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- Jurisdiction
- City of Atlanta, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
- Level
- City
- Authority
- City of Atlanta Code of Ordinances §§ 2-181(a), 2-181(b), 2-182 (mayoral emergency powers; 72-hour limit absent Council ratification)
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 (filed with the Municipal Clerk 6:44 p.m.); supersedes the March 15, 2020 declaration limiting gatherings to 250 (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- 2020-03-31 (by its terms); superseded by EO 2020-21 (Mar. 23, 2020) (read as 2020-03-31)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues
- Addressees
- the public
- event organizers
- venues
- Functions reached
- GATH events, conventions, worship and sports gatherings over 50
- CB customer base (venues, hotels, restaurants serving events)
- MK marketing events and trade shows
- Collection
- Atlanta MET-ATL
Operative words
declaring there to be an emergency in existence within the jurisdictional limits of the City of Atlanta... [and imposing a] temporary prohibition on large public assemblages, events or gatherings of more than fifty (50) people within the City of Atlanta through March 31, 2020 (title, as read from the filed order)
Enforcement
Code § 2-181(b): mayor may impose a curfew, close businesses and close city buildings and facilities during the emergency
Notes
Georgia World Congress Center, State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium events fell under the 50-person cap; the March 15 declaration (250) was tightened the next day.
Retrieval noteScanned signed order; pages 1-2 read as rendered images. The mayor's March 15, 2020 emergency declaration (gatherings over 250; AJC and WSB-TV) is recited in EO 2020-22 and was not separately retrieved.