The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Local Health Administration Law, 16 P.S. 12001-12028, 12012(d); Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, 35 P.S. 521.3(a), 521.5, 521.16(a)(3); 28 Pa. Code 27.1, 27.60
- Issued
- 2020-06-28 June 28, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-28 (immediately), enforcement beginning 2020-06-30 5:00 PM (read as 2020-06-28)
- End
- 2020-07-10 12:01 AM (rescinded and replaced by the July 8, 2020 order, para. 1); operative terms displaced July 3, 2020 by the July 2, 2020 closure order (read as 2020-07-10)
- In force
- June 28, 2020 to July 10, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- bars
- restaurants
- any other business establishment in Allegheny County
- customers
- Functions reached
- BA bar and alcohol service
- DR dining room (50 percent, distancing, masks)
- BQ banquets and catered events (no on-site alcohol)
- CB customer base
- WF workforce (staff counted in occupancy)
- Collection
- Pittsburgh MET-PIT
Operative words
The on-site consumption of alcohol at bars, restaurants, or any other business establishment in Allegheny County is prohibited until further notice. Take-out alcohol sales may continue subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania law.... Face masks must be worn by customers while at the table at restaurants providing in-person dining; masks may only be removed for eating and drinking.... Physical distancing of at least 6 feet must be done while at tables inside restaurants; restaurant occupancy, including staff, is limited to 50% of the stated fire code maximum occupancy.... Restaurants providing in-person dining shall prioritize the use of outdoor seating, if possible.
Enforcement
Order recites the Director's duty to abate a nuisance detrimental to public health (16 P.S. 12012(d)) and 28 Pa. Code 27.60; no penalty clause recited. Complaints to the Health Department (FAQ of July 3, 2020, MET-PIT-003); food-facility permitting authority supplies the sanction for permitted establishments.
Notes
Recites the county emergency declaration of March 12, 2020 and the case surge from June 22, 2020 attributed to crowded bars and restaurants. Scanned PDF; read from rendered pages.
Retrieval noteText read from PNG renderings of the scanned order (three pages).