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Public Health Order of March 16, 2020 (on-premises food and beverage consumption; bars; liquor; hookah and marijuana consumption areas; mass gatherings of 50 or more)

Public Health Order, March 16, 2020 ('First Public Health Order' in DDPHE's index)

Executive Director, DDPHE (Robert M. McDonald) · City and County of Denver, Colorado (City)

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Jurisdiction
City and County of Denver, Colorado · Denver · Colorado
Level
City
Authority
D.R.M.C. section 24-16
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
Folded into the Mar. 23, 2020 stay-home order; dine-in service resumed in Denver only under the State's Safer at Home amendment of May 27, 2020 (State file) (read as 2020-03-23)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • restaurants and retail food facilities
  • bars and nightclubs
  • liquor licensees
  • marijuana consumption areas and hookah bars
  • the public
Functions reached
  • DR dining room
  • BA bar and alcohol service
  • TO takeout, curbside and delivery (the only permitted channel)
  • GATH events (50 or more banned per the recital in Ex. 005)
  • CB customer base
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

Liquor, beer, and wine sales in the City and County of Denver are restricted to carry-out, drive-through, and delivery only, to the extent permitted by law. No onsite consumption is permitted.... All restaurants and retail food facilities are prohibited from serving food for consumption on premises. Restaurants and retail food facilities may continue to operate for purposes of preparing and offering food to customers via carry-out, drive-through, and delivery only.

Enforcement

D.R.M.C. section 24-16

Notes

Exempt: cafeterias in medical facilities, grocery stores, pharmacies, food banks, airport concessionaires. The Mar. 23 order recites that this order 'banned mass gatherings of 50 persons or more.' Denver's copy is a scanned image; the text was read from Denver's text-layer copy at response-amp-plans/public-health-order_covid-19_03162020.pdf.