{"id":"DC-014","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Muriel Bowser","authority":"D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; Coronavirus Support Second Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, D.C. Act 23-405 (eff. Aug. 19, 2020); D.C. Act 23-411; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.","instrument":"Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-126","title":"Modifying Phase Two Limits on Large Gatherings: Confirming 25% Caps on Occupancy Caps for Constitutionally Protected, Recreational, and Commercial Activity","dateIssued":"2020-12-16","effective":"2020-12-17 12:01 a.m.","end":"\u0027through December 31, 2020, or until the date to which the COVID-19 public health emergency is extended\u0027; caps carried forward by MO 2021-038 and lifted May 1 (retail) and May 21, 2021","startDate":"2020-12-17","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","GATH","EVT","EMP"],"addressees":["houses of worship","gyms and recreation facilities","retail food sellers","restaurants","libraries","museums","real estate agents"],"clause":"houses of worship may admit no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of their capacity as [specified on their Certificate of Occupancy for the room or area where worship services] will be held, or two hundred fifty (250) persons, whichever is fewer.... Safety protocols must include mandatory masking... [no facility identified in this section may] have more persons than twenty-five percent (25%) of its rated capacity on its Certificate of Occupancy indoors at any one time, and no more than two hundred fifty persons (250) at the facility at any one time, whichever is fewer.... [retail food sellers operating] pursuant to Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-058, are now instructed to set limits of twenty-five percent (25%) of capacity... or two hundred fifty (250) persons, whichever is fewer... [outdoor real estate events] limited to not more than twenty-five (25) persons, and... indoors [ten non-participating persons]","enforcement":"D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties including civil fines or summary suspension or revocation of licenses; Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act penalties and injunctive relief reserved","functions":["WS worship twenty-five percent or 250","FC gyms and rinks twenty-five percent or 250, twenty-five per room","SF food retailers twenty-five percent or 250","DR restaurants twenty-five percent or 250","SH real estate events twenty-five outdoors, ten indoors","PE museums 250 per floor"],"notes":"Recites a pending lawsuit asserting a constitutional right to indoor worship and equalizes the caps across worship, gyms, retail and restaurants","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/Mayor%27s%20Order%202020-126%20%2011-16-2020.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201217042614/https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/Mayor\u0027s%20Order%202020-126%20%2011-16-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6573244,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DC","url":"/library/DC-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DC-014","citation":"Mayor Muriel Bowser, Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-126 (Dec. 16, 2020) (Ex. DC-014)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["SEC-16-GM-008","DC-015","DC-080","DC-013","DC-020","DC-012","DC-011"]}