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Ex. MET-CLT-018 Order Primary source read

Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order)

Revised Joint Proclamation restricting movement of all individuals to stay at their place of residence except for essential services, activities and businesses; restricting all businesses and governmental agencies to cease non-essential operations; restricting all non-essential gatherings and all non-essential travel

Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director · Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Huntersville and Cornelius (County)

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Jurisdiction
Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Huntersville and Cornelius · Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham · North Carolina
Level
County
Authority
G.S. 166A-19.22, 166A-19.31; Joint Proclamation of Mar. 13, 2020; Governor's EO 116
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-26 8:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-26)
End
2020-04-16 by its terms; extended to Apr. 29, 2020 (WFAE Apr. 23 and Apr. 28, 2020); the State's EO 121/135 governed from Apr. 30 to May 8, 2020 (read as 2020-04-16)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals living within Mecklenburg County
  • all businesses and operations
  • places of public amusement
  • nursing homes, long term care and assisted living facilities
  • schools
  • child care
  • public transit riders
Functions reached
  • CB customer base under stay-home
  • SF sales floor / premises closed (non-essential business must cease)
  • WF workforce (schools closed through May 15; child care limited to essential workers)
  • GATH events (>10 prohibited)
  • TR travel (non-essential travel prohibited)
  • VS visitation (nursing-home visitor screening and one-visitor rule)
  • OP telework (Minimum Basic Operations only)
  • SC supply chain (manufacturing limited to critical products)
Collection
Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham MET-CLT

Operative words

All individuals currently living within Mecklenburg County including the City of Charlotte and the named Towns are restricted to shelter at their places of residence.... Non-essential business and operations must cease. All businesses and operations in the County, except Essential Businesses and Operations as defined below, are to cease all activities within the County except Minimum Basic Operations... All public and private gatherings of more than 10 people are prohibited... All places of public amusement... shall be closed to the public.... All travel... except Essential Travel and Essential Activities... is prohibited.

Enforcement

'Any person violating any prohibition or restriction imposed by this proclamation... shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor in accordance with G.S. 14-288.20A.'

Notes

Essential list narrower than EO 121: real estate 'restricted to appraisal and title services'; hotels only for lodging and carry-out; manufacturing only 'for critical products and industries'; gyms, spas, salons, barber shops and tattoo parlors expressly excluded from Healthcare Operations; restaurants off-premises only; Atrium Health and Novant Health letter of Mar. 23, 2020 requesting the order appended

Retrieval note

Signed by all eight officials; 16 pages including the hospitals' letter.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.