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Ex. MET-DEN-028 Order Primary source read

Public Health Order: Home by 10

Home by 10 Public Health Order (nightly stay-home; gathering, restaurant, alcohol and sports restrictions)

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
2020-11-06 Nov. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-11-08 10:00 p.m. (read as 2020-11-08)
End
Written to terminate at 5:00 a.m. Dec. 7, 2020; rescinded Dec. 1, 2020 when Denver adopted Level Red with additional measures (Ex. 042, recited in Exs. 009, 040) (read as 2020-12-07)
In force
Nov. 8, 2020 to Dec. 7, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all residents of Denver
  • restaurants and bars
  • liquor and marijuana licensees
  • sports leagues
Functions reached
  • DR dining room (closed at 10 p.m.)
  • BA bar and alcohol (sales cease 10 p.m.)
  • TO takeout after 10 p.m. only
  • SP sports and leagues (prohibited)
  • GATH (personal gatherings limited; Husch Blackwell: 10 from 2 households; restaurant parties of six from two households)
  • TRAV (nightly confinement)
  • WF
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

[residents are ordered to be HOME] BY TEN and to stay at their place of residence between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.... liquor sales must cease at 10:00 p.m. daily. Restaurants must be closed to in-person dining at 10:00 p.m., but may provide food only through curbside, drive-through, and delivery services after 10:00 p.m.... [youth and adult league sports,] practices, games, and tournaments, are hereby prohibited.... This order shall take become effective at 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, 2020, and shall terminate at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, December 7, 2020, unless earlier rescinded, superseded, or amended in writing by [the Executive Director]

Enforcement

D.R.M.C. section 24-24; the order authorizes DDPHE to designate additional enforcement personnel

Notes

Recites the 7-day average of new cases rising from 290.0 (Oct. 29) to 418.9 (Nov. 5, 2020); the curfew was suspended for Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, 2020. Husch Blackwell (Ex. 035) dates the announcement Nov. 16 and describes a 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. curfew 'through December 7.'

Retrieval note

Bracketed words complete lines cut at the margin in the text extraction.