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Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of Savannah During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (July 26, 2021)

Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of Savannah

Mayor Van R. Johnson II · City of Savannah, Georgia (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Savannah, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
Level
City
Authority
O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28(a), (c); City Code § 3-3015
Issued
2021-07-26 July 26, 2021
Effective
2021-07-26 8:00 a.m. (read as 2021-07-26)
End
2021-08-25 11:59 p.m.; replaced by Emergency Order 29 of Aug. 24, 2021 (Ex. MET-ATL-017) (read as 2021-08-25)
In force
July 26, 2021 to Aug. 25, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons entering City-owned or occupied buildings, early childhood, elementary and secondary institutions, hospitals, and passengers on federally regulated transportation
  • all persons on guided-tour vehicles
  • commercial establishments (strongly advised)
  • restaurants, retail, salons, grocery, pharmacies (employee masking strongly encouraged)
Functions reached
  • TV tourism (masks on every tour vehicle)
  • SCH schools (masks in all early childhood, elementary and secondary institutions)
  • HC hospitals
  • CRT City buildings
  • SF (strongly advised)
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that masks or facial coverings shall be required when indoors with people who are not members of a given person's immediate household within the City, vaccination status notwithstanding... as follows: 1. All persons entering a building owned or occupied by the City of Savannah; early childhood, elementary, and secondary institutions; hospitals, and while a passenger on any federally regulated transportation. 2. All persons entering any commercial establishment in the City are strongly advised to wear a face covering... 3. All persons occupying vehicles on guided tours. 'Vehicle' includes cars, trolleys, buses, bicycles, quadricycles, scooters, low speed vehicles, boats, and pedicabs.... civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $50.00... 8. This Order is effective as of 8:00 a.m. on July 26, 2021 and shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on August 25, 2021.

Enforcement

Civil infraction, fine up to $50 (tour vehicles); City Code § 3-3015

Notes

Q3 2021 instrument. Recites Chatham County incidence 'in excess of 100 per 100,000' over 14 days and O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28(c) ('uniform principle that masks or face coverings will slow the spread'). Savannah Morning News, July 26, 2021: 'After downgrading Savannah's mask mandate to an advisory in May, the city is requiring them once more.'

Retrieval note

Full text read; handwritten effective date (8:00 a.m. July 26, 2021; until Aug. 25, 2021) read from the image of page 2.

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