{"id":"MET-AUS-017","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Austin, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Steve Adler","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418; Declaration of Local Disaster ratified by City Council Resolution No. 20200312-074; implements GA-29, GA-31, GA-32 locally","instrument":"Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026","title":"Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for business establishments; City facilities; test reporting)","dateIssued":"2021-02-16","effective":"2021-02-17 12:01 a.m.","end":"2021-04-21 (stated term \u0027continuing through April 21, 2021\u0027; no successor general order in the library; the Health Authority Rules carried the mandates after GA-34, Exs. MET-AUS-048 and -019)","startDate":"2021-02-17","endDate":"2021-04-21","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","EMP","GATH","HC","CRT"],"addressees":["all individuals and business establishments","all businesses and commercial entities including office common areas and individual office spaces","operators of venues and events","hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and testing entities"],"clause":"HEREBY ORDER, EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 17, 2021, AND CONTINUING THROUGH APRIL 21, 2021, THAT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN: SECTION 1. All individuals and business establishments are ORDERED to practice the social distancing, hygiene, and face covering behaviors set forth in Sections 2 through 5... SECTION 4. Face Coverings at City Facilities. Individuals over the age of six must wear face coverings at all times... while present on or in City property or facilities... SECTION 5. Mandatory Face Covering Policies for Business Establishments (both Publicly Accessible and Accessible Only to Employees). All businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities (including without limitation condominium and multi-family residential, office common areas, and individual office spaces), and the operators of any venues or events open to the public, are ORDERED to implement and maintain in force and effect during the term of this Order a health and safety policy or plan related to preventing transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The health and safety policy or plan must, at a minimum, require that all employees, customers, and visitors wear face coverings over their nose and mouth... while in any part of the business\u0027s or venue\u0027s premises or facility, and must require of and enforce this health and safety policy or plan as to all who enter upon or into the premises or facility.... Business employers shall require all employees to comply with the Face Covering Behaviors in this Section while present on the business premises or conducting the employer\u0027s business outside the employee\u0027s residence.... SECTION 7. City Deadlines. All deadlines and expiration dates for site plans, subdivisions, zoning, building permits, and similar development applications or permits are extended until December 31, 2021...","enforcement":"§ 10: Austin City Code § 2-6-24; misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, not by confinement, \u0027except as limited by state order\u0027; each day a separate offense for § 5","functions":["EMP business face-covering policies","WF employee face coverings on premises and off-site","CB customers and visitors","OF office common areas and individual office spaces","SF/DR businesses encouraged to reduce capacity (§ 6)","HC twice-weekly test reporting","CRT City deadlines extended"],"notes":"The last Austin general order; in force on March 10, 2021 when GA-34 took effect and through April 21, 2021 by its terms. Supersedes Order No. 20201215-021.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":601529,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-017","citation":"Mayor Steve Adler, Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026 (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-017)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-048","MET-AUS-013","SEC-06-GM-001","SEC-12-GM-074","SEC-12-GM-075","SEC-12-GM-101","SEC-12-GM-102","MET-AUS-016","MET-AUS-014","MET-AUS-021"]}