The COVID Project
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- Jurisdiction
- City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Home Rule Charter section 8-407
- Issued
- 2020-12-30 Dec. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2021-01-01 (continuing the Fall/Winter Order); certain activities resume Jan. 4, 2021 (read as 2021-01-01)
- End
- 2021-01-15 11:59 p.m.; superseded Jan. 16, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHL-012) (read as 2021-01-15)
- In force
- Jan. 1, 2021 to Jan. 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- all businesses in the City
- the public
- Functions reached
- OF mandatory telework for every function not impossible remotely
- DR indoor dining closed
- FC PE closed
- GATH
- WF
- Collection
- Philadelphia MET-PHL
Operative words
[OCR] Section 1. Except as specifically provided below in Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5, the November 16, 2020 Order... (the 'Fall/Winter Order') is hereby in effect through 11:59 p.m. on January 15, 2021.... Section 4. Additional Restrictions on Office-Based Settings and Remote Work. Subsection B of Section 6 of the Fall/Winter Order is replaced with the following: B. Business operations must be conducted remotely, through the individual teleworking of employees unless: 1. the operations involve the direct and in-person provision of services (such as medical services) or on-site provision of services (such as construction); 2. the City has specifically authorized the type of business activities to be conducted in person by order or regulation; or 3. on-site business operations are impossible to conduct remotely.... Reduced efficiency experienced by conducting business operations offsite does not constitute impossibility. Indoor operations are subject to density limits of no more than 5 people per 1,000 square feet of occupiable space.
Enforcement
Penalties and remedies of the Apr. 29, 2020 fines regulation (Ex. MET-PHL-070)
Notes
The first fifteen days of the first claimable 2021 quarter ran under a City telework mandate with 'reduced efficiency' expressly no excuse