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The Pittsburgh file holds 57 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 57 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Pennsylvania file.
Code PITState PennsylvaniaFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. MET-PIT-050Orders reaching 2021 Q3 19Primary source read 54 Confirmed from a secondary source 3
The record in brief
ScopeAllegheny County, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County Health Department; County Executive), City of Pittsburgh (Mayor; City Council), the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Magisterial District Courts, Pittsburgh Municipal Court), and the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Statewide Pennsylvania instruments are cited by name and date only.
Allegheny County and Pittsburgh operated under three overlapping local layers between March 12, 2020 and September 30, 2021, each with force of law and each independent of the Governor's disaster proclamation: (1) the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), a county department of health under the Local Health Administration Law, 16 P.S. 12001-12028, and the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, 35 P.S. 521.1 et seq., whose Director issued five Control Measure Orders between June 28 and August 28, 2020 that closed or restricted bars, restaurants, nightclubs, taverns and the casino, capped gatherings and events, imposed an 11:00 PM closing hour on all dine-in seating and banned indoor dining countywide for a week, on top of the Commonwealth's orders; (2) the City of Pittsburgh, whose Mayor declared a disaster emergency on March 13, 2020 (ratified by Council March 17, 2020 and renewed by resolution about every one to five weeks through August 3, 2021), issued Executive Orders 2020-001 and 2020-002 prohibiting community gatherings above 250 and then 50 persons from March 16, 2020, and whose Council enacted Chapter 626A (Ordinance 41 of 2020, December 8, 2020) and Chapter 626B (Ordinance 23 of 2021, July 27, 2021) requiring employers with 50 or more employees to provide 80 hours of COVID-19 sick time, and Chapter 782 (Ordinances 6 and 12 of 2021) regulating residential evictions; and (3) the Fifth Judicial District, which declared a judicial emergency on March 16, 2020 and kept it in force, by declarations and Supreme Court authorizations under Pa.R.J.A. No. 1952(B)(2), through October 1, 2021, closing court facilities to the public (March 26, 2020), suspending jury trials (to October 19, 2020 and again in winter 2020-21), staying writs of possession and sheriff sales, prohibiting new residential landlord-tenant filings (August 7-31, 2020), requiring masks in every court facility (June 11, 2020 to July 1, 2021 and again from August 10, 2021), ordering remote-only operations for defined windows (November 24-December 4, 2020; December 7, 2020-January 8, 2021; April 5-30, 2021; May 3-28, 2021), continuing residential sheriff sales to September 7, 2021, and imposing landlord-tenant procedures through October 31, 2021. The Port Authority of Allegheny County cut service to reduced schedules from March 25, 2020, capped riders at 10, 15 and 25 per vehicle, required face coverings of every rider and employee, and kept those limits in force into 2021. By quarter: 2020 Q2 opened under the county and city emergency declarations, the city gathering bans, the judicial emergency with courthouses closed to the public and trials suspended, county offices closed to the public, and the Port Authority's reduced service and rider caps, all beneath the Commonwealth's business-closure and stay-at-home orders (March 19 and 23, 2020) that named Allegheny County; it closed with the county in the Green Phase (June 5, 2020) but with masks required in court facilities, jury trials still suspended, and the ACHD's June 28, 2020 order in force (no on-site alcohol consumption in any bar, restaurant or business, enforced from 5:00 PM June 30). 2020 Q3 is the county's most intense local period: the July 2 order closed bars, restaurants, nightclubs, casinos and taverns to in-person operation July 3-10 and capped gatherings at 25; the July 8 order (effective July 10) prohibited indoor dining and alcohol consumption countywide, allowed only seated outdoor service with a three-drink maximum and an 11:00 PM cutoff, reopened the casino without food, beverage or smoking, and prohibited events above 25 indoors and 50 outdoors; the July 17 order (effective 5:00 PM) closed all dine-in seating at 11:00 PM nightly and kept the 25/50 gathering caps alongside the Secretary of Health's July 15, 2020 order (25 percent indoor dining, alcohol only with meals); the August 28 order raised the outdoor cap to 100; the Director lifted the county orders September 24, 2020, leaving the Commonwealth's masking, telework, worker-safety, building-safety and occupancy orders in force countywide. The courts extended the judicial emergency to December 31, 2020 and re-plan operations August 31, 2020 with masks, occupancy limits and landlord-tenant procedures. 2020 Q4 saw the ACHD's November 18 stay-at-home advisory, the court's remote-only orders of November 20 and December 3 (extending the emergency to March 31, 2021), and Pittsburgh's Chapter 626A, beneath the Commonwealth's November 17 and 23 and December 10, 2020 orders. 2021 Q1 and Q2 carried the judicial emergency (extended to August 31, 2021), remote-only and remote-first court windows, the March 26 remote-public-access order, criminal jury trials resuming April 27, 2021, the June 2 sheriff-sale continuances, Chapter 782 (March 3, 2021) and the city declaration's renewals to August 3, 2021; the Commonwealth's mitigation orders ended May 31, 2021 and its mask order June 28, 2021. 2021 Q3 was not a quarter without orders in Allegheny County: the Fifth Judicial District's judicial emergency, remote-technology authorization and Rule 600 suspension ran through October 1, 2021 (AD-21-128, August 31, 2021); masks were again required in every court facility from August 10, 2021 (AD-21-118); landlord-tenant procedures ran through October 31, 2021 (AD-21-110, August 6, 2021); residential sheriff sales were postponed to September 7, 2021; Pittsburgh's Chapter 626B took effect July 27, 2021 (80 hours of COVID-19 sick time, employers of 50 or more, 365 days); the County Executive required unvaccinated county employees and visitors to county buildings to mask and be tested from August 2021, made vaccination a condition of new county employment from August 9, 2021 and announced a December 1, 2021 vaccination requirement for county employees on September 29, 2021; the City imposed the same vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rule on its workforce in August 2021 (Executive Order No. 7 of November 1, 2021 recites the August 9, 2021 new-hire vaccination condition); the ACHD's isolation and quarantine directions (updated July 26 and August 24, 2021) governed every exposed worker; and the Port Authority's face-covering rule continued under the CDC conveyance order. The Commonwealth's school masking order (August 31, 2021, effective September 7, 2021) reached every Allegheny County school; the ACHD Director endorsed it September 3, 2021.
