{"id":"MET-ATL-042","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"DeKalb County, Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (ordinance authored by Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson; amendments by CEO Michael L. Thurmond)","authority":"O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28(a) (local emergency rules); DeKalb County Organizational Act","instrument":"DeKalb County mask ordinance adopted July 14, 2020, as amended July 21, 2020","title":"DeKalb County Passes Mask Ordinance to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 (County release, July 21, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-07-21","effective":"2020-07-14 (original ordinance); 2020-07-21 (as amended)","end":"Enforcement of local face-covering requirements more restrictive than the State\u0027s suspended by Kemp EO 07.15.20.01 (July 16-31, 2020) and 07.31.20.02 (Aug. 1-15, 2020); local option restored by Kemp EO 08.15.20.01 (Aug. 15, 2020).","startDate":"2020-07-14","endDate":"2020-08-15","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["DeKalb residents over age eight","brick-and-mortar small businesses (\u0027No Mask, No Service\u0027)"],"clause":"The amended ordinance, which CEO Thurmond asserts is \u0027consistent\u0027 with Gov. Brian Kemp\u0027s executive order, requires DeKalb residents over age eight \u0027to utilize a face covering or mask which covers the nose and mouth when in any public place.\u0027... A written warning will be given for first violations. Those who violate the ordinance a second time will be required to attend a virtual or in-person COVID-19 prevention class... Anyone who fails to attend the class will be fined $250. Additionally, the DeKalb mask ordinance contains a unique \u0027conscientious objector\u0027 clause... The county will also distribute 20,000 masks to local brick-and-mortar small businesses which agree to implement a \u0027No Mask, No Service\u0027 [policy]","enforcement":"Written warning; prevention class; $250 fine for failure to attend","functions":["SF sales floor (masked customers)","CB","WF"],"notes":"County-wide mask ordinance (about 760,000 residents) adopted one week after Atlanta\u0027s EO 2020-113 and one day before the Governor\u0027s suspension order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/news/dekalb-county-passes-mask-ordinance-stop-spread-covid-19","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200721211953/https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/news/dekalb-county-passes-mask-ordinance-stop-spread-covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":115277,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-042","citation":"DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (ordinance authored by Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson; amendments by CEO Michael L. Thurmond), DeKalb County mask ordinance adopted July 14, 2020, as amended July 21, 2020 (Ex. MET-ATL-042)","stateName":"Georgia","related":[]}