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ORDINANCE NO. 1794 SERIES 2020 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE EXTENDING TO JUNE 30, 2020 THE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS WITHIN THE CITY WHEREAS, the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic is a public health crisis that continues to cause widespread human and economic impacts within the City of Louisville; and WHEREAS, on April 26, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order D2020-044, introducing the "Safer at Home" phase of slightly relaxed regulation, which permitted some non -critical businesses to open with certain restrictions beginning May 1, 2020; and WHEREAS, in the Safer at Home order, Governor Polis provided that nothing in such order prevents a county or municipality from adopting more protective standards than those contained in the order, including but not limited to stay at home orders, mask wearing requirements in public, or additional protective measures and, if such local measures are adopted, they will become effective within the county or municipality without state approval; and WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the "CDC") recommends the wearing of cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, especially in areas of significant community -based transmission of COVID- 19; and WHEREAS, on May 2, 2020, Boulder County Public Health issued an order requiring facial coverings in public where social distancing cannot be maintained, which order became effective on May 9, 2020 and was to continue in effect until midnight on May 26, 2020; and WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1793, Series 2020, an Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings within the City, which ordinance become effective at 11:59 p.m. on May 7, 2020 and continues in effect until midnight on June 5, 2020; and WHEREAS, on May 21, 2020, Boulder County Public Health extended its order requiring facial coverings to June 30, 2020, and the City Council finds its Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings within the City should likewise be extended until June 30, 2020; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and declares it has the power and authority to adopt this ordinance pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-15-103 (concerning municipal police powers), C.R.S. § 31-15-401 (concerning municipal police powers), C.R.S. § 31-15-501 (concerning municipal authority to regulate businesses), Article XX of the Colorado Constitution (concerning municipal home rule), and the City of Louisville Home Rule Charter; and Ordinance No. 1794, Series 2020 Page 1 of 2