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Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of Emergency

COVID-19 State of Emergency (and closure of specified places of assembly)

County Executive Calvin Ball · Howard County, Maryland (County)

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Jurisdiction
Howard County, Maryland · Baltimore · Maryland
Level
County
Authority
Howard County Code §§ 6.103, 6.104(a)(3); Howard County Charter; Md. Code, Pub. Safety tit. 14
Issued
2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-03-15
End
Continued by Council Resolution No. 41-2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) while the State emergency remained or until terminated by the County Executive; terminated noon Mar. 15, 2022 (EO 2022-05, MET-BAL-101) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationBusiness closureEvents and venues
Addressees
  • The Mall in Columbia
  • The Shops at Savage Mill
  • AMC Columbia Movie Theater
  • Regal Theater at Snowden Square
  • county agencies
Functions reached
  • ML mall closed
  • SF mall retail closed
  • PE cinemas closed
  • predicate for all Howard orders
Collection
Baltimore MET-BAL

Operative words

THAT A STATE OF EMERGENCY EXISTS IN HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that pursuant to the authority granted by section 6.104(a)(3) of the Howard County Code, to control places of amusement and places of assembly, that the following businesses are hereby closed: (1) The Mall in Columbia and all businesses in the Mall proper, which does not include the restaurants located on Mall property but with entrances outside the Mall; and (2) The Shops at Savage Mill; and (3) AMC Columbia Movie Theater; and (4) Regal Theater at Snowden Square

Enforcement

Howard County Code § 6.104

Notes

The county closed a regional mall and two cinemas by name on Mar. 15, 2020, the day before the Governor's closure order. The emergency continued through all of 2021 Q3 (MET-BAL-093 recital of Dec. 23, 2021; MET-BAL-101).

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