{"id":"MET-MIA-053","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Palm Beach County, Florida","state":"FL","metro":"MIA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Administrator","authority":"Palm Beach County Code ch. 9, art. II, ss. 9-35, 9-37; ss. 252.46, 252.47, Fla. Stat.; ch. 162, Fla. Stat.; Fla. EO 20-52, 20-70 (enforcement authority vested in the County Administrator)","instrument":"Palm Beach County Emergency Order No. 17 (Order No. 2020-017), Adoption of State Executive Orders by Reference and Enforcement of County Emergency Orders","title":"Every State COVID-19 executive order adopted as a county emergency order; immediate closure of establishments operating in violation, 24-hour review, attestation under penalty of perjury, inspection; civil citations, code-enforcement fines to $15,000 and misdemeanor prosecution","dateIssued":"2020-08-07","effective":"2020-08-07","end":"Retained by EO 2020-028 (Sept. 29, 2020) and thereafter; suspended May 3, 2021 (Fla. EO 21-102)","startDate":"2020-08-07","endDate":"2020-09-29","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["any commercial business location, place of public accommodation or other physical location operating in violation of any county emergency order or State Order","any person violating an emergency order"],"clause":"1. Adoption by Reference of State Executive Orders. Any and all executive orders issued by the State of Florida related to COVID-19, prior to or after the effective date of this Order, that are applicable to Palm Beach County (\u0022State Order\u0022), including, but not limited to, State of Florida Executive Order 2020-70...; 2020-89...; 2020-91...; 2020-112...; 2020-120...; 2020-123...; and 2020-131... are hereby adopted by reference as if the State Order were a Palm Beach County issued emergency order and may be enforced as such. 2. Closures of Establishments for Failure to Comply with Emergency Orders.... any establishment... that operates in a manner inconsistent with or otherwise in violation of any Palm Beach County emergency order or any State Order may be ordered to close immediately.... such Business Establishment may reopen only after: (1) a minimum of a twenty-four (24) hour period during which the establishment shall conduct a thorough review of the County\u0027s applicable emergency orders, including, but not limited to, Emergency Orders 2020-012 and 2020-015...; and (2) submitting a fully executed attestation under penalty of perjury... 3.... Business Establishments shall be fined two-hundred-and-fifty dollars ($250) for the first violation, three-hundred-and-fifty dollars ($350) for the second violation, and five-hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation. b.... a code enforcement board or Palm Beach County Special Master may impose fines that shall not exceed $1,000 per day per violation for a first violation, $5,000 per day per violation for a repeat violation, and up to $15,000 per violation if... irreparable or irreversible in nature. 4. Criminal Penalties... guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree...","enforcement":"Closure; attestation; inspection within five days; civil citations; ch. 162 fines $1,000/$5,000 per day and $15,000; second-degree misdemeanor","functions":["SF premises (closure for violation)","OF administration (attestation, inspection)","HR training in orders","all functions (State orders made locally enforceable)"],"notes":"Recital: over 33,000 positive cases by end of July 2020; Board rescinded Phase 2 request July 14, 2020","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":531004,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-MIA","url":"/library/MET-MIA-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-MIA-053","citation":"County Administrator, Palm Beach County Emergency Order No. 17 (Order No. 2020-017), Adoption of State Executive Orders by Reference and Enforcement of County Emergency Orders (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-MIA-053)","stateName":"Florida","related":["MET-MIA-051","MET-MIA-056","MET-MIA-048"]}