as amended)
  • MET-CIN-007 (Hamilton County courts, Joint Amended Administrative Order M210001, Aug. 11, 2021: facial covering required in all common areas of Court Facilities; Aug. 11, 2021 - Feb. 24, 2022)
  • MET-CIN-030 (Cincinnati Ordinance 0141-2020, employer anti-retaliation for obeying stay-home, quarantine and isolation orders; codified, no sunset)
  • MET-CIN-031 (Cincinnati Ordinance 0142-2020, civil offenses for failing to comply with emergency and health orders; codified, no sunset)
  • MET-CIN-029 (Cincinnati Ordinance 0096-2020, Administrative Code Art. XVIII sec. 9 as amended; framework)
  • Federal CDC conveyance mask order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025, and TSA security directives as applied on Metro, TANK and at CVG (FED file; cite by name)
  • Kentucky: 902 KAR 2:211E and 704 KAR 4:110E school and child-care masking emergency regulations (Aug. 2021) until the Sept. 2021 special session, and the Commonwealth's continuing state of emergency (KY file; cite by name)
  • MET-CIN-035 (Hamilton County Public Health, July 30, 2021 universal indoor masking recommendation: advisory, not force of law; listed for completeness)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Cincinnati, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

State dine-in closure Mar. 15, 2020 (OH file); Cincinnati JEO 6 (Apr. 1, 2020) required every carry-out restaurant to submit a compliance plan (Ex. MET-CIN-048); JEO 11 (May 27, 2020; extended June 29) relaxed permit rules for temporary outdoor dining conditioned on State and City health orders (Ex. MET-CIN-020); Ord. 0246-2020 masks for employees and patrons indoors July 9, 2020 - May 17, 2021 (Ex. MET-CIN-001); Kentucky dine-in closure Mar. 16, 2020 (KY file; Covington release, Ex. MET-CIN-039 context).

Retail

Ohio Stay at Home Order Mar. 23, 2020 and Kentucky non-life-sustaining retail closure Mar. 23, 2020 (State files); Cincinnati JEO 4 six-foot distancing in all public spaces Mar. 17 - May 27, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-045, -051); JEO 8 closed bike-share and scooter rental businesses (Ex. MET-CIN-049); Ord. 0246-2020 masks in every place of business July 9, 2020 - May 17, 2021 (Ex. MET-CIN-001).

Personal care

State closures and reopening (OH May 15, 2020; KY May 25, 2020) (State files); Ord. 0246-2020 masks (Ex. MET-CIN-001).

Fitness and entertainment

State closures (State files); Ord. 0246-2020 masks in gyms except while exercising six feet apart (Ex. MET-CIN-001, sec. 3(f)); Covington playgrounds, courts, fields closed Mar. 27, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-041).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Ord. 0246-2020 covered hotels and motels excluding rented rooms (Ex. MET-CIN-001).

Offices and telework

Cincinnati JEO 14 suspended public meetings Nov. 16 - Dec. 13, 2020 and barred in-person attendance through Apr. 18, 2021 (Exs. MET-CIN-028, -032, -033); Covington non-essential staff ordered home Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-044); HCPH Nov. 19, 2020 advisory urged remote work (Ex. MET-CIN-013); Ord. 0246-2020 sec. 3(g) exempted private workspaces (Ex. MET-CIN-001).

Manufacturing

State orders (State files); Ord. 0141-2020 employer anti-retaliation applied to every employer with one employee in Cincinnati (Ex. MET-CIN-030).

Construction

State orders (State files).

Real estate

Ord. 0137-2021 pay-to-stay eviction bar Apr. 28 - June 18, 2021 (Ex. MET-CIN-021); Hamilton County Municipal Court eviction dockets limited by the courts' orders (Exs. MET-CIN-004, -005, -010).

Hospitals and long-term care

State orders (OH and KY files); HCPH advisories (Exs. MET-CIN-013, -035).

Dental and elective health care

State orders (OH file).

Schools

State closures Mar. 2020 (State files); CPS blended learning from Oct. 13, 2020 and remote periods (Ex. MET-CIN-043); CPS mask campaign Aug. 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-042, context); Kentucky Aug.-Sept. 2021 school masking regulations (KY file).

Child care

State orders (State files).

Worship and gatherings

Ord. 0246-2020 excluded religious facilities (Ex. MET-CIN-001); JEO 4 distancing in public spaces (Ex. MET-CIN-045); State gathering caps (State files).

