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Order 10 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Additional Modifications

Order 10 (Downtown and Midtown: Limited Service Restaurants closed to the public through August 16, 2020; open-container ban)

Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health · Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Downtown and Midtown; Central Improvement District) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Downtown and Midtown; Central Improvement District) · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Declaration of Public Health Emergency of March 15, 2020; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609
Issued
2020-08-07 Aug. 7, 2020
Effective
2020-08-08
End
2020-08-16 11:59 p.m. CDT for the closure; Order 10 was thereafter amended and restated twelve times (Eleventh, MET-BNA-026, March 24, 2021; Twelfth, April 16, 2021) and rescinded by Order 15 effective 5:00 a.m. May 14, 2021 (read as 2020-08-16)
In force
Aug. 8, 2020 to Aug. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • Limited Service Restaurants (Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-4-102(22)) in Downtown and Midtown
  • food service establishments
  • persons in public outdoor areas of the Central Improvement District
Functions reached
  • SF bars closed to the public in the defined geographic area
  • REV on-premises alcohol prohibited
  • CB street consumption banned
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

An individual, entity or organization that holds a license as a Limited Service Restaurant (defined in T.C.A. § 57-4-102(22)) issued by the Tennessee ABC shall be closed to the public until 11:59 p.m. CDT on August 16, 2020, but may provide curb-side delivery and sale of prepared food or non-alcoholic beverages and off-premise delivery and sale of prepared food or beverages, including alcohol subject to any applicable federal, state, or local laws. Consumption of alcohol on premises at any time shall be prohibited.

Enforcement

Metro Government enforcement; Metropolitan Government inspectors and law enforcement officers' observations recited as the basis

Notes

No person in a street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, parking garage or other outdoor area open to the public in the mapped areas shall consume or possess an open container of alcohol. Deletes the 10:00 p.m. take-out exception for food service establishments in the area.

Retrieval note

Five pages; scanned; read from rendered images (pp. 1-3, 5). The Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 recites issuance on August 8, 2020.

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