TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: County Counsel and Sheriff-Coroner
MEETING DATE: July 8, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Christian Curtis
PHONE:
234-6885
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Matthew Kendall
PHONE:
463-4086
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 15 min.
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 4461, Regarding Administrative Penalties for COVID-19 Related Violations, and Establishing an Infraction Violation Regarding COVID-19 Related Facial Covering Requirements
(Sponsor: County Counsel)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Adopt Urgency Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 4461, regarding administrative penalties for COVID-19 related violations, and establishing an infraction violation regarding COVID-19 related facial covering requirements; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On March 31, 2020, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 4461, which established administrative penalties for violations of the County Health Officer's Orders.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Board previously adopted Ordinance No. 4461 in order to allow violations of the Public Health Officer's orders to be enforced through an administrative citation process. Although State law and the Governor's Executive Orders already made these orders legally binding, the creation of an administrative citation process allowed an additional method of enforcement. Since that time, however, new facial coverings orders have been issued at both the State and local level, which have presented a different set of enforcement challenges.
This ordinance addresses the challenges in enforcing facial covering requirements by establishing a separate facial covering requirement punishable as an infraction. Although similar to the requirements in current State and Local orders, this ordinance differs in that it provides slightly more narrow exceptions a...
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