{"id":"ND-088","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Timothy Mahoney (under the Mayoral Declaration of a State of Emergency of March 16, 2020, as approved and extended by the Board of City Commissioners); Fargo Board of City Commissioners","authority":"Municipal emergency powers under the City\u0027s State of Emergency (N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1 local declaration; Fargo Municipal Code)","instrument":"Fargo Board of City Commissioners, Regular Meeting minutes of October 19, 2020: Mayoral mask mandate issued under emergency powers; Resolution Extending the Moratorium Pertaining to the Retail Sale of Alcoholic Beverages tied to the State of Emergency","title":"Fargo citywide mask mandate: \u0027every person within the City shall wear a face covering over the mouth and nose in all indoor environments where a person is exposed to non-household members and where social distancing of six feet or more cannot be assured, and in all outdoor settings where there is exposure to non-household members unless there exists ample space of six feet or more\u0027; no penalty; effective immediately until the City\u0027s State of Emergency ends","dateIssued":"2020-10-19","effective":"2020-10-19 (immediately)","end":"\u0027shall remain in effect until the underlying State of Emergency has ended unless it is sooner modified or terminated\u0027; termination date not verified in this session","startDate":"2020-10-19","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","ALC","EMER"],"addressees":["every person, family, business and store in the City of Fargo","retail alcohol licensees (moratorium extension)"],"clause":"He said on March 16, 2020, he issued a Mayoral Declaration to denote a State of Emergency in the City as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has since been approved and extended by the City Commission. On July 27, 2020, he said, the City Commission approved a motion directing the public to wear masks where and when appropriate and encouraging businesses to adopt policies prohibiting entry without the wearing of masks.... Therefore, he said, under emergency powers, he is issuing a mask mandate to every person, family, business and store in the City to adopt appropriate measures accordingly. He said those measures include: every person within the City shall wear a face covering over the mouth and nose in all indoor environments where a person is exposed to non-household members and where social distancing of six feet or more cannot be assured, and in all outdoor settings where there is exposure to non-household members unless there exists ample space of six feet or more to practice social distancing. He said although the measures are mandated with the strongest possible recommendation, there is no penalty for non-compliance. The mandate takes effect immediately, he said, and shall remain in effect until the underlying State of Emergency has ended unless it is sooner modified or terminated by the Mayor or unless it is modified or terminated sooner by motion or resolution approved by the Board of City Commissioners.","enforcement":"\u0027there is no penalty for non-compliance\u0027 (mandate under emergency powers); alcohol moratorium extension adopted by resolution","functions":["EMP every Fargo workplace (mask duty)","SF","CB","BA alcohol retail rules","predicate: City State of Emergency from March 16, 2020"],"notes":"The minutes also record the mayor\u0027s statement that Cass County\u0027s Smart Restart risk level had escalated \u0027from Yellow to Orange, which means limiting the number of people in a room to 25 percent of capacity\u0027, that the Fargo Cass Public Health Board of Health recommended a mandate by letter of October 16, 2020, and that businesses requested a mandate for fear of \u0027the escalation to the Red Critical-Risk level, which would mean shutting down bars and restaurants\u0027. The Resolution Extending the Moratorium Pertaining to the Retail Sale of Alcoholic Beverages was amended \u0027to terminate at the same time as the State of Emergency\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://fargond.gov/city-government/departments/city-commission/agendas-minutes/2020-minutes-video-archive/october-19-2020-minutes","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20211024124430/https://fargond.gov/city-government/departments/city-commission/agendas-minutes/2020-minutes-video-archive/october-19-2020-minutes","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":285385,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ND","url":"/library/ND-088","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-088","citation":"Mayor Timothy Mahoney (under the Mayoral Declaration of a State of Emergency of March 16, 2020, as approved and extended by the Board of City Commissioners); Fargo Board of City Commissioners, Fargo Board of City Commissioners, Regular Meeting minutes of October 19, 2020: Mayoral mask mandate issued under emergency powers; Resolution Extending the Moratorium Pertaining to the Retail Sale of Alcoholic Beverages tied to the State of Emergency (Oct. 19, 2020) (Ex. ND-088)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-059"]}