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ORDINANCE NO. 1795
<br />SERIES 2020
<br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE EXTENDING TO AUGUST 30, 2020 THE
<br />REQUIREMENT TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS WITHIN THE CITY
<br />WHEREAS, the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic is a public health crisis
<br />that continues to cause widespread human and economic impacts within the City of Louisville;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, on April 26, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued Executive Order
<br />D2020-044, introducing the "Safer at Home" phase of slightly relaxed regulation, which permitted
<br />some non -critical businesses to open with certain restrictions beginning May 1, 2020; and
<br />WHEREAS, in the Safer at Home order, Governor Polis provided that nothing in such
<br />order prevents a county or municipality from adopting more protective standards than those
<br />contained in the order, including but not limited to stay at home orders, mask wearing requirements
<br />in public, or additional protective measures and, if such local measures are adopted, they will
<br />become effective within the county or municipality without state approval; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the "CDC") recommends
<br />the wearing of cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are
<br />difficult to maintain, especially in areas of significant community -based transmission of COVID-
<br />19; and
<br />WHEREAS, on May 2, 2020, Boulder County Public Health issued an order requiring
<br />facial coverings in public where social distancing cannot be maintained, which order became
<br />effective on May 9, 2020 and was to continue in effect until midnight on May 26, 2020; and
<br />WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1793, Series 2020,
<br />an Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings within the City, which
<br />ordinance became effective at 11:59 p.m. on May 7, 2020 and continued in effect until midnight
<br />on June 5, 2020; and
<br />WHEREAS, on May 21, 2020, Boulder County Public Health extended its order requiring
<br />facial coverings to June 30, 2020, and on June 2, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
<br />1794, Series 2020, an Emergency Ordinance Extending to June 30, 2020 the Requirement to Wear
<br />Face Coverings within the City, which ordinance continues in effect until midnight on June 30,
<br />2020; and
<br />WHEREAS, because COVID-19 is still present in the City and surrounding areas, the City
<br />Council finds its Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings within the City
<br />should again be extended until August 30, 2020; and
<br />Ordinance No. 1795, Series 2020
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