The six quarters
What the record shows in force in Pittsburgh 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.
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| 2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | April 1, 2020: Allegheny County disaster emergency (declared March 12, 2020; MET-PIT-050 recital); Pittsburgh Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020, ratified March 17 and renewed weekly (MET-PIT-009, -056); Pittsburgh EO 2020-001 and 2020-002 (no community or public gatherings above 50 from 9:00 AM March 16, 2020; MET-PIT-010, -011); Fifth Judicial District judicial emergency (March 16) and Amended Emergency Operations Plan of March 26, 2020 (court facilities closed to the public; trials, arbitrations and time computations suspended; writs of possession not executed; sheriff sales postponed; MET-PIT-017); extension April 2 through May 8, 2020 (MET-PIT-018); county offices, law library, parks facilities and academies closed or curtailed (MET-PIT-050); Port Authority reduced service schedules from March 25, 2020 and rider caps (MET-PIT-041, -044). Statewide (by name): closure of non-life-sustaining businesses (March 19, 2020), stay-at-home order for Allegheny County (March 23) and statewide (April 1). | June 30, 2020: Green Phase since June 5 (Governor's order of May 29, 2020); Pittsburgh EO 2020-005 (June 4) discouraging gatherings above 250 and rescinding EO 2020-001/-002 (MET-PIT-045); court facilities open only for specified matters, masks required to enter any court facility (June 11 order, MET-PIT-020), jury trials suspended; ACHD Order of June 28, 2020 in force with enforcement from 5:00 PM June 30 (no on-site consumption of alcohol at any bar, restaurant or business establishment; restaurant occupancy 50 percent of fire-code maximum including staff; masks at table; MET-PIT-001); Port Authority rider caps and face coverings (MET-PIT-042, -044). |
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| 2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | July 1, 2020: ACHD June 28 order in force (MET-PIT-001); Commonwealth universal face-covering order of July 1, 2020 (by name); judicial emergency through August 31, 2020 with masks required and jury trials suspended (MET-PIT-020, -021); Port Authority caps and masks. July 3-10: bars, restaurants, nightclubs, casinos and taverns closed to in-person operation; gatherings capped at 25 (MET-PIT-002). July 10-17: indoor dining and alcohol consumption prohibited countywide; outdoor seated service only, three-drink maximum, 11:00 PM; events above 25 indoors/50 outdoors prohibited (MET-PIT-004). July 17 onward: 11:00 PM closure of all dine-in seating; 25/50 gathering caps; State 25 percent indoor dining (MET-PIT-006). August 7-31: new residential landlord-tenant actions for non-payment or holdover prohibited (MET-PIT-022). August 29: outdoor cap raised to 100 (MET-PIT-008). August 31: judicial emergency extended to December 31, 2020; Amended Emergency Operations Plan with masks, occupancy limits, suspended jury trials and landlord-tenant procedures (MET-PIT-023, -024). | September 30, 2020: ACHD county orders lifted September 24, 2020 (MET-PIT-012); Commonwealth orders in force countywide (face coverings; telework; worker and building safety; occupancy limits on restaurants and bars (50 percent with self-certification from September 21, 2020), personal care, indoor recreation, entertainment; gathering limits) (by name); Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan of August 31, 2020 in force through December 31, 2020, jury selection to resume October 19, 2020 (MET-PIT-024, -025); Port Authority caps and masks (MET-PIT-042). |
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| 2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | October 1, 2020: judicial emergency and August 31 plan (MET-PIT-023, -024); Commonwealth orders (by name); Port Authority caps and masks; no ACHD business order in force. | December 31, 2020: ACHD Stay-at-Home and Stop Social Gatherings Advisory of November 18, 2020 (advisory; MET-PIT-013); Fifth Judicial District remote-only order December 7, 2020 to January 8, 2021 and judicial emergency extended to March 31, 2021 (MET-PIT-027, -028); Pittsburgh Chapter 626A Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave in force from December 8, 2020 (MET-PIT-046); Pittsburgh declaration renewed to January 2021 (Legistar record); Port Authority caps (10/15/25 riders) and masks (MET-PIT-044). Statewide (by name): November 17, 2020 face-covering and telework orders; November 23 gathering limits; December 10, 2020 order closing indoor dining, gyms, theaters and casinos December 12, 2020 to January 4, 2021. |
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| 2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | January 1, 2021: court remote-only order through January 8, 2021, judicial emergency through March 31, 2021 (MET-PIT-027, -028); Chapter 626A; Port Authority caps and masks (MET-PIT-043); Commonwealth December 10, 2020 order through January 4, 2021 and continuing mitigation orders (by name). | Temporary amendment of March 31, 2021 ordering remote-only operations April 5-30, 2021 (MET-PIT-029); remote public access order AD-2021-43-PJ through June 30, 2021 (MET-PIT-038); Pittsburgh Chapter 782 Temporary Eviction Regulation from March 3, 2021 (MET-PIT-047); Chapter 626A; city declaration renewed to April 2021; Port Authority masks (CDC conveyance order from February 1, 2021, by name) and caps. |
