The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Atlanta, Georgia · Atlanta · Georgia
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Mayoral guidance supplementing the State's reopening criteria (voluntary by its terms)
- Issued
- 2020-07-10 July 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-10
- End
- Revised repeatedly; Phase 2 by the 3/18/2021 revision (Ex. MET-ATL-047) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- July 10, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
- Addressees
- individuals
- businesses and non-profits
- City government
- Functions reached
- DR dining (to-go and curbside)
- SF retail (curbside)
- OF telework
- EVT special events (City permit moratorium)
- CRT City facilities closed
- Collection
- Atlanta MET-ATL
Operative words
PHASE 1: STAY AT HOME. Essential business and city services only. Individuals: Stay home except for essential trips; Wearing a face mask in public is a mandate;... Businesses/Non-Profits: To-go and curbside pickups from restaurants and retail establishments; Continue practicing teleworking;... City Government: Non-essential City facilities remain closed; Moratorium on special event applications
Enforcement
Voluntary guidance ('additional, voluntary guidelines'); the mask mandate it references is EO 2020-113/114
Notes
The 'Phase One roll-back' at issue in Kemp v. Bottoms. Its voluntary character was the Mayor's 'concession' recited in the Governor's Aug. 13, 2020 statement. Metrics keyed to Fulton County Board of Health data.
Retrieval noteGuidance, not an order; plead as the City's official statement of the regime it asked residents and businesses to follow, alongside EO 2020-114.