The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Wake County, including by consent the City of Raleigh and the eleven Wake towns, and the Wake portions of the City of Durham and the Towns of Angier and Clayton · Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham · North Carolina
- Level
- County
- Authority
- G.S. ch. 166A art. 1A; G.S. ch. 14 art. 36A; Wake County Code Title VII, ch. 70
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-27)
- End
- 2020-04-16 by its terms; extended by a new proclamation signed the week of Apr. 13, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020 (Ex. MET-CLT-052); expired Apr. 30, 2020 (Ex. MET-CLT-053); State EO 121/135 governed through May 8 (read as 2020-04-16)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- each Wake County resident
- all facilities, services, operations and businesses not identified as essential
- public transit riders
- nursing homes
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home
- SF premises closed (all non-essential businesses closed)
- GATH (gatherings of any number prohibited)
- OP (Minimum Basic Operations; telework businesses exempt)
- TR travel
- VS nursing-home visitation prohibited (EO 120)
- WF (schools distance learning; child care 56 sq ft per person)
- Collection
- Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham MET-CLT
Operative words
1. Movement or travel of persons in Wake County on and about public places including streets, roadways, and property shall be restricted except for the purposes of Essential Activities. This shall mean that each Wake County resident remains in his/her/their household or residential living unit except as required or permitted for Essential Activities.... 7. All public and private gatherings of any number of people... occurring outside a single household or residential unit are prohibited... 9. All facilities, services, operations and businesses not providing services identified as Essential Activities, Essential Government Functions, or Critical Infrastructure are closed.
Enforcement
G.S. 166A-19.31(e); Class 2 misdemeanor, G.S. 14-288.20A
Notes
Section 10 essential list: restaurants 'only for delivery or carry out'; faith organizations only for broadcast with minimal staff; professional and real estate services limited; 'Healthcare Operations' excludes gyms, massage, spas, salons; retail pickup required where practicable
Retrieval noteEleven pages, read visually. Recites the Mar. 13 declaration and Mar. 23 restrictions and Durham/Angier/Clayton consents of Mar. 20, 2020.