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| 2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | April 1, 2021: court remote-only April 5-30 (MET-PIT-029); AD-2021-43-PJ (MET-PIT-038); Chapter 782 (strengthened by Ordinance 12 of 2021, April 6; MET-PIT-054); Chapter 626A; Port Authority masks and caps; Commonwealth mitigation orders (indoor dining 75 percent with self-certification from April 4, 2021, by name). | June 30, 2021: Fifth Judicial District order of May 25, 2021 in force June 1 to July 2, 2021 (masks required in all court facilities; occupancy limits; no proceedings requiring witnesses from outside the country; jury trials limited to two co-defendants; MET-PIT-032); sheriff-sale continuances of June 2, 2021 (June 7 sales to July 6; July 6 and August 2 sales to September 7, 2021; MET-PIT-033); criminal jury trials resumed April 27, 2021 under the April 19 order (MET-PIT-030); Chapter 782 in force (city declaration renewed June 29, 2021 to August 3, 2021; MET-PIT-048); Chapter 626A expired June 10, 2021 with the Commonwealth's disaster declaration (its section 2); Port Authority masks under the CDC order. Statewide (by name): mitigation orders ended May 31, 2021; face-covering order ended June 28, 2021; disaster emergency terminated June 10, 2021 (H.R. 106). |
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| 2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | July 1, 2021: Fifth Judicial District judicial emergency in force (declared through August 31, 2021); May 25 order in force through July 2, 2021 (MET-PIT-032); July 1 order AD-21-92-PJ vacating the court mask rule and restoring jury procedures while staggering magisterial hearings (MET-PIT-034); sheriff-sale postponements to September 7, 2021 (MET-PIT-033); Chapter 782 (through the city declaration's expiry August 3, 2021); Port Authority face coverings under the CDC order (MET-PIT-042, -043); ACHD isolation and quarantine directions (MET-PIT-014). | September 30, 2021: masks required in every court facility from August 10, 2021 (AD-21-118; MET-PIT-036); judicial emergency, Advanced Communication Technology authorization and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021 (AD-21-128 of August 31, 2021, on the Supreme Court's August 30, 2021 order; MET-PIT-040); landlord-tenant procedures AD-21-110 through October 31, 2021 (MET-PIT-039); Pittsburgh Chapter 626B (Ordinance 23 of 2021, July 27, 2021; 80 hours COVID-19 sick time; employers of 50 or more; 365 days) (MET-PIT-055); county mask-and-test rule for unvaccinated employees and mask rule for unvaccinated visitors to county buildings (from August 2021), vaccination as a condition of new county hire (August 9, 2021), county employee vaccination requirement announced September 29, 2021 with a December 1, 2021 deadline (MET-PIT-051, -052, secondary); city vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rule (August 2021) and new-hire vaccination condition (August 9, 2021) (MET-PIT-053 secondary; MET-PIT-049 recital); ACHD isolation and quarantine directions updated August 24, 2021 (MET-PIT-014); Port Authority face coverings under the CDC order; Commonwealth school masking order effective September 7, 2021 (by name; ACHD statement MET-PIT-057). |
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The end of general restrictions
The day the general business restrictions ended in Pittsburgh, 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
2020-09-24 (county business orders); 2021-05-31 and 2021-06-28 (statewide layer, by name only)
Instrument ACHD Director's announcement lifting the county Control Measure Orders (MET-PIT-012); the Commonwealth's mitigation orders ended May 31, 2021 and its universal face-covering order June 28, 2021
What remained in force
After September 24, 2020: every Commonwealth order (universal face coverings of July 1, 2020; mandatory telework and worker-safety and building-safety orders of April 15, 2020 and July 15, 2020; occupancy limits on restaurants, bars, personal care, indoor recreation, health and wellness and entertainment venues; gathering limits) and the Fifth Judicial District's Emergency Operations Plan of August 31, 2020. After June 28, 2021: the judicial emergency and its Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspensions through October 1, 2021; court masking from August 10, 2021; landlord-tenant procedures through October 31, 2021; sheriff-sale continuances to September 7, 2021; Pittsburgh Chapter 626B from July 27, 2021; county and city employee mask, testing and vaccination rules from August 2021; the ACHD isolation and quarantine directions; the Port Authority face-covering rule under the CDC order; the Commonwealth's school masking order from September 7, 2021.
The State and the local orders
Pennsylvania did not preempt or bar local COVID-19 orders. The ACHD's Control Measure Orders rested on the Local Health Administration Law (16 P.S. 12012(d)) and the Disease Prevention and Control Law (35 P.S. 521.5; 28 Pa. Code 27.60), authority that does not depend on the Governor's disaster proclamation; each ACHD order recites that it supplements, and does not replace, the Commonwealth's orders. The General Assembly's termination of the Governor's disaster emergency (H.R. 106, June 10, 2021) and the constitutional amendments approved May 18, 2021 (Pa. Const. art. III, sec. 9; art. IV, sec. 20) reached the Governor's proclamation, not county health departments, municipal emergency declarations under 35 Pa.C.S. 7501, or the judiciary's emergency powers under Pa.R.J.A. No. 1952. No injunction against any Allegheny County or Pittsburgh instrument was located. The ACHD orders were withdrawn by the Director on September 24, 2020, not by any court or by state preemption. The Commonwealth's school masking order of August 31, 2021 was later declared void in Corman v. Acting Secretary of Health (Pa. Cmwlth. Nov. 10, 2021; Pa. Dec. 10, 2021), after the period.
