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Order Supplementing & Extending Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County

Order Supplementing and Extending the Declaration of Emergency: local emergency extended through April 24, 2020; non-essential close-contact businesses closed

Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners · Cobb County, Georgia (unincorporated area) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Cobb County, Georgia (unincorporated area) · Atlanta · Georgia
Level
County
Authority
Cobb County Code §§ 34-2, 34-3, 34-7; Cobb & Douglas Board of Health closure authority
Issued
2020-04-02 Apr. 2, 2020
Effective
2020-04-02 (filed 3:48 p.m.) (read as 2020-04-02)
End
2020-04-24 (extension term); enforcement of conflicting local orders suspended by Kemp EO 04.02.20.01 effective Apr. 3, 2020 6:00 p.m.; close-contact businesses reopened statewide Apr. 24, 2020 under Kemp EO 04.20.20.01 (read as 2020-04-24)
In force
Apr. 2, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closure
Addressees
  • gyms, fitness and recreation centers
  • hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, waxing salons, tanning salons, spas, tattoo parlors, massage-therapy establishments
  • all other nonessential businesses with person-to-person contact within 6 feet
Functions reached
  • SL salons, barbers, nails, spas, massage (closed, including in-home services)
  • FC gyms and fitness (closed)
  • RP in-home services with close contact (closed)
Collection
Atlanta MET-ATL

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that the local state of emergency in Cobb County is extended through and including April 24, 2020, and is supplemented by the provisions contained herein. WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED: 1. Consistent with Paragraph (3)(g), and Paragraph (4)(ee) of the Declaration of Emergency, issued March 24, 2020, and in accordance with the recommendations of CDBH, the following non-essential businesses are closed, regardless of their location (e.g., at home services): a. Gyms, fitness and recreation centers b. Hair salons c. Barber shops d. Nail salons e. Waxing salons f. Tanning salons g. Spas h. Tattoo parlors i. Massage-therapy establishments and massage services j. All other nonessential businesses in which person-to-person contact occurs and persons are unable to maintain a distance of 6 feet between one another at all times.

Enforcement

Cobb County Code § 34-3; Board of Health closure authority

Notes

Issued hours before the Governor's statewide order; recites 290 cases and 15 deaths in Cobb.

Retrieval note

Pages 1-2 of 6 read as images.

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