The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Birmingham, Alabama · Alabama
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Municipal police power; Ala. Code § 31-9-10
- Issued
- 2020-05-05 May 5, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-05
- End
- 2020-05-15 11:59 p.m.. (read as 2020-05-15)
- In force
- May 5, 2020 to May 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons over the age of two in public places in Birmingham
- business owners, managers and supervisors
- daycares and child-care establishments
- Functions reached
- SF
- DR
- SL
- every public-facing function in Birmingham
- EMP
- Collection
- Alabama AL
Operative words
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2020, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 20-69, requiring that face coverings or masks be worn in public in the City of Birmingham, beginning May 1, 2020... (b) Face coverings or masks shall be worn at all times by persons over the age of two (2) years... (e) Business owners, managers and supervisors shall ensure that employees, customers, clients and/or visitors observe the requirement for face coverings or masks while at the place of business... (g) This ordinance shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on May 15, 2020.... SECTION 3. Failure to comply with this ordinance is punishable by a fine of up to $500.00
Enforcement
§ 3: fine of up to $500.00
Notes
Alabama's first mask mandate, ten weeks before the State's; Birmingham businesses were made responsible for customer compliance.
Retrieval noteText-layer PDF; 'Adopted by the Council of the City of Birmingham on May 5, 2020'.