The COVID Project
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- Jurisdiction
- Orange County, Florida · Orlando · Florida
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Fla. Stat. ch. 252 and ch. 162; Orange County Code ch. 2, art. IX and ch. 11
- Issued
- 2020-12-04 Dec. 4, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-06 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-12-06)
- End
- Amended by EEO 2021-18 (Apr. 28, 2021); suspended by State EO 21-102 (May 3, 2021); void July 1, 2021 (read as 2021-04-28)
- In force
- Dec. 6, 2020 to Apr. 28, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses that have on-site operations
- employees, patrons and participants
- Functions reached
- EMP every on-site workplace (distancing, masks, partitions, signage, staggered schedules encouraged)
- SF/DR/SL/FC customer premises
- CB customers required to mask
- OF telework encouraged (sec. 2(c))
- Collection
- Orlando MET-ORL
Operative words
Section 2. Minimum Standards for Businesses. All businesses authorized to operate under the Governor's Executive Order No. 20-244 may continue to operate under this Emergency Executive Order. All businesses that have on-site operations must comply with the following minimum standards: (a) Businesses shall ensure that all persons, employees, patrons, and participants on its premises practice social distancing by keeping a minimum distance of six (6) feet apart to the maximum extent possible.... (b) Businesses shall ensure that employees wear face coverings in the workplace when within six (6) feet of someone else and when required by Orange County Emergency Executive Order 2020-25. Businesses shall require customers, clients, and other visitors to the establishment to wear face coverings... (d) Businesses shall monitor its checkout points and staging areas... Businesses shall institute measures to physically separate and increase distance between employees and patrons by installing partitions or barrier shields... (e) Businesses shall post appropriate signage...
Enforcement
Sec. 3: noncriminal infraction enforced through code enforcement (Orange County Code ch. 11; Fla. Stat. ch. 162); immediate citation up to $500; special magistrate fines up to $1,000 per day (first violation), $5,000 per day (repeat), $15,000 (irreparable); injunction and all other remedies preserved
Notes
Sec. 1: all services and activities 'shall operate in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration ('OSHA') and CDC guidelines applicable to their business'. Sec. 2(a) disclaims any limit on restaurant indoor capacity under EO 20-244 sec. 3. Recites Business Compliance Teams from July 23, 2020.
Retrieval noteSigned Dec. 4, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. The county's post-EO 20-244 enforcement instrument: penalties run against businesses, which the State order did not suspend.