Third quarter of 2021
July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Pittsburgh. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →
In force (18)
- MET-PIT-036 Fifth Judicial District Masking Requirements Order AD-21-118 (Aug. 9, 2021; effective Aug. 10, 2021; all persons must wear masks to enter and remain in any court facility)
- MET-PIT-040 Fifth Judicial District AD-21-128 (Aug. 31, 2021; Advanced Communication Technology permitted and Rule 600 suspension continued through Oct. 1, 2021, on the Supreme Court's Aug. 30, 2021 order)
- MET-PIT-037 Fifth Judicial District request of Aug. 26, 2021 (judicial emergency declared through Aug. 31, 2021; extension to Oct. 1, 2021 requested and granted Aug. 30, 2021)
- MET-PIT-039 Fifth Judicial District AD-21-110 (Aug. 6, 2021; temporary residential landlord-tenant procedures; no order of possession while the CDC order applies; through Oct. 31, 2021)
- MET-PIT-035 Fifth Judicial District request of Aug. 4, 2021 (basis for AD-21-110; Supreme Court authorization Aug. 6, 2021)
- MET-PIT-033 Fifth Judicial District sheriff-sale continuance order of June 2, 2021 (residential tax and mortgage sales of July 6 and Aug. 2, 2021 postponed to Sept. 7, 2021)
- MET-PIT-034 Fifth Judicial District AD-21-92-PJ (July 1, 2021; mask rule vacated; staggered magisterial hearings; judicial emergency continued)
- MET-PIT-032 Fifth Judicial District order of May 25, 2021 (in force June 1 to July 2, 2021: masks, occupancy limits, trial limits)
- MET-PIT-055 Pittsburgh Ordinance 23 of 2021, Chapter 626B Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave (July 27, 2021; 365 days)
- MET-PIT-047 and MET-PIT-054 Pittsburgh Chapter 782 Temporary Eviction Regulation (in force July 1 to Aug. 3, 2021, the last day of the city Declaration under Res. 431 of 2021, MET-PIT-048)
- MET-PIT-014 ACHD Isolation and Quarantine Basics (updated July 26 and Aug. 24, 2021; isolation 10 days regardless of vaccination status; quarantine directions for close contacts)
- MET-PIT-051 County Executive's Aug. 5, 2021 mask-and-test requirement for unvaccinated county employees, mask requirement for unvaccinated visitors to county buildings, and vaccination as a condition of new hire from Aug. 9, 2021 (secondary)
- MET-PIT-052 County Executive's Sept. 29, 2021 vaccination requirement for about 5,000 county employees, deadline Dec. 1, 2021 (secondary)
- MET-PIT-053 County and City return-to-office July 26, 2021 and Aug. 6, 2021 vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rules for county and city employees (secondary)
- MET-PIT-049 Pittsburgh EO No. 7 (Nov. 1, 2021) reciting that from Aug. 9, 2021 new City employees were required to be vaccinated (post-period instrument; recital of a Q3 2021 condition)
- MET-PIT-042 and MET-PIT-043 Port Authority face-covering requirement for riders and employees (continuing under the CDC conveyance order, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025, and TSA SD 1582/84-21-01, by name)
- MET-PIT-057 ACHD Director's statement of Sept. 3, 2021 on the Commonwealth's school masking requirement effective Sept. 7, 2021
- Statewide, by name: Order of the Acting Secretary of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021; effective Sept. 7, 2021); Act 21 of 2021 regulatory suspensions to Sept. 30, 2021; CDC conveyance mask order; TSA security directives; CDC eviction order of Aug. 3, 2021 (to Aug. 26, 2021)
Sector chronology
How the orders reached each kind of business in Pittsburgh, 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. 16, 2020 (by name); Green Phase June 5, 2020; ACHD June 28: no on-site alcohol, 50 percent occupancy, masks at table (MET-PIT-001); July 3-10 closed to in-person operation (MET-PIT-002); July 10-17 indoor dining and alcohol prohibited, outdoor seated only, three drinks, 11:00 PM (MET-PIT-004); July 17-Sept. 24, 2020: 11:00 PM closure of all dine-in seating, no tobacco, State 25 percent indoor dining and alcohol only with meals (MET-PIT-006, -007); Sept. 24, 2020 county orders lifted, State 50 percent self-certification (MET-PIT-012); State Dec. 12, 2020-Jan. 4, 2021 indoor dining closure, 2021 capacity steps to May 31, 2021 (by name).
Retail
State closure of non-life-sustaining businesses Mar. 19, 2020 and stay-at-home Mar. 23/Apr. 1 (by name); Yellow Phase May 15 and Green Phase June 5, 2020; ACHD gathering caps did not apply to retail floors but the Nov. 18, 2020 advisory asked residents to leave home only for work, school and essential needs (MET-PIT-013); State occupancy and mask orders through May 31/June 28, 2021 (by name).
Personal care
State closure Mar. 19, 2020 to Green Phase June 5, 2020 (by name); ACHD Sept. 24, 2020 release confirms State occupancy limits on personal care in force countywide (MET-PIT-012); State orders to May 31, 2021.
