The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Chicago, Illinois · Chicago · Illinois
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Municipal Code of Chicago secs. 2-112-050, 2-112-110(a)(4), 2-112-130; 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.1305(a), 690.1310(c); Governor's Executive Order 2021-15 (COVID-19 EO No. 84, July 23, 2021) affirming stricter local provisions
- Issued
- 2021-08-20 Aug. 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-20
- End
- Sec. 5: in effect until the Commissioner's written determination; in force through Sept. 30, 2021 and listed as current Oct. 17, 2021 (Ex. MET-CHI-061) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 20, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- any individual, regardless of vaccination status, age two or older
- all businesses (any for-profit, non-profit, or educational entity)
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor
- DR dining rooms and bars (masks off only while actively eating or drinking)
- FC fitness
- SL salons (removal only for shaves and facials)
- OF offices and commercial buildings
- HR/EMP enforcement duty on every business
- CB
- Collection
- Chicago MET-CHI
Operative words
SECTION 1.... (a) Any individual, regardless of vaccination status, who is age two or older and able to medically tolerate a mask... shall be required to wear a mask when indoors in any public place, which for purposes of this Order includes any common or shared space in: (i) a residential multi-unit building or (ii) any non-residential building, unless otherwise provided for in the Phase 5 Guidance issued by the Office of the Mayor... (b) All businesses shall prominently post signage... at each publicly accessible entrance to the business and at least one location inside the business... informing patrons that masks are required to be worn indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
Enforcement
Sec. 3: BACP and CPD in addition to the Commissioner; Sec. 4: arrest and fines under sec. 2-112-340; 'any business that fails to enforce this Order shall be subject to sanctions, including, but not limited to, closure pursuant to Sections 2-112-050 and 2-112-170'; Sec. 6: the more restrictive of this Order, any Executive Order or the Phase 5 Guidance applies
Notes
Signed Aug. 19, 2021; issued and effective Aug. 20, 2021; reinstated a universal indoor mask mandate three months after Chicago had lifted masks for the vaccinated; ten days ahead of the statewide order