Courts and public offices

Hamilton County courts: jury trials and all matters continued Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-008); access limited to critical proceedings Mar. 24 - June 1, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-009, -002); screening Apr. 6, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-003); docket caps and masks June 1, 2020 - June 3, 2021 (Exs. MET-CIN-004, -010, -005); jury trials suspended Oct. 26, 2020 - Mar. 8, 2021 (Exs. MET-CIN-006, -011, -026, -012); access limits lifted June 3, 2021 (Ex. MET-CIN-025); courthouse masks Aug. 11, 2021 - Feb. 24, 2022 (Exs. MET-CIN-007, -027). Cincinnati City meetings suspended or closed to the public Nov. 16, 2020 - Apr. 18, 2021 (Exs. MET-CIN-028, -032, -033); Covington City Hall lobby closed from Mar. 17, 2020, Commission meetings closed to the public from Mar. 24, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-038, -039); Boone County Fiscal Court by videoconference Apr. 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-052).

Travel and quarantine

Cincinnati JEO 9 self-isolation order Apr. 14, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-046); Metro fares suspended and Saturday schedule Mar. 29 - June 28, 2020 (Exs. MET-CIN-016, -017, -018); TANK Sunday schedules, free fares, rear-door boarding from Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-040); streetcar closed Apr. 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-047); Kentucky travel orders EO 2020-258/266 (KY file).

Face coverings

State Level 3 county order effective in Hamilton County July 8, 2020, 6:00 p.m. (Ex. MET-CIN-036; OH file); Cincinnati Ord. 0246-2020 July 9, 2020 - May 17, 2021 (Ex. MET-CIN-001); Metro masks from July 8, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-015); courthouse masks June 1, 2020 - June 3, 2021 and Aug. 11, 2021 - Feb. 24, 2022 (Exs. MET-CIN-004, -005, -007); HCPH July 30, 2021 recommendation (Ex. MET-CIN-035); Kentucky EO 2020-586 July 10, 2020 - June 11, 2021 (KY file).

Vaccination mandates

None issued by Cincinnati, Hamilton County or the Northern Kentucky local governments in the period; Council motion of Aug. 4, 2021 opposing vaccine-passport laws (Legistar matter 202102593, not saved). Court orders of June 3 and Aug. 11, 2021 imposed stricter entry rules on unvaccinated persons (Exs. MET-CIN-025, -007).

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Cincinnati file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 7Stay-at-home 1Business closure 6Telework mandate 6Capacity limit 2Gathering cap 18Face-covering requirement 12Travel and quarantine 6Schools and child care 3Curfew and hours 2Courts and public offices 23Workplace rules 9Vaccination or testing 2Quarantine and isolation 9Other 7

All instruments

Every record in the Cincinnati file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.

