Mayor's Order 2020-126

The record

Jurisdiction

District of Columbia

Level

State

Authority

D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; Coronavirus Support Second Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, D.C. Act 23-405 (eff. Aug. 19, 2020); D.C. Act 23-411; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.

Issued

2020-12-16 Dec. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-12-17 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-12-17)

End

'through December 31, 2020, or until the date to which the COVID-19 public health emergency is extended'; caps carried forward by MO 2021-038 and lifted May 1 (retail) and May 21, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Dec. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• houses of worship
• gyms and recreation facilities
• retail food sellers
• restaurants
• libraries
• museums
• real estate agents

Functions reached

• WS worship twenty-five percent or 250
• FC gyms and rinks twenty-five percent or 250, twenty-five per room
• SF food retailers twenty-five percent or 250
• DR restaurants twenty-five percent or 250
• SH real estate events twenty-five outdoors, ten indoors
• PE museums 250 per floor

Collection

District of Columbia DC

Operative words

houses of worship may admit no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of their capacity as [specified on their Certificate of Occupancy for the room or area where worship services] will be held, or two hundred fifty (250) persons, whichever is fewer.... Safety protocols must include mandatory masking... [no facility identified in this section may] have more persons than twenty-five percent (25%) of its rated capacity on its Certificate of Occupancy indoors at any one time, and no more than two hundred fifty persons (250) at the facility at any one time, whichever is fewer.... [retail food sellers operating] pursuant to Mayor's Order 2020-058, are now instructed to set limits of twenty-five percent (25%) of capacity... or two hundred fifty (250) persons, whichever is fewer... [outdoor real estate events] limited to not more than twenty-five (25) persons, and... indoors [ten non-participating persons]

Enforcement

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