{"id":"TN-073","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Montgomery County, Tennessee (Clarksville)","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 58-8-104, 58-2-110; Governor\u0027s Executive Order No. 54 (delegation)","instrument":"Emergency Order No. 11 (Montgomery County)","title":"Emergency Order No. 11: face coverings required in publicly accessible areas of commercial business establishments","dateIssued":"2020-07-17","effective":"12:01 a.m. July 20, 2020","end":"12:01 a.m. July 27, 2020, extended weekly (EO 12 to Aug. 3; EO 13 to Aug. 10; through EO 26 to Feb. 27, 2021)","startDate":"2020-07-20","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all persons in commercial business establishments and business offices in Montgomery County","commercial business establishments (enforcement duty)"],"clause":"Widespread use of face coverings is a preferred alternative to the continued closure of schools and the closure of businesses in our community, which closures would likely become necessary if action is not taken... 3. IT IS ORDERED that cloth or other face coverings that cover the nose and mouth of a person... shall be required in Montgomery County, Tennessee, within all publicly-accessible areas of commercial business establishments; in public outdoor areas where social distancing of at least six feet cannot be maintained; and within the publicly-accessible areas of business offices where there is direct interaction with the public and social distancing of at least six feet cannot be maintained. A \u0027commercial business establishment\u0027 means any establishment that sells goods or services... including but not limited to grocery stores, restaurants, lobbies and public spaces in hotels and other places of lodging, pharmacies, banks, bars, salons, retail stores, medical and dental offices, and entertainment and sports venues... [establishments] shall enforce the requirement within the establishment.","enforcement":"EO 54 ¶ 6: an order under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 58, ch. 2, pt. 1 for purposes of § 58-2-120 (Class A misdemeanor); establishments \u0027shall enforce the requirement within the establishment\u0027","functions":["SF/EMP every commercial establishment in Clarksville and Montgomery County (grocery, restaurants, hotels, banks, bars, salons, retail, medical and dental offices, venues) required to enforce masking","CB customers","WF employees"],"notes":"The county mayor\u0027s preamble records that EO 29\u0027s preemption clause caused him to let eight earlier local emergency orders (Mar.-Apr. 2020) expire","sourceUrl":"https://mcgtn.org/storage/departments/government/covid19/eo11.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200719164820/https://mcgtn.org/storage/departments/government/covid19/eo11.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1007215,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-073","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-073","citation":"Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett, Emergency Order No. 11 (Montgomery County) (July 17, 2020) (Ex. TN-073)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-012","TN-021"]}