Showing 52 of 52 instrumentsThe Cincinnati records in the Library →
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. MET-CIN-050Declaration of a state of emergency (Mar. 11, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record of the Mayor's statement, matter 202000445)Statement of Mayor Cranley: declaration of a state of emergency, March 11, 2020Mayor John CranleyCityMar. 11, 2020June 29, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-008Joint Administrative Order, No. M200001 (Mar. 13, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)CourtMar. 16, 2020Mar. 24, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 47 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-038Closure of the City Hall lobby and cancellation of board and committee meetings (Mar. 13, 2020)City Hall lobby closedCity Manager David Johnston (announced by Mayor Joe Meyer)CityMar. 17, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 712 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-045Joint Emergency Order 4. Public Space - Physical Distancing Requirements (Mar. 17, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000474)Joint Emergency Order 4. Public Space - Physical Distancing RequirementsMayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of HealthCityMar. 17, 2020May 27, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-037Declaration of a State of Emergency (Mar. 19, 2020)Mayor declares State of EmergencyMayor Joe MeyerCityMar. 19, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCurfew and hoursConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 259 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-029Emergency Ordinance No. 0096-2020Amending Article XVIII, Section 9, 'Duration of Emergency,' of the Administrative Code of the City of…Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance; City Manager Patrick A. Duhaney)CityMar. 20, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 471 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-040TANK service reduction to Sunday schedules, fare suspension, express-route suspension and rear-door boarding (effective Mar. 23, 2020)Bus routes go to 'Sunday schedule' every dayTransit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) (announced Mar. 20, 2020; reported by the City of Covington)CountyMar. 23, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 283 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-044Order that all non-essential City employees work from home (Mar. 23, 2020)Much of City Hall operating 'from home'City of Covington (City Manager; Mayor Joe Meyer)CityMar. 23, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 269 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-009Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19, with Announcement of Mar. 24, 2020In re: Courthouse Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Judge Kubicki)CourtMar. 24, 2020Apr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 363 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-039Executive Order closing Board of Commissioners meetings to in-person public attendance (Mar. 20, 2020)City Commission meetings closed to publicMayor Joe Meyer (executive order under the Mar. 19, 2020 State of Emergency)CityMar. 24, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 289 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-041Executive Order closing playgrounds, shelters, courts and fields (Mar. 27, 2020)City restricting playground useMayor Joe Meyer (executive order under the Mar. 19, 2020 State of Emergency)CityMar. 27, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 541 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-016Fare suspension and modified (Saturday) service schedule (announced Mar. 24, 2020)Metro To Suspend Fare Collection and Modify Service Schedule Beginning March 29Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), MetroCountyMar. 29, 2020Apr. 12, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 217 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-047Joint Emergency Order 7. Streetcar Closure (Apr. 1, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000524)Joint Emergency Order 7. Streetcar ClosureMayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of HealthCityApr. 1, 2020June 29, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 95 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-048Joint Emergency Order 6. Plans for Restaurants Providing Carry out (Apr. 1, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000535)Joint Emergency Order 6. Plans for Restaurants Providing Carry outMayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of HealthCityApr. 1, 2020June 29, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-049Joint Emergency Order 8. Bike Share and Electric Scooter Closure (Apr. 1, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000528)Joint Emergency Order 8. Bike Share and Electric Scooter ClosureMayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of HealthCityApr. 1, 2020June 29, 20202020 Q2Business closurePrimary source readPDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-002Amended Administrative Order re Courthouse Access under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19, No. M200002In re: Courthouse Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Amended Administrative Order)Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Presiding and Administrative Judge Charles J. Kubicki, Jr.)CourtApr. 6, 2020May 1, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 65 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-003Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19In re: Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)CourtApr. 6, 2020Sept. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 40 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-018Resumption of fare collection; essential-trips-only request (Apr. 9, 2020)Metro To Resume Fare Collection Effective April 12SORTA Board of Trustees (special meeting Apr. 9, 2020), MetroCountyApr. 12, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 190 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-046Joint Emergency Order 9. Self-Isolation Order - Individuals with COVID-19 (Apr. 14, 2020; amended Apr. 28, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000559)Joint Emergency Order 9. Self-Isolation Order - Individuals with COVID-19Mayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of HealthCityApr. 14, 2020June 29, 20202020 Q2Quarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 94 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-052Fiscal Court minutes, Apr. 14, 2020 (regular meeting held by video teleconference under the COVID-19 state of emergency)Boone County Fiscal Court Minutes, April 14, 2020Boone County Fiscal Court (Judge/Executive Gary W. Moore)CountyApr. 14, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 304 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-030Emergency Ordinance No. 0141-2020 (COVID-19 Job Protections)Establishing that employers may not retaliate against covered employees for obeying appropriate orders or…Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance; Mayor Cranley, City Solicitor Boggs Muething)CityMay 13, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 340 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-031Emergency Ordinance No. 0142-2020Modifying Cincinnati Municipal Code Chapter 1601 by ordaining new Sections 1601-57, 'Enforcement of Emergency…Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance; Mayor Cranley, City Solicitor Boggs Muething)CityMay 13, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 962 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-020Joint Emergency Order 11. Outdoor Dining and Social Distancing (filed with Council May 27, 2020; extended June 29, 2020)Joint Emergency Order 11. Outdoor Dining and Social DistancingMayor John Cranley and Health Commissioner Melba Moore (Cincinnati Board of Health)CityMay 27, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitOtherPrimary source readPDF 642 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-051Rescission of Joint Emergency Order 4 (May 27, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000689)Rescission of Joint Emergency Order 4. Public Space - Physical Distancing RequirementsMayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of HealthCityMay 27, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Gathering capPrimary source readPDF 93 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-004Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered May 29, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtCourtJune 1, 2020July 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 2.0 MB