Fitness and entertainment
State closure Mar. 19, 2020 to June 5, 2020; ACHD July 2 order closed casinos July 3-10 and capped gatherings at 25 (MET-PIT-002); July 8 order reopened the casino without dining, beverage or smoking and banned events above 25 indoors/50 outdoors (MET-PIT-004, -005); July 17 and Aug. 28 orders kept 25 indoors and 50 then 100 outdoors, defining event and gathering to include shows, individual movie screenings, business meetings and conferences and each party within a multi-room venue (MET-PIT-006, -008); lifted Sept. 24, 2020; State Dec. 12, 2020-Jan. 4, 2021 closures (by name).
Hotels and short-term rentals
State orders (by name); ACHD traveler guidance of June 28 and July 3, 2020 recommending 14-day quarantine after out-of-state travel or two negative tests (MET-PIT-016); ACHD July 2020 orders reached hotel bars, restaurants, banquets and catered events (MET-PIT-004, -006).
Offices and telework
State telework mandate Mar. 19, 2020 through Green Phase and again Nov. 17, 2020 to May 31, 2021 (by name), confirmed in force countywide by the ACHD Sept. 24, 2020 release (MET-PIT-012); county offices closed to the public Mar. 16-17, 2020 (MET-PIT-050); county and city employees returned to offices full time July 26, 2021 under vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rules from Aug. 6, 2021 (MET-PIT-053, secondary).
Manufacturing
State closure of non-life-sustaining manufacturing Mar. 19, 2020 to Yellow Phase May 15, 2020 (by name); State worker-safety order Apr. 15, 2020 through May 31, 2021 (by name).
Construction
State shutdown Mar. 19, 2020 to May 1/8, 2020 (by name); Pittsburgh Permits, Licenses and Inspections temporary policies under the Governor's phased orders (not saved; see caveats); court permit-enforcement continuances (MET-PIT-011 para. 2).
Real estate
Fifth Judicial District: writs of possession not executed from Mar. 16, 2020 until the conclusion of the emergency (MET-PIT-017, -019); sheriff sales postponed (Mar. 26, 2020; June 2, 2021 to Sept. 7, 2021; MET-PIT-017, -033); new residential landlord-tenant actions prohibited Aug. 7-31, 2020 (MET-PIT-022); landlord-tenant procedures Sept. 1, 2020, Feb. 24 and Mar. 31, 2021, Aug. 6-Oct. 31, 2021 (MET-PIT-024, -039); Pittsburgh Chapter 782 Mar. 3-Aug. 3, 2021 (MET-PIT-047, -054).
Hospitals and long-term care
State hospital-safety and long-term-care orders (by name); ACHD Sept. 24, 2020 release confirms the hospital-safety order in force countywide (MET-PIT-012); county jail and Kane centers visitation curtailed Mar. 2020 (MET-PIT-050).
Dental and elective health care
State elective-procedure guidance and orders; ACHD isolation and quarantine directions for exposed staff (MET-PIT-014); ACHD mask guidance Apr. 20, 2020 reflecting the State mask requirement for customers and employees (MET-PIT-015).
Schools
State K-12 closure Mar. 13, 2020 (recited in MET-PIT-009); State school masking order Aug. 31, 2021 effective Sept. 7, 2021 (by name) endorsed by the ACHD Director Sept. 3, 2021 (MET-PIT-057).
Child care
State child-care orders (by name); Pittsburgh Chapter 626A and 626B sick time covers care of a family member subject to a quarantine or exclusion determination (MET-PIT-046, -055).
Worship and gatherings
Pittsburgh EO 2020-001 (no community gatherings above 250 from 9:00 AM Mar. 16, 2020) and EO 2020-002 (above 50) (MET-PIT-010, -011); EO 2020-005 June 4, 2020 policy discouraging gatherings above 250 (MET-PIT-045); ACHD gathering caps July 3-Sept. 24, 2020 exempted religious gatherings held by places of worship, which remained subject to the Department of Health (MET-PIT-002, -004, -006); ACHD Nov. 18, 2020 advisory: no indoor gatherings above 10 or outdoor above 20 (advisory; MET-PIT-013); State gathering limits Nov. 23, 2020-May 31, 2021 (by name).
Courts and public offices
Judicial emergency Mar. 16, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2021; facilities closed to the public Mar. 26, 2020; masks June 11, 2020-July 1, 2021 and Aug. 10, 2021 onward; jury trials suspended to Oct. 19, 2020 and limited thereafter; remote-only windows Nov. 24-Dec. 4, 2020, Dec. 7, 2020-Jan. 8, 2021, Apr. 5-30 and May 3-28, 2021 (MET-PIT-017 to -040); county offices and law library closed Mar. 2020 (MET-PIT-050).
Travel and quarantine
ACHD 14-day quarantine recommendation after out-of-state travel (June 28/July 3, 2020; MET-PIT-016); ACHD isolation and quarantine directions 2020-2021 (MET-PIT-014); Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission rule of July 10, 2020 requiring screening of city employees after personal travel (read; not saved); State travel guidance (by name).
Face coverings
ACHD June 28, 2020 order (masks at restaurant tables; MET-PIT-001); State universal face coverings July 1, 2020 to June 28, 2021 (by name); court masks June 11, 2020-July 1, 2021 and from Aug. 10, 2021 (MET-PIT-020, -032, -034, -036); Port Authority riders and employees (MET-PIT-042, -043); county buildings for unvaccinated persons from Aug. 2021 (MET-PIT-051, secondary).
Vaccination mandates
County new hires from Aug. 9, 2021; county employees Dec. 1, 2021 deadline announced Sept. 29, 2021 (MET-PIT-051, -052, secondary); City new hires from Aug. 9, 2021 (MET-PIT-049 recital) and all City employees by Dec. 22, 2021 under EO No. 7 of Nov. 1, 2021 (post-period; MET-PIT-049).
