The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of New Orleans / Parish of Orleans, Louisiana · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
- Level
- City
- Authority
- La. R.S. 29:727 and 29:727(F)-(G); Mayoral Proclamation of a State of Emergency of Mar. 11, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-16 6:00 a.m. (read as 2020-04-16)
- End
- 2020-05-16 6:00 a.m. (superseded by the May 15, 2020 proclamation, Ex. 005) (read as 2020-05-16)
- In force
- Apr. 16, 2020 to May 16, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- all individuals living within the City
- bars, health clubs, malls, live performance venues, reception facilities
- all restaurants
- the public
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home
- DR dining rooms
- BA bars
- FC gyms
- ML malls
- PE venues
- BQ receptions
- GATH
- WF
- Collection
- New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY
Operative words
1. All public and private gatherings shall be canceled or prohibited in non-emergency situations and where possible.... 2. All Bars, Health Clubs (e.g. gyms and fitness centers), Shopping Centers configured as malls (but not strip centers), Live Performance Venues, Reception Facilities, and other establishments where large gatherings routinely occur and/or where the risk of possible COVID-19 spread exists, shall cease operations. 3. All Restaurants... shall limit their operations to take out and delivery only... 4. All individuals currently living within the City of New Orleans are hereby ordered to stay at home pursuant to and in compliance with Proclamation Number 41 JBE 2020 issued by Governor John Bel Edwards, dated April 2, 2020, and any amendment, extension, or renewal thereof.... The intent of these orders is to ensure that the maximum number of people remain isolated within their places of residence to the maximum extent feasible while enabling essential services to continue
Enforcement
La. R.S. 29:727(G) recited: 'any person or representative of any firm, partnership, or corporation violating any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or confined in the parish jail for not more than six months, or both'
Notes
Recites 5,718 positive cases and 276 deaths in the City as of Apr. 14, 2020. A true copy certified by the Deputy Clerk, Civil District Court.
Retrieval noteScanned signed original; pages 2-4 read. Wayback raw capture of the nola.gov document page returned the PDF itself.