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Emergency Order No. 11 (Montgomery County)

Emergency Order No. 11: face coverings required in publicly accessible areas of commercial business establishments

Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett · Montgomery County, Tennessee (Clarksville) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Montgomery County, Tennessee (Clarksville) · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 58-8-104, 58-2-110; Governor's Executive Order No. 54 (delegation)
Issued
2020-07-17 July 17, 2020
Effective
12:01 a.m. July 20, 2020 (read as 2020-07-20)
End
12:01 a.m. July 27, 2020, extended weekly (EO 12 to Aug. 3; EO 13 to Aug. 10; through EO 26 to Feb. 27, 2021) (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
July 20, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons in commercial business establishments and business offices in Montgomery County
  • commercial business establishments (enforcement duty)
Functions reached
  • SF/EMP every commercial establishment in Clarksville and Montgomery County (grocery, restaurants, hotels, banks, bars, salons, retail, medical and dental offices, venues) required to enforce masking
  • CB customers
  • WF employees
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

Widespread use of face coverings is a preferred alternative to the continued closure of schools and the closure of businesses in our community, which closures would likely become necessary if action is not taken... 3. IT IS ORDERED that cloth or other face coverings that cover the nose and mouth of a person... shall be required in Montgomery County, Tennessee, within all publicly-accessible areas of commercial business establishments; in public outdoor areas where social distancing of at least six feet cannot be maintained; and within the publicly-accessible areas of business offices where there is direct interaction with the public and social distancing of at least six feet cannot be maintained. A 'commercial business establishment' means any establishment that sells goods or services... including but not limited to grocery stores, restaurants, lobbies and public spaces in hotels and other places of lodging, pharmacies, banks, bars, salons, retail stores, medical and dental offices, and entertainment and sports venues... [establishments] shall enforce the requirement within the establishment.

Enforcement

EO 54 ¶ 6: an order under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 58, ch. 2, pt. 1 for purposes of § 58-2-120 (Class A misdemeanor); establishments 'shall enforce the requirement within the establishment'

Notes

The county mayor's preamble records that EO 29's preemption clause caused him to let eight earlier local emergency orders (Mar.-Apr. 2020) expire

Retrieval note

Scanned; text read by OCR.