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Executive Order 2020-05: COVID-19 Civil Emergency, Further Extension of City Closures and Relief Measures

Executive Order 2020-05

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

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Jurisdiction
City of Seattle, Washington · Seattle · Washington
Level
City
Authority
Mayoral Proclamation of Civil Emergency of Mar. 3, 2020; SMC ch. 10.02
Issued
2020-05-02 May 2, 2020
Effective
2020-05-02 (dated May 2, 2020 on its face; later orders recite May 1, 2020) (read as 2020-05-02)
End
Closures through May 31, 2020; eviction moratoria to June 4, 2020; superseded by EO 2020-06 (June 3, 2020) (read as 2020-05-31)
In force
May 2, 2020 to May 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureEvents and venuesCourts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • City departments
  • permitted event holders
  • landlords (moratoria)
  • City tenants
Functions reached
  • CRT counters and permitting
  • EVT permitted events
  • FC/PE parks facilities
  • PM evictions
  • CB
Collection
Seattle MET-SEA

Operative words

Sec. 1 Extensions Through May 31, 2020. The following temporary City closures, suspensions, and relief measures related to COVID-19 shall stay in effect through May 31, 2020: A. Closures i. Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) community centers, playgrounds, athletic fields, sport courts, beaches, pools, environmental learning centers, and select parking lots serving the City's largest parks, as announced in March 2020.... ii. Seattle Public Library (SPL) locations, as announced on March 12, 2020.... iv. In-person access to all City departments' public-facing customer service counters, as announced on March 13, 2020.... B. Suspensions i. All permitted City events, as announced on March 13, 2020, except for farmers market events that have been permitted for activity as of May 2, 2020.... Sec. 2... A. Emergency Moratorium on Residential Evictions... the... moratorium on residential evictions is hereby extended until June 4, 2020.

Enforcement

Direction to City departments; SMC 10.02.110 for the moratoria

Notes

Recites the Mar. 12, 2020 closure of libraries and parks facilities 'through April 13, 2020' and the Mar. 13, 2020 suspension of permitted events.