Ex. MET-CIN-034Emergency Order: Public Participation Protocols (dated June 21, 2020; filed June 23, 2020)Emergency Order - Public Participation ProtocolsMayor John Cranley and Health Commissioner Melba R. MooreCityJune 21, 2020May 17, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 525 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-010Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered June 17, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtCourtJune 22, 2020July 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 202 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-017Restoration of full service (announced June 9, 2020)Metro To Return To Full Service June 28Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), MetroCountyJune 28, 2020not dated2020 Q2Travel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 186 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-019Declaration of Emergency (amended and revised; declared June 23, 2020, effective June 29, 2020)Declaration of Emergency (safe reopening of Cincinnati)Mayor John CranleyCityJune 29, 2020Nov. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 518 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-015Metro rider face-covering requirement (announced July 6, 2020)Facial Coverings To Be Required On Metro Starting July 8Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), Metro (regional transit authority, R.C. ch. 306)CountyJuly 8, 2020May 17, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 191 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-036Mask Up Hamilton County / #MasksOn Hamilton County (posted July 8, 2020)State Health Director requires masks to be worn in public in Hamilton CountyHamilton County (Board of County Commissioners' communications office), communicating the Ohio Department of Health Director's orderCountyJuly 8, 2020July 23, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 787 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-001Emergency Ordinance No. 0246-2020 (Council matter 202000857, Version B)Requiring facial coverings to be worn in certain circumstances during the pendency of the Mayor's June 29…Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance; Mayor John Cranley)CityJuly 9, 2020May 17, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 511 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-042Masks On For Me campaign page (Aug. 2020) referencing the district's face-mask requirementMasks On For MeCincinnati Public Schools Board of Education (Health and Safety Committee)CountyAug. 1, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 362 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-005Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered Sept. 25, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtCourtSept. 25, 2020June 3, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 230 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-006Joint Administrative Order, No. M200001 (jury trials)In re: Jury Trials Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtCourtOct. 26, 2020Mar. 8, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 62 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-011Announcement: Temporary Suspension of Jury Trials (Oct. 23, 2020)Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Presiding Judge Charles J. Kubicki Announces Temporary Suspension of…Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas (Presiding Judge Charles J. Kubicki)CourtOct. 26, 2020Mar. 8, 20212020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 76 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-024Declaration of Emergency (winter wave; declared Nov. 16, 2020; filed with Council Dec. 16, 2020)Declaration of EmergencyMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCityNov. 16, 2020May 17, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 610 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-028Joint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public MeetingsMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCityNov. 16, 2020Dec. 13, 20202020 Q4Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 285 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-013COVID-19 Health Advisory (Nov. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Health Advisory IssuedHamilton County Public Health (Hamilton County General Health District)CountyNov. 19, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source readPDF 66 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-014COVID-19 Update: Stay Safe Ohio Protocol, Curfew Extension, Sports Variance (Dec. 10, 2020)COVID-19 Update: Stay Safe Ohio Protocol, Curfew Extension, Sports VarianceHamilton County Public Health (relaying the Ohio Department of Health)CountyDec. 10, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q4Curfew and hoursOtherPrimary source readPDF 96 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-043COVID-19 Board Update (Dec. 16, 2020): measures to inform school planningCOVID-19 Measures to Inform School Planning - Board Update, December 16, 2020Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education (COVID-19 Board Update)CountyDec. 16, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q4Schools and child carePrimary source readPDF 2.7 MB
Ex. MET-CIN-026Public Announcement: Hamilton County Suspends Jury Trials Until March 8, 2021Hamilton County Suspends Jury Trials Until March 8, 2021Hamilton County CourtsCourtJan. 19, 2021Mar. 8, 20212021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 41 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-032Amended Joint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public Meetings (dated Feb. 18, 2021; filed Feb. 23, 2021)Amended Joint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public MeetingsMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCityFeb. 18, 2021Mar. 14, 20212021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 95 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-012Press release: Hamilton County Courts will resume jury trials March 8, 2021Hamilton County Courts will resume jury trials March 8, 2021Hamilton County Courts (Presiding Judges Jody M. Luebbers and Heather S. Russell)CourtMar. 8, 2021not dated2021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 42 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-033Amended Joint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public Meetings (dated Mar. 8, 2021; filed Mar. 9, 2021)Amended Joint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public MeetingsMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCityMar. 8, 2021Apr. 18, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 95 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-021Emergency Ordinance No. 0137-2021 ('Pay to Stay')Prohibiting the initiation or ongoing prosecution of actions for forcible detainer and entry ('eviction')…Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance, B Version; Councilmember Landsman)CityApr. 28, 2021not dated2021 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 370 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-022Rescission of Prior Declaration of Emergency (May 17, 2021)Rescission of Prior Declaration of EmergencyMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCityMay 17, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 504 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-023May 17, 2021 Limited Declaration of Emergency and Emergency OrderMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCityMay 17, 2021June 18, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 480 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-025Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M210001 (June 3, 2021)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Judge Luebbers), and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judge Russell)CourtJune 3, 2021Aug. 11, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 100 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-035COVID-19 Guidelines Change in Substantial Spread Areas (July 30, 2021)CDC: Hamilton County Seeing Substantial Spread - COVID-19 Guidelines Change in Substantial Spread AreasHamilton County Public Health (Health Commissioner Greg Kesterman)CountyJuly 30, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. MET-CIN-007Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M210001 (Aug. 11, 2021)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Presiding Judge Jody M. Luebbers), and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Presiding Judge Heather S. Russell)CourtAug. 11, 2021Feb. 24, 20222021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 72 KB
Ex. MET-CIN-027Press release: Expiration of Courthouse Mask Mandate (Feb. 24, 2022)Expiration of Courthouse Mask MandateHamilton County CourtsCourtFeb. 24, 2022not datedFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 48 KB

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