Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20200702-017

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Austin, Texas · Austin · Texas

Level

City

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418; Declaration of Local Disaster of March 6, 2020 ratified by City Council Resolution No. 20200312-074; enforces GA-28 (as amended July 2, 2020) and GA-29 locally

Issued

2020-07-02 July 2, 2020

Effective

2020-07-03 12:01 p.m. (read as 2020-07-03)

End

2020-08-15 (stated term 'continuing through August 15, 2020'; succeeded by Order No. 20200815-019, recited in Ex. MET-AUS-013 § 14, not in library) (read as 2020-08-15)

In force

July 3, 2020 to Aug. 15, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all individuals
• all business establishments
• all businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities (including condominium and multi-family residential, office common areas, and individual office spaces)
• operators of venues or events open to the public
• hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and any entity performing or obtaining COVID-19 testing

Functions reached

• EMP written face-covering policy required of every business, office and venue
• WF all employees must wear face coverings on premises and when conducting the employer's business away from home
• CB customers and visitors must wear face coverings; groups over 10 barred (Exhibit A)
• OF office common areas and individual office spaces covered
• SF/DR reopened businesses 'strongly encouraged' to operate below permitted capacity during Stage 4 (§ 6)
• HC daily test-result reporting
• CRT City development deadlines extended to September 15, 2020 (§ 7)

Collection

Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

HEREBY ORDER, EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 P.M. ON JULY 3, 2020, AND CONTINUING THROUGH AUGUST 15, 2020, THAT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN: SECTION 1. All individuals and business establishments are ORDERED to practice the social distancing, hygiene, and face covering behaviors set forth in Sections 2 through 5 and Exhibits A and C... SECTION 3. Individual Face Covering Behaviors... All persons MUST wear some form of covering that fits snugly over their nose and mouth... SECTION 5. Mandatory Face Covering Policies for Business Establishments (both Publicly Accessible and Accessible Only to Employees). All businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities (including without limitation condominium and multi-family residential, office common areas, and individual office spaces), and the operators of any venues or events open to the public, are ORDERED to implement and maintain in force and effect during the term of this Order a health and safety policy or plan related to preventing transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The health and safety policy or plan must, at a minimum, require that all employees, customers, and visitors over the age of ten (though the recommended age is six) wear face coverings over their nose and mouth... while in any part of the business's or venue's premises or facility, and must require of and enforce this health and safety policy or plan as to all who enter upon or into the premises or facility.... All business establishments and venues subject to this Order must post conspicuous signage... Business employers shall require all employees to comply with the Face Covering Behaviors in this Section while present on the business premises or conducting the employer's business outside the employee's residence.... SECTION 8. Hospital, Pharmacy, and Clinic Data. Hospitals, Pharmacies, and Clinics, or any other entity or person performing or obtaining testing for COVID-19, shall daily provide the City of Austin/Travis County Health Authority... COVID-19 test results...

Enforcement

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