On the calendar
Every dated instrument in the Pittsburgh 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 4Stay-at-home 2Business closure 6Telework mandate 7Capacity limit 9Gathering cap 12Face-covering requirement 15Travel and quarantine 7Schools and child care 1Curfew and hours 5Alcohol and bars 6Events and venues 8Courts and public offices 29Workplace rules 8Vaccination or testing 4Quarantine and isolation 4Other 4
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Every record in the Pittsburgh 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.
| Exhibit | Instrument | Issuer | Level | Effective | End | Quarters | Limitations | Source | File |
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| Ex. MET-PIT-009 | Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of PittsburghEmergency Declaration: Resolution providing for a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the City of… | Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020) | City | Mar. 13, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 937 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-010 | Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19)Executive Order 2020-001, COVID-19 | Mayor William Peduto | City | Mar. 16, 2020 | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 471 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-011 | Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19)Executive Order 2020-002, COVID-19 | Mayor William Peduto | City | Mar. 16, 2020 | June 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 142 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-050 | Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020Operational Changes for Allegheny County | Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page | County | Mar. 16, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 286 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-056 | Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020Resolution providing for ratification by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, of a Declaration of Emergency… | Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221 | City | Mar. 17, 2020 | Aug. 3, 2021 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 74 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-017 | Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan, Administrative Docket, Order of Court | Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Mar. 24, 2020 | May 28, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 277 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-041 | Reduced Service Schedules effective March 25, 2020 (COVID-19 schedules page)Service Schedules (effective March 25, 2020) | Port Authority of Allegheny County | Sector regulator | Mar. 25, 2020 | Aug. 5, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | PDF 176 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-019 | Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possessionEmergency Judicial Order, Administrative Docket (Writs of Possession) | Christine A. Ward, J. | Court | Apr. 6, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 74 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-018 | Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (April 2, 2020)In re: Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency, Order of Court | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Apr. 15, 2020 | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 50 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-015 | COVID-19 Guidance: Cloth and Homemade MasksCloth and Homemade Masks (Mask Guidance, April 20, 2020) | Allegheny County Health Department | County | Apr. 20, 2020 | July 1, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeFace-covering requirement | Primary source read | PDF 120 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-045 | Executive Order No. 2020-005 (Subject: COVID-19), June 4, 2020Executive Order 2020-005, COVID-19 (Green Phase) | Mayor William Peduto | City | June 5, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Gathering capEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 353 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-020 | Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks)In re: Clarification and Modification of the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan Entered… | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | June 11, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 283 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-001 | Order of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department Regarding Ceasing On-Site Consumption of Alcohol in Bars and Restaurants to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19Order of the Director Regarding Ceasing On-Site Consumption of Alcohol in Bars and Restaurants | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director | County | June 28, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 215 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-016 | FAQs on Guidance for Travelers (updated July 3, 2020), restating the Director's June 28, 2020 recommendation of a 14-day quarantine after out-of-state travelACHD COVID-19 FAQs: FAQs on Guidance for Travelers | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra Bogen, MD, Director | County | June 28, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 198 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-042 | Face Coverings requirement for riders and employees; passenger capacity limits (agency COVID-19 page)Face Coverings - Port Authority of Allegheny County | Port Authority of Allegheny County | Sector regulator | July 1, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 69 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-002 | ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 2, 2020 (Order of the Director to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19)Order of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director | County | July 3, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 151 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-003 | Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Orders (June 28th and July 2nd)FAQs re COVID-19 Control Measure Orders | Allegheny County Health Department | County | July 3, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | PDF 177 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-004 | ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 8, 2020Order of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (July… | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director | County | July 10, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 1.6 MB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-005 | Guidance Related to the July 8, 2020 COVID-19 Control Measure Order (FAQs)ACHD COVID-19 Guidance: Guidance Related to the July 8, 2020 COVID-19 Control Measure Order | Allegheny County Health Department | County | July 10, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 164 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-006 | ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 17, 2020Order of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (July… | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director | County | July 17, 2020 | Sept. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Gathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | PDF 264 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-007 | Guidance Related to the July 17, 2020 COVID-19 Control Measure Order (FAQs)ACHD COVID-19 Guidance: Guidance Related to the July 17, 2020 COVID-19 Control Measure Order | Allegheny County Health Department | County | July 20, 2020 | Sept. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hours | Primary source read | PDF 239 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-021 | Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of July 24, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (July 24, 2020) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | July 24, 2020 | Aug. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 357 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-022 | Order of Court of August 7, 2020: Judicial Temporary Prohibition on Commencement of Certain Residential Landlord Tenant ActionsIn re: Fifth Judicial District Judicial Temporary Prohibition on Commencement of Certain Residential Landlord… | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Aug. 7, 2020 | Aug. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 89 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-008 | ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of August 28, 2020, Amending the Order of July 17, 2020Order of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (August… | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director | County | Aug. 29, 2020 | Sept. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Gathering capCurfew and hoursEvents and venues | Primary source read | PDF 220 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-023 | Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (August 31, 2020)In re: Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (Aug. 31, 2020) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Sept. 1, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 48 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-024 | Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of August 31, 2020), with the attached Order on Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant ActionsIn re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Aug. 31, 2020) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Sept. 1, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 913 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-012 | News release: Health Department Lifts County Order; State Limitations in Effect Countywide (Spanish-language version: El Departamento de Salud levanta la ordenanza del condado)Health Department Lifts County Order, State Limitations in Effect Countywide | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director (release through the County Communications office) | County | Sept. 24, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | PDF 110 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-025 | Order of Court of September 15, 2020: Resumption of Jury TrialsIn re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Resumption of Jury Trials) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Oct. 19, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 340 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-013 | COVID-19 Related Stay-at-Home to Stop Social Gatherings AdvisoryOfficial Advisory from the Health Director of Allegheny County: COVID-19 Related Stay-at-Home to Stop Social… | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra Bogen, MD, Director (Official Advisory from the Health Director; County Executive letterhead) | County | Nov. 18, 2020 | Dec. