The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County) · Portland · Oregon
- Level
- City
- Authority
- RCW ch. 38.52; RCW 43.09.240 (deposit rule suspended); VMC ch. 2.12
- Issued
- 2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-17 (immediate) (read as 2020-04-17)
- End
- Dates as stated: May 4, May 31 and July 31, 2020; further extended by EO 2020-13 (May 8) and EO 2020-14 (May 29) (read as 2020-07-31)
- In force
- Apr. 17, 2020 to July 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- holders of City event permits
- the public (City Hall, police, fire and community-center access)
- mortgage servicers and commercial landlords
- residential landlords
- farmers markets on public land
- City staff (telecommuting)
- Functions reached
- EVT permitted events of 250 or more (through July 31, 2020)
- CRT City Hall, police lobbies and fire stations closed to the public
- FC community centers and recreation programming closed
- SV/CM foreclosure and small-business eviction protections
- PM landlord PPE rule
- MK farmers markets under permit conditions
- AM playgrounds, gardens, water features, picnic shelters closed
- Collection
- Portland MET-PDX
Operative words
Emergency Order 2020-11: Extends the cancelation of city-permitted events with planned attendance of 250 or more through July 31, 2020; Extends the closure of Vancouver Fire Department stations and meeting rooms to public access through May 31, 2020; Extends the cancelation of all non-essential public meetings through May 31, 2020;... Extends the closure of all Vancouver Parks and Recreation community centers and the cancelation of all recreation programming through May 31, 2020; Extends the closure of Vancouver City Hall and Vancouver Police Department precinct lobbies to public access through May 4...; Extends the city's temporary telecommuting policy for its staff through May 4 and authorizes director-approved telecommuting through May 31;... Requires public farmers market operating on public land do so with a City-approved operation plan and City-issues Fire and Life Safety Permit through July 31;... Extends protections for property owners against foreclosure through May 31; Extends protections for small businesses against eviction due to non-payment through May 31; Extends safety and sanitation requirements for landlords entering a rental property through May 31; Suspends park picnic shelter rentals, and closes all city-run community gardens, playgrounds and water features through July 31; Closes the Water Resources Education Center through May 31.
Enforcement
VMC ch. 2.12 emergency orders
Notes
Carries the City's event ban of 250 or more into the third quarter of 2020 (through July 31).
Retrieval noteCity press release (rendered page).