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Civil Emergency Order: Moratorium on Small Business Tenant Evictions (small businesses and nonprofit organizations)

Civil Emergency Order, Moratorium on Small Business Tenant Evictions

Mayor Jenny A. Durkan · City of Seattle, Washington (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Seattle, Washington · Seattle · Washington
Level
City
Authority
SMC 10.02.020.A.15; Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency of Mar. 3, 2020
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17
End
Through May 15, 2020, then extended without interruption to June 4, 2020; Aug. 1, 2020; Dec. 31, 2020; Mar. 31, 2021; June 30, 2021; Sept. 30, 2021; Jan. 15, 2022 (recited in MET-SEA-015, -016, -017, -019) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • commercial landlords of small businesses and nonprofit organizations in Seattle
Functions reached
  • CM commercial leasing
  • PM property management
  • CB commercial tenants
Collection
Seattle MET-SEA

Operative words

[Scanned image; text layer absent. EO 2020-09 recites: 'on March 17, 2020, in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of Seattle residents, small businesses, and non-profit organizations, I issued an Emergency Order imposing a moratorium on small business and non-profit evictions through May 15, 2020'.]

Enforcement

SMC 10.02.110; Council ratification

Notes

Announced Mar. 18, 2020 with a rent-relief program for City tenants; the Governor's first commercial protections came Apr. 16, 2020 (Proclamation 20-19.1).

Retrieval note

Scanned; operative terms taken from the recitals of later primary orders.