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 190 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-026 | Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of November 20, 2020)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Nov. 20, 2020) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Nov. 24, 2020 | Dec. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 300 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-028 | Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Dec. 3, 2020) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Dec. 7, 2020 | Jan. 8, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 393 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-046 | Ordinance 41 of 2020 adding Chapter 626A, Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick LeaveAn Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick leave under the Paid Sick… | Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 41 of 2020, File 2020-0927 | City | Dec. 8, 2020 | June 10, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 88 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-044 | Room2Ride: vehicle capacity limits (10 riders on a 35-foot bus; 15 on a 40-foot bus; 25 on a 60-foot articulated bus or light rail vehicle)Room2Ride (Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates) | Port Authority of Allegheny County | Sector regulator | Dec. 9, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 123 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-027 | Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020)In re: Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (Dec. 3, 2020) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Jan. 1, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 85 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-043 | Safe to Go plan: rider limits, designated waiting areas, face coverings, nightly disinfection (agency COVID-19 page)Safe to Go: Learn about our in-depth plan to keep you safe | Port Authority of Allegheny County | Sector regulator | Jan. 19, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 214 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-047 | Ordinance 6 of 2021 adding Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19Ordinance amending Title VII Business Licensing, Article X Rental of Residential Housing by including new… | Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 6 of 2021, File 2021-1237 | City | Mar. 3, 2021 | Aug. 3, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | PDF 81 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-038 | Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ)In re: Public Access to Remote Proceedings, No. AD-2021-43-PJ | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Mar. 26, 2021 | June 30, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 68 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-029 | Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 31, 2021)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Mar. 31, 2021) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Apr. 5, 2021 | Apr. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 379 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-054 | Ordinance 12 of 2021 amending Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19Ordinance amending Title VII Business Licensing, Article X Rental of Residential Housing Chapter 782 Temporary… | Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 12 of 2021, File 2021-1359 | City | Apr. 6, 2021 | Aug. 3, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | PDF 79 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-030 | Order of Court of April 19, 2021: Resumption of Jury Trials in the Criminal DivisionIn re: Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Resumption of Jury Trials, Apr. 19… | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Apr. 27, 2021 | July 1, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 334 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-031 | Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of April 26, 2021)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Apr. 26, 2021) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | May 3, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 359 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-032 | Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of May 25, 2021)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (May 25, 2021) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | June 1, 2021 | July 2, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 323 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-033 | Order of Court of June 2, 2021: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real EstateIn re: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real Estate | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | June 2, 2021 | Sept. 7, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 310 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-048 | Resolution 431 of 2021 renewing the Declaration of Disaster Emergency for thirty-five additional days, to August 3, 2021Resolution providing for further renewal by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster… | Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 431 of 2021, File 2021-1651 | City | June 29, 2021 | Aug. 3, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 80 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-034 | Order of Court of July 1, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-92-PJ)In re: Resumption of Normal Court Operations, No. AD-21-92-PJ | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | July 1, 2021 | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 46 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-053 | Return-to-office of county and city employees (July 26, 2021) and the August 6, 2021 vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rules for county and city employees; vaccination required of new hiresAs COVID case rate climbs, county and city workers are back in the office full time (PublicSource) | Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh (as reported by PublicSource, July 30, 2021, updated Aug. 6, 2021) | County | July 26, 2021 | Dec. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 590 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-055 | Ordinance 23 of 2021 adding Chapter 626B, Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick LeaveAn Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick Leave under the Paid Sick… | Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 23 of 2021, File 2021-1721 | City | July 27, 2021 | July 27, 2022 | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 92 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-035 | Fifth Judicial District Request to Temporarily Authorize Court Order to Reduce Evictions (August 4, 2021)In re: Fifth Judicial District Request to Temporarily Authorize Court Order to Reduce Evictions | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020) | Court | Aug. 6, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 358 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-039 | Order of Court of August 6, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (AD-21-110)In re: Fifth Judicial District Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions, No.… | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Aug. 6, 2021 | Oct. 31, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 133 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-051 | County workforce directive of August 5, 2021: unvaccinated county employees must mask and be tested; unvaccinated visitors to county buildings must mask; vaccination required of all new hires from August 9, 2021Fitzgerald Announces Mask Mandate For Unvaccinated County Workers (WESA, Aug. 5, 2021) | County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR station) | County | Aug. 9, 2021 | Dec. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 3.0 MB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-036 | Order of Court of August 9, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Masking Requirements (AD-21-118)In re: Fifth Judicial District Masking Requirements, No. AD-21-118-PJ | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Aug. 10, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 201 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-014 | COVID-19 Guidance: Isolation and Quarantine Basics (updated August 24, 2021; posted as 08-26-21)Isolation and Quarantine Basics | Allegheny County Health Department | County | Aug. 24, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Quarantine and isolation | Primary source read | PDF 273 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-037 | Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021In re: Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (Aug. 26, 2021) | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020) | Court | Aug. 30, 2021 | Oct. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 299 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-040 | Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021In re: Resumption of Normal Court Operations, No. AD-21-128-PJ | Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge | Court | Sept. 1, 2021 | Oct. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 32 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-057 | Bogen Statement on State's Announcement of School Masking Requirement (news release)Bogen Statement on State's Announcement of School Masking Requirement | Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director | County | Sept. 7, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | PDF 125 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-049 | Executive Order No. 7: COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate (City employees), November 1, 2021Executive Order No. 7: COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate | Mayor William Peduto | City | Nov. 1, 2021 | not dated | | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | PDF 328 KB |
