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Restated and Consolidated Emergency Order of 2021

Restated and Consolidated Emergency Order of 2021 Establishing Safety Measures to Prevent the Spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Continuing to Advise that Philadelphians are Safer at Home

Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH · City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
City
Authority
Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955; Board of Health regulations
Issued
2021-01-15 Jan. 15, 2021
Effective
2021-01-16
End
2021-02-28 11:59 p.m.; amended Feb. 12, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHL-062); superseded Mar. 1, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHL-013) (read as 2021-02-28)
In force
Jan. 16, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses in the City
  • restaurants (indoor dining at 25 percent from Jan. 16)
  • the public
Functions reached
  • OF telework mandate for every function performable remotely
  • DR indoor dining 25 percent
  • GATH
  • FC PE density rules
  • MASK regardless of vaccination (Section 9)
  • WF
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

Section 3. Permissible Gatherings and Events. A. Indoor gatherings or events. Except as otherwise provided in this Order, indoor gatherings or events involving persons from more than one household in a residence or other private indoor location... are prohibited.... Section 4. Remote Work Requirements and In Person Operations. A. All 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. B. Where telework is impossible, or in-person work is otherwise authorized, employees may conduct in-person business operations only for that portion of work that is authorized to be conducted in person or that is impossible to be conducted by telework... Reduced efficiency experienced by conducting business operations offsite does not constitute impossibility. C. All indoor operations are subject to density limits provided in Section 5 of this Order.... E. This Order shall be effective on January 16, 2021, and shall expire on February 28, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., unless otherwise rescinded, superseded, or amended by further Order.

Enforcement

Owner/operator liability (Section 10); fines up to $2,000 per violation for businesses and $500 for individuals; orders to cease operations; license suspensions; inspection as a condition of operation

Notes

Restaurants: indoor dining resumed Jan. 16, 2021 at 25 percent; theaters and gyms reopened under density caps; Section 9 restates the face-covering requirement as amended Nov. 16, 2020

Retrieval note

Recites the fines regulation and the Jan. 6, 2021 Board adoption of the Amended Fall/Winter Order.