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Ex. MET-ORL-006 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12

Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face Coverings

Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management · Orange County, Florida (County)

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Jurisdiction
Orange County, Florida · Orlando · Florida
Level
County
Authority
Fla. Stat. ch. 252; Orange County Code ch. 2, art. IX
Issued
2020-05-01 May 1, 2020
Effective
2020-05-04 (with State EO 20-112 Phase 1) (read as 2020-05-04)
End
Amended by EEO 2020-16 (May 18, 2020); superseded in part by EEO 2020-51 (Dec. 6, 2020) and EEO 2021-18 (Apr. 28, 2021); suspended by State EO 21-102 (May 3, 2021) (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
May 4, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • businesses and places of assembly
  • employees and patrons
Functions reached
  • EMP workplace rules (masks, distancing)
  • SF/DR/SL customer-facing service
  • GATH places of assembly
Collection
Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

(as recited in EEO 2020-25 sec. 2(c)) 'Executive Order 2020-12 requires that both employees and patrons of businesses that require employees and patrons to be within six (6) feet must wear a face mask or covering, unless the wearing of the patron's face mask or covering would impede the patron's service, in which case only the service provider must wear a face mask or covering.'

Enforcement

Minimum standards for businesses; enforced from July 23, 2020 by Business Compliance Teams (Code Enforcement, Fire Rescue, DOH-Orange) and from Dec. 6, 2020 by citation under EEO 2020-51

Notes

Set 'minimum standards for Businesses and Places of Assembly to follow unless precluded by the Governor' (EEO 2020-23 and 2020-25 recitals); sec. 1(a) gatherings and sec. 2(a)-(b) business standards later superseded by EEO 2021-18.

Retrieval note

Not in the county's archived executive-order list (no capture found). Title, date and operative requirement confirmed from the issuer's own recitals in EEO 2020-23, 2020-25, 2020-51 and 2021-18 (Exs. MET-ORL-008, -009, -010, -011).