Palm Beach County Emergency Order No. 15 (Order No. 2020-015), Revised Restriction on Operating Hours and Clarification of Current Business Closures

The record

Jurisdiction

Palm Beach County, Florida · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida

Level

County

Authority

Palm Beach County Code ch. 9, art. II, ss. 9-35, 9-37; ss. 252.46, 252.47, Fla. Stat.; Fla. EO 20-52, 20-123, 20-139 (recited)

Issued

2020-07-23 July 23, 2020

Effective

2020-07-23 (repeals and replaces EO 2020-014) (read as 2020-07-23)

End

Hours rules replaced by EO 2020-018 and 2020-023 (recited in EO 2020-024/027; not exhibits) and repealed by EO 2020-027 (Sept. 25, 2020); closures lifted in steps by EO 2020-024 (Sept. 4) and EO 2020-028 (Sept. 29, 2020) (read as 2020-09-25)

In force

July 23, 2020 to Sept. 25, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues

Addressees

• every establishment serving food or alcohol on site
• amusement parks, kava and kratom bars, banquet halls, ballrooms
• the closed classes listed in s. 6

Functions reached

• DR dining room (premises vacated 11 p.m.-5 a.m.)
• BA bars closed
• PE theaters, playhouses, concert houses closed
• AM bowling, arcades, casinos, trampoline, escape rooms closed
• SL tattoo, piercing, tanning, massage closed
• WF late-shift workforce

Collection

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA

Operative words

4. Restriction of Hours for Alcohol and Food Service. No establishment permitted to serve alcohol for on-site consumption... shall serve alcohol or allow alcohol to be consumed on premises between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. No establishment permitted to serve food for on-site consumption... shall serve food or allow food to be consumed on premises between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Said establishments shall be closed and vacated between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. with the exception of staff performing necessary functions (such as cleaning and closing services) and except for drive-through, pick-up, or take-out services for off-site consumption.... 6. Businesses that Remain Closed.... a. Bars; b. Nightclubs, establishments offering adult entertainment, strip clubs; c. Hookah, cigar, and other smoking bars and lounges; d. Bowling alleys; e. Arcades; f. Playhouses; g. Concert houses; h. Movie theaters; i. Auditoriums; j. Other indoor entertainment venues offering, either for participation or observation, recreational opportunities or games of skill in an enclosed building. Such venues include, but not limited to, skating centers, trampoline centers, billiard halls, escape rooms, bingo parlors, casinos, and interactive bars or lounges allowing for sports participation; and k. Tattoo parlors, body piercing parlors, acupuncture venues, tanning and massage parlors.

Enforcement