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Ex. MET-MSP-025 Order Primary source read

Emergency Executive Order 2020-05

Skyway system hours: portions may close at 7 p.m. instead of midnight

Mayor Melvin Carter III · City of Saint Paul (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Saint Paul · Minneapolis-St. Paul · Minnesota
Level
City
Authority
Saint Paul Leg. Code 13.06(b); amending Leg. Code 140.10(a)
Issued
2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-04-09
End
Extended and re-issued (EEO 2020-6, -15, -19, -22, -25, -30, -36, -45, 2021-7, -13, -20); replaced May 31, 2021 by EEO 2021-23 (10 p.m.) (read as 2021-05-31)
In force
Apr. 9, 2020 to May 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Curfew and hours
Addressees
  • owners of buildings connected to the downtown skyway system
  • the public
Functions reached
  • SF downtown retail and food access after 7 p.m.
  • OF downtown offices
  • CB downtown customer traffic
Collection
Minneapolis-St. Paul MET-MSP

Operative words

Section 140.10 (a) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code pertaining to the general hours of skyway operation is hereby amended during the current emergency to allow an individual with responsibility for a portion of the skyway system to close their portion of the skyway for which they are responsible at 7 p.m. provided that notice of the revised skyway hours are posted in conspicuous locations.

Enforcement

Leg. Code ch. 13 and 140

Notes

Downtown Saint Paul's commercial pedestrian network closed five hours early each night for fourteen months; the extensions recite the City's findings that hospitality businesses remained closed and office workers remote (Ex. MET-MSP-030).

Retrieval note

Compendium at 114.