The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
- Level
- City
- Authority
- 35 Pa.C.S. 7501 (Emergency Management Services Code); Pittsburgh Code 113.03(c)
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Renewed by Council resolutions (Res. 139/140 of Mar. 17, 2020; Res. 162 Apr. 7; Res. 214, 217, 225, 239, 249, 261, 271, 281, 310, 319, 433, 456, 514, 581, 631 of 2020; Res. 9, 123, 192, 255, 296, 379 and 431 of 2021), the last making the Declaration effective until August 3, 2021; no later renewal appears in the Council's legislative record (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues
- Addressees
- City departments
- Director of Public Safety
- organizers of gatherings and permitted events
- the public
- Functions reached
- EV permitted events and large gatherings
- OP city services
- CB
- MK
- Collection
- Pittsburgh MET-PIT
Operative words
Section 4. Subject to applicable law, the Mayor or his appropriate designee may adopt and implement precautionary measures to mitigate the anticipated effects of this disaster and is authorized to execute and enforce any such rules or orders that it has adopted and promulgated with regard to said precautionary measures. These measures may include, but are not limited to: a. the cancellation or limitation of large gatherings; b. the cancellation or limitation of events or gathering that require a City issued permit or permits; c. the encouraged use of social distancing to prevent initial exposure and secondary transmission; d. the cancellation or limitation of selected City services; and e. the cancellation or limitation of any other activities or conduct, whether of a public or private nature, that could increase exposure or secondary transmission or are otherwise risks to public health and safety.
Enforcement
Section 8: powers under 35 Pa.C.S. 7501(d) exercised without regard to time-consuming procedures and formalities; Section 2: duration limited to seven days absent Council consent (35 Pa.C.S. 7501(b); Code 113.03(c)(3)).
Notes
Predicate for Executive Orders 2020-001, -002, -005 and No. 7, Chapters 626A, 626B and 782. In force in Q3 2021 through August 3, 2021 (Res. 431 of 2021, MET-PIT-048).
Retrieval noteExhibit A to Council File 2020-0221 (Res. 140 of 2020); four scanned pages read from renderings.