Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. New Orleans and Baton Rouge
  3. MET-MSY-020

Ex. MET-MSY-020 Order Primary source read

City of New Orleans Health Department Guidelines for COVID-19 Reopening: Modified Phase Two with Mardi Gras Restrictions, February 5, 2021

Guidelines for Reopening Modified Phase Two - Mardi Gras Restrictions (Feb. 12-17, 2021)

New Orleans Health Department under the May 15, 2020 Mayoral Proclamation · City of New Orleans, Louisiana (City)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
City of New Orleans, Louisiana · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
Level
City
Authority
La. R.S. 29:727 (including 29:727(F) power to suspend or limit the sale of alcoholic beverages); Mayoral Proclamation of May 15, 2020 (Ex. 005)
Issued
2021-02-05 Feb. 5, 2021
Effective
Mardi Gras Restrictions 2021-02-12 6:00 a.m. through 2021-02-17 6:00 a.m.; Modified Phase Two provisions effective Jan. 29, 2021 (read as 2021-02-12)
End
2021-02-17 6:00 a.m. (Mardi Gras restrictions); Modified Phase Two text superseded Feb. 17, 2021 (read as 2021-02-17)
In force
Feb. 12, 2021 to Feb. 17, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all bars
  • all establishments with AR-Conditional permits
  • all restaurants
  • package liquor and other alcohol retailers in the French Quarter and CBD
  • street vendors and performers
  • the public (Bourbon Street)
Functions reached
  • BA bars closed entirely
  • DR restaurant alcohol take-out prohibited
  • RT package liquor sales prohibited in FQ/CBD
  • EVT parades cancelled; street performance prohibited
  • TRAV Bourbon Street closed to loitering
  • GATH 10/25
  • CB tourism customer base
Collection
New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY

Operative words

These Mardi Gras Restrictions shall be in place from Friday, February 12, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. through Wednesday, [February 17, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.]... All Bars must cease all operations including outdoor table service, drive thru, curbside, and take out sales. All establishments with AR-Conditional Permits must cease all operations including indoor and outdoor table service, drive thru, curbside and take out sales. All Restaurants are prohibited from all drive thru, curbside, and take out alcohol sales. Sale of packaged alcohol, whether for consumption on- or off-premises, is prohibited in the French Quarter and Central Business District... All activities on public rights of way that may tend to encourage people to congregate..., including street vending, street performing, and busking, are prohibited. Individuals are prohibited from loitering on Bourbon St. between Canal St. and Orleans [Ave.]

Enforcement

Effect of a temporary emergency order under La. R.S. 29:727 (Ex. 005 ¶ 4); NOPD street closures

Notes

The complete closure of every bar in New Orleans for the Carnival weekend, with Mardi Gras parades already cancelled by the City (Nov. 2020), is the sharpest local instrument of 2021 Q1.