The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Chicago, Illinois · Chicago · Illinois
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Mayor's emergency authority; the mandatory provisions rest on CDPH Orders 2020-9, 2020-5, 2020-10 and 2020-11 and the Governor's Executive Order 2020-64, each cited in the text
- Issued
- 2020-11-12 Nov. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-16 (meeting and event limit at 6:00 a.m.) (read as 2020-11-16)
- End
- Amended Nov. 20, 2020 (Ex. MET-CHI-027) and Jan. 20, 2021 (Ex. MET-CHI-025); lapsed Jan. 22, 2021 (read as 2020-11-20)
- In force
- Nov. 16, 2020 to Nov. 20, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursEvents and venues
- Addressees
- all residents of Chicago
- event venues, banquet halls, hotels, rental properties, places of worship
- non-essential businesses
- Functions reached
- BQ banquets and events (10-person cap)
- MC meetings and conventions
- WS worship special events
- LG hotel guestroom events
- DR indoor dining closed
- SF hours
- CB customer base advised to stay home
- TV travel
- Collection
- Chicago MET-CHI
Operative words
Section 1.... advise all residents of Chicago to stay at home... Residents are advised to only leave home to go to work or school, or for essential needs... Section 3.... Per the City's Executive Order 2020-9 and the City's Reopening Guidelines, meetings and social events are limited to 10 individuals, effective November 16 at 6:00AM. The limitation applies to both indoor and outdoor events, such as weddings, birthday parties, and other events taking place at banquet halls, event venues or similar spaces. The 10-person limit applies to events held in hotel guestrooms and rental properties.... Section 5. Per the Governor's Executive Order 2020-64, all restaurants and bars must suspend indoor dining and service.... Section 6. Per the City's Executive Orders 2020-5 and 2020-11, non-essential businesses must be closed to the public between the hours of 11:00PM and 6:00AM.
Enforcement
Sections 3-7 restate mandatory limits enforceable under Orders 2020-9, 2020-5 and 2020-11 (sec. 2-112-340) and the Governor's order; Section 1 is advisory
Notes
The stay-home language is advisory; the ten-person cap on meetings and social events, the six-person cap on private gatherings, the closure of indoor dining and the 11:00 p.m. curfew are mandatory and are stated as such
Retrieval noteUpgrades and corrects the bundled 'Protect Chicago' row: the mandatory gathering cap is stated in Section 3 by reference to Order 2020-9 and the Reopening Guidelines.