The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Cincinnati, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Cincinnati Charter Art. III; Administrative Code Art. XVIII; Board of Health emergency authority under the Ohio Revised Code (R.C. 3709.20-.21); 'recent orders from the Ohio Department of Health'
- Issued
- 2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17
- End
- 2020-05-27 (Rescission, Ex. MET-CIN-051) (read as 2020-05-27)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to May 27, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals in the public spaces of the City of Cincinnati
- Functions reached
- SF sales floors and queues
- DR dining and carry-out lines
- CB customers
- WF workforce in public-facing roles
- GATH
- Collection
- Cincinnati MET-CIN
Operative words
I hereby order that all individuals in the public spaces of the City of Cincinnati are required to maintain a minimum if six feet (6') of physical distance from other persons at all times, in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.... This order has the force of law and is an emergency measure issued jointly with the Cincinnati Board of Health pursuant to its emergency authority under the Ohio Revised Code. This order shall continue in effect until withdrawn or superseded by future order.
Enforcement
Force of law; from May 13, 2020, CMC 1601-57 civil offenses (Ex. MET-CIN-031)
Notes
A city-wide six-foot distancing mandate in every public space, in force Mar. 17 - May 27, 2020; it governed store queues, carry-out lines, transit stops and worksites open to the public.
Retrieval noteThe Clerk's docket record quotes the order's operative text verbatim ('Balance of statement on file in the Clerk's office'); the signed order itself is not online.