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An Order of the Mayor Initiating Certain Emergency Powers Pursuant to City Code Chapter 2 (Mar. 12, 2020)

An Order of the Mayor Initiating Certain Emergency Powers Pursuant to City Code Chapter 2, Article VI

Mayor Rick Kriseman · City of St. Petersburg, Florida (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of St. Petersburg, Florida · Tampa Bay · Florida
Level
City
Authority
St. Petersburg City Code ch. 2, art. VI (Emergency Code), secs. 2-425(c), 2-426, 2-427(e), (g); Fla. Stat. sec. 252.38(3)
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12
End
Emergency extended in seven-day increments through EO 2021-19 (May 13, 2021) and beyond (read as 2021-05-13)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to May 13, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationOther
Addressees
  • City of St. Petersburg; retail sellers (price gouging)
Functions reached
  • predicate for Ex. 035-052
  • RT retail pricing
Collection
Tampa Bay MET-TPA

Operative words

contemporaneously with this order, Rick Kriseman (the 'Mayor'), pursuant to St. Petersburg City Code section 2-425(c), declared a state of local emergency in the City of St. Petersburg, Florida... the following emergency powers are hereby invoked and may be exercised by the Mayor generally... [price gouging:] charging more than the average retail price for merchandise, goods, or services sold in the City during the Emergency is hereby prohibited

Enforcement

City Code sec. 1-7 (municipal ordinance violation)

Notes

Invokes power to close places of public assemblage (sec. 2-427(e))

Retrieval note

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