| Ex. MET-PIT-052 | County employee COVID-19 vaccination requirement announced September 29, 2021 (proof of vaccination by December 1, 2021)Allegheny County government employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 1 (WESA, Sept. 29, 2021) | County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA) | County | Dec. 1, 2021 | not dated | 2021 Q3 | Workplace rulesVaccination or testing | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 3.1 MB |
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Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020), Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of Pittsburgh (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-009)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-010)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-011)
Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page, Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-050)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221, Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-056)
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-017)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Reduced Service Schedules effective March 25, 2020 (COVID-19 schedules page) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-041)
Christine A. Ward, J, Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possession (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-019)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-018)
Allegheny County Health Department, COVID-19 Guidance: Cloth and Homemade Masks (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-015)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-005 (Subject: COVID-19), June 4, 2020 (Ex. MET-PIT-045)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks) (Ex. MET-PIT-020)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, Order of the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department Regarding Ceasing On-Site Consumption of Alcohol in Bars and Restaurants to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (June 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-001)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra Bogen, MD, Director, FAQs on Guidance for Travelers (updated July 3, 2020), restating the Director's June 28, 2020 recommendation of a 14-day quarantine after out-of-state travel (Ex. MET-PIT-016)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Face Coverings requirement for riders and employees; passenger capacity limits (agency COVID-19 page) (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-042)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 2, 2020 (Order of the Director to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19) (Ex. MET-PIT-002)
Allegheny County Health Department, Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Orders (June 28th and July 2nd) (July 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-003)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 8, 2020 (Ex. MET-PIT-004)
Allegheny County Health Department, Guidance Related to the July 8, 2020 COVID-19 Control Measure Order (FAQs) (July 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-005)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 17, 2020 (Ex. MET-PIT-006)
Allegheny County Health Department, Guidance Related to the July 17, 2020 COVID-19 Control Measure Order (FAQs) (July 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-007)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-021)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 7, 2020: Judicial Temporary Prohibition on Commencement of Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-022)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of August 28, 2020, Amending the Order of July 17, 2020 (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-008)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (August 31, 2020) (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-023)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of August 31, 2020), with the attached Order on Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-024)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director (release through the County Communications office), News release: Health Department Lifts County Order; State Limitations in Effect Countywide (Spanish-language version: El Departamento de Salud levanta la ordenanza del condado) (Sept. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-012)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of September 15, 2020: Resumption of Jury Trials (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-025)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra Bogen, MD, Director (Official Advisory from the Health Director; County Executive letterhead), COVID-19 Related Stay-at-Home to Stop Social Gatherings Advisory (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-013)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of November 20, 2020) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-026)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-028)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 41 of 2020, File 2020-0927, Ordinance 41 of 2020 adding Chapter 626A, Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-046)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Room2Ride: vehicle capacity limits (10 riders on a 35-foot bus; 15 on a 40-foot bus; 25 on a 60-foot articulated bus or light rail vehicle) (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-044)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-027)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Safe to Go plan: rider limits, designated waiting areas, face coverings, nightly disinfection (agency COVID-19 page) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-043)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 6 of 2021, File 2021-1237, Ordinance 6 of 2021 adding Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-047)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ) (Mar. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-038)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 31, 2021) (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-029)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 12 of 2021, File 2021-1359, Ordinance 12 of 2021 amending Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-054)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of April 19, 2021: Resumption of Jury Trials in the Criminal Division (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-030)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of April 26, 2021) (Apr. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-031)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of May 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-032)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 2, 2021: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real Estate (Ex. MET-PIT-033)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 431 of 2021, File 2021-1651, Resolution 431 of 2021 renewing the Declaration of Disaster Emergency for thirty-five additional days, to August 3, 2021 (June 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-048)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of July 1, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-92-PJ) (Ex. MET-PIT-034)
Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh (as reported by PublicSource, July 30, 2021, updated Aug. 6, 2021), Return-to-office of county and city employees (July 26, 2021) and the August 6, 2021 vaccinate-or-mask-and-test rules for county and city employees; vaccination required of new hires (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-053)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh (approved by the Mayor); Ordinance 23 of 2021, File 2021-1721, Ordinance 23 of 2021 adding Chapter 626B, Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave (July 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-055)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request to Temporarily Authorize Court Order to Reduce Evictions (August 4, 2021) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-035)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 6, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (AD-21-110) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-039)
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR station), County workforce directive of August 5, 2021: unvaccinated county employees must mask and be tested; unvaccinated visitors to county buildings must mask; vaccination required of all new hires from August 9, 2021 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-051)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 9, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Masking Requirements (AD-21-118) (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-036)
Allegheny County Health Department, COVID-19 Guidance: Isolation and Quarantine Basics (updated August 24, 2021; posted as 08-26-21) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-014)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-037)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-040)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director, Bogen Statement on State's Announcement of School Masking Requirement (news release) (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-057)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 7: COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate (City employees), November 1, 2021 (Nov. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-049)
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (as reported by WESA), County employee COVID-19 vaccination requirement announced September 29, 2021 (proof of vaccination by December 1, 2021) (Sept. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-052)