{"id":"MET-SDF-027","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky","state":"KY","metro":"SDF","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW), Deputy Director Connie Mendel; Mayor Greg Fischer","authority":"KRS ch. 212 (local health departments); KRS 211.180 and 902 KAR ch. 2; enforcement of Executive Orders 2020-246 and 2020-257","instrument":"Release: Mayor Fischer says city is vigorously enforcing COVID-19 restrictions on local businesses (April 2, 2020)","title":"LMPHW shutdown orders to seven businesses; more than 1,100 complaints; closure of businesses not permitted to open or unwilling to operate safely","dateIssued":"2020-04-02","effective":"2020-04-02 (orders issued Mar. 26-Apr. 2, 2020)","end":"n/a (individual orders)","startDate":"2020-04-02","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["businesses operating in defiance of the State\u0027s orders","essential businesses not observing social distancing"],"clause":"Thus far, the Metro Department of Public Health \u0026 Wellness has issued shutdown orders to seven Louisville businesses that were operating in defiance of the COVID-19 restrictions.... \u0027We will close a business if it is not allowed to be open under the governor\u0027s executive order, or is unwilling to operate safely,\u0027 Mendel said. \u0027If they are unwilling to operate safely, we may even issue orders for businesses that are essential.\u0027","enforcement":"LMPHW shutdown orders; Metro311 complaints investigated within one to three days","functions":["SF sales floor","PF production floor (essential businesses)","EMP workplace rules (distancing, sanitation, sick employees)"],"notes":"Local enforcement of the State\u0027s closure and distancing orders by a health department with power to close essential businesses.","sourceUrl":"https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-fischer-says-city-vigorously-enforcing-covid-19-restrictions-local-businesses","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200604193639/https://louisvilleky.gov/news/mayor-fischer-says-city-vigorously-enforcing-covid-19-restrictions-local-businesses","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1909062,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SDF","url":"/library/MET-SDF-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SDF-027","citation":"Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW), Deputy Director Connie Mendel; Mayor Greg Fischer, Release: Mayor Fischer says city is vigorously enforcing COVID-19 restrictions on local businesses (April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-SDF-027)","stateName":"Kentucky","related":["DUT-KY-005"]}