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Mayor's Order 2020-119

Modified Requirements to Combat Escalation of COVID-19 Pandemic During Phase Two

Mayor Muriel Bowser · District of Columbia (State)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Acts 23-328 and 23-411; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
Issued
2020-11-23 Nov. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-11-25 12:01 a.m. (indoor dining reduction effective 2020-12-14 12:01 a.m.) (read as 2020-11-25)
End
'through December 31, 2020, or until the date to which the COVID-19 public health emergency is extended, whichever is later'; superseded in part by MO 2020-126, 2020-127 and 2021-038 (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
Nov. 25, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • non-essential non-retail businesses
  • restaurants and licensed food establishments
  • houses of worship
  • gyms, private trainers and recreation centers
  • the public (social gatherings)
Functions reached
  • OF telework strongly encouraged
  • BA alcohol service ends 10:00 p.m.
  • DR indoor dining to twenty-five percent Dec. 14
  • PE live entertainment paused
  • GATH ten indoors, twenty-five outdoors
  • WS worship fifty
  • CL indoor group fitness classes suspended
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

Section IV.1. of Mayor's Order 2020-103 is modified to strongly encourage continued telework.... Restaurants and other licensed food establishments may continue to operate for patrons until midnight, but alcohol sales, service and consumption (excluding carry-out and delivery) must end at 10:00 p.m.... The indoor occupancy of restaurants is hereby reduced from fifty percent (50%) to twenty-five percent (25%) as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, December 14, 2020... The live entertainment pilot is hereby paused.... The number of persons allowed to be together at an outdoor mass gathering... is reduced from fifty (50) to twenty-five (25) persons... [an indoor gathering] cannot exceed ten (10) persons.... The maximum number of persons attending an indoor service at a house of worship at any one time is hereby reduced from one hundred (100) to fifty (50) persons... Gyms, private trainers, and other businesses and recreation centers must suspend all indoor group exercise classes.

Enforcement

D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties including civil fines or summary suspension or revocation of licenses; Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act penalties and injunctive relief reserved (sec. VIII)

Notes

The winter 2020-21 re-tightening order; ABRA implemented the alcohol hours (Ex. DC-078)

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF (4 pp.); read by OCR.