The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Seminole County, Florida · Orlando · Florida
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Seminole County Code secs. 72.6(b)(1) and 72.12; Fla. Stat. 125.69
- Issued
- 2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-01 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-04-01)
- End
- 'throughout the Local State of Emergency... unless earlier rescinded'; overtaken by State EO 20-91 (Apr. 3, 2020) and the county's Phase 1 and Phase 2 orders (read as 2020-04-03)
- In force
- Apr. 1, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capEvents and venues
- Addressees
- all places of assembly: houses of worship, community centers, clubhouses, park pavilions, event halls, theaters of any type, recovery/group therapy programs, associations, social clubs, fraternal organizations
- Functions reached
- WS worship services limited to groups of ten
- PE theaters of any type
- EV event halls, clubs, fraternal organizations
- FC/RE community centers and group programs
- Collection
- Orlando MET-ORL
Operative words
Section 1. Minimum Standards for Places of Assembly. All Places of Assembly, to include but not limited to: houses of worship, community centers, clubhouses, park pavilions, event halls, theaters of any type, recovery/group therapy programs, associations, social clubs, and fraternal organizations must follow CDC guidelines for community transmission of COVID-19 and the President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America as follows: a) Cancel or postpone in-person gatherings or move to smaller groups b) Small groups must be limited to ten (10) people or less. c) Maintain six (6) foot distance between participants during any and all small group gatherings.
Enforcement
Sec. 2: fines up to per occurrence (County Code sec. 72.12; Fla. Stat. 125.69); repeat violations 'could result in mandatory closure pursuant to Section 72.6(b)(1)'; enforceable by law enforcement, code enforcement and emergency management officials
Notes
A direct county order on houses of worship and theaters; sec. 3 exempts first responders, government, health care, veterinarian, shelter, child care, utilities, food preparation, construction and transit agencies.
Retrieval noteThe order's signature block is an image without a typed date; the effective date is used as the instrument date.