{"id":"MET-ATL-008","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Savannah, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Van R. Johnson II (attest Mark Massey, Clerk of Council)","authority":"O.C.G.A. Title 38, ch. 3; City of Savannah Emergency and Disaster Management Ordinance, Code of Ordinances Part 3, ch. 3","instrument":"Declaration of Local Emergency (COVID-19)","title":"Declaration of Local Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-21 8:00 a.m. (declared 4:49 p.m. Mar. 19, 2020)","end":"2020-04-05 unless amended, extended or cancelled; amended by the First Amended Declaration (\u0027Shelter at Home\u0027) of Mar. 24, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2020-04-05","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","CLOSE","CAP","ALC","EVT","TELE","OTHER"],"addressees":["bars and nightclubs not serving food","gyms, fitness centers, movie theaters, live performance venues, bowling alleys and arcades","restaurants and eating and drinking establishments","sightseeing, guided and narrated tour operators","City employees"],"clause":"(3) all bars and nightclubs not serving food shall be closed; (4) all gyms, fitness centers, movie theaters, live performance venues, bowling alleys and arcades shall be closed; (5) all restaurants and eating and drinking establishments SHALL REDUCE SEATING CAPACITY BY 50% for dine-in services and may continue delivery, drive-through and take-out; (6) funerals with more than 10 mourners encouraged graveside only or postponed; (7) all sightseeing, guided and/or narrated tours shall cease; (2) City employees to telework to the extent possible (paragraph numbering as read from the scanned order)","enforcement":"City Code § 1-1013 (Recorder\u0027s Court) and § 3-3015","functions":["BA bars (closed)","FC gyms (closed)","PE theaters and live venues (closed)","AM bowling and arcades (closed)","DR dining rooms (50 percent)","TV tourism (all guided tours ceased)","OF City telework"],"notes":"Savannah\u0027s tourism economy: the order closed every guided tour (trolley, walking, carriage, boat) two days after the cancelled St. Patrick\u0027s Day festival.","sourceUrl":"https://www.savannahga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18583/Declaration-of-Local-Emergency_20200319","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1091495,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-008","citation":"Mayor Van R. Johnson II (attest Mark Massey, Clerk of Council), Declaration of Local Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-008)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["SEC-03-GM-001","SEC-03-GM-013","SEC-03-GM-014"]}