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Executive Order No. 2020-04 (Superseding Executive Order 2020-03)

Shelter at home: all citizens ordered to shelter at their residence; all businesses except Essential Businesses to cease operations other than minimum basic operations; all public or private gatherings of more than one person outside a residence prohibited; City sport courts, golf courses, fields and dog parks closed

Mayor G.T. Bynum · Tulsa, Oklahoma (City)

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Jurisdiction
Tulsa, Oklahoma · Oklahoma
Level
City
Authority
TRO Title 8 sec. 200; Title 37 secs. 1400-1415
Issued
2020-03-28 Mar. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-03-28 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-28)
End
2020-04-16 11:59 p.m. as written; extended by EO 2020-05 (Apr. 1) through Apr. 30, 2020 (read as 2020-04-16)
In force
Mar. 28, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all citizens living in or visiting Tulsa
  • all businesses except Essential Businesses
  • special-event permittees
Functions reached
  • CB residents ordered home
  • SF/OF/JS non-essential businesses ceased on-site operations
  • GATH all gatherings prohibited
  • AM/SP City recreation closed
Collection
Oklahoma OK

Operative words

3. All citizens living in or visiting the City of Tulsa are ordered to shelter at their place of [residence]... b. 'Essential Businesses' shall mean those businesses identified by the Governor of [the State of Oklahoma as critical infrastructure]... 4. All businesses operating within the City of Tulsa, except Essential Businesses, are required [to cease all activities except Minimum Basic Operations]... 5. To the greatest extent feasible, all businesses shall comply with physical distancing... 6. All City-owned sport courts, golf courses, sports fields and dog parks are hereby closed... 7. All public or private events or social gatherings, defined as more than one person outside of a single residence, in the City of Tulsa are hereby prohibited, provided that nothing in this Order prohibits the social gathering of members of a residence... 11. Any person violating this Executive Order 2020-04... shall be subject to the penalties set forth in [Title 8, Chapter 3, Section 300:... guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the City jail]... This Executive Order shall take effect as of 11:59 p.m., Saturday, March 28, 2020, and continue until 11:59 p.m., Thursday, April 16, 2020

Enforcement

TRO Title 8 ch. 3 sec. 300: offense punishable by imprisonment (recited in the order)

Notes

Stricter than the State order: it reached every person (not only the vulnerable) and prohibited gatherings of any size.

Retrieval note

Text PDF; bracketed words complete lines broken in the layout extraction.

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