Emergency Measures Effective March 20, 2020EMERGENCY MEASURES
TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Revised on March 19, 2020, at 1 p.m.)
EFFECTIVE MARCH 20, 2020, AT 12:01 A.M.
As City Manager for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and pursuant to the authority vested
in me under Section 26-31 of the City of Miami Beach Code of Laws and Ordinances (the
City Code"), as well as that certain City of Miami Beach Declaration of State of Emergency,
dated March 12, 2020, and effective' through March 26, 2020, I hereby ORDER and
PROMULGATE the following additional emergency measures, which will be reasonably and
necessarily implemented in response to this State of Emergency (the "Order"):
PARKS, BEACHES, RECREATIONAL, AND CULTURAL FACILITIES
All parks, beaches, and recreational facilities (whether publicly-owned or privately-
owned) will be CLOSED. All City Parks and Recreation programs, games, practices,
field trips, and events will be CANCELED.
The City's beachwalks and baywalks shall remain open to pedestrians ONLY;
bicycles, spooters, skateboarding, in-line skating, roller skating, motorized means of
transportation, and any other mobility devices (except for wheelchairs and other
motorized means of transportation used by disabled persons) shall be PROHIBITED
on the City's beachwalks and baywaiks.
All public gatherings of ten (10) or more persons on the City's beachwalks and
baywaiks shall be PROHIBITED.
Monument Island will be CLOSED.
All museums, memorials, and cultural institutions will be CLOSEp.
SIDEWALK CAFES
All sidewalk cafes will be CLOSED.
PARKING
All City-owned parking garages and City-owned surface parking lots shall be
CLOSED to the general public (except for permit and access card holders).
CURFEW
A curfew is hereby established within the boundaries of the MXE district (bounded by
6th Street on the South, 16th Street on the North, Washington Avenue on the West,
and Ocean Drive on the East). The curfew will be in effect daily from 12:00 a.m.
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midnight) to 5:00 a.m., and shall include but not be limited to the prohibition on
pedestrian and vehicular movement, standing and parking, except for the provision of
designated essential services such as fire, police and hospital services, including the
transportation of patients thereto, utility emergency repairs, emergency calls by
physicians, and food delivery services (subject to the limitations below).
EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES
Pursuant to Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 07-20, as may be amended, all
non-essential retail and commercial establishments will be CLOSED. Essential retail
and commercial businesses, as defined in Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 07-
20, may remain open, and subject to any further City restrictions, as set forth in this
Order. Any restaurants, nightclubs, dance halls, halls for hire, or similar businesses
that are located within a hotel shall also be considered a "non-essential retail and
commercial establishment" subject to the restrictions below.
All gymnasiums and fitness centers will be CLOSED, EXCEPT for gymnasiums or
fitness centers which are (i) amenities of hotels and which have a capacity of 10
persons or less, (ii) an amenity of a residential building; (iii) interior to any fire or
police station; or (iv) located within any single-occupant office building.
In addition to the closure of all massage therapy centers and spas required by Miami
Dade County Emergency Order 0720, massage therapy centers or spas operating
within hotels will be CLOSED. In addition, no establishment shall provide
massage therapy services, except hospitals or medical service providers.
All private schools, colleges, and educational institutions, except as necessary to
facilitate online or distance learning.
Restaurants and Other Facilities That Prepare and Serve Food
All restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food (including bars,
nightclubs, dance halls, halls for hire, banquet halls, ballrooms, or similar
establishments operating within hotels) and similar businesses shall be required to
CLOSE for on-premises service of customers until further notice. However, such
establishments may operate their kitchens for the purpose of providing delivery
services, drive-through, pick-up or take-out services only, from 5:00 a.m. until
midnight each day. Any establishment that remains open for delivery, pick-up, or
take-out services shall be required to assign as many staff members as necessary to
maintain a distance of at least six (6) feet between each individual patron, in order to
enforce social distancing, both inside and outside of the establishment.
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Religious institutions and places of worship
Religious institutions and places of worship shall be required to reduce their
occupancy to no more than ten (10) persons, and shall be urged to maintain a
distance of at least six (6) feet between individuals to promote social distancing.
THE EMERGENCY MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND PROMULGATED
ABOVE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE COMMENCING AT 12:01 A.M. ON MARCH 20, 2020,
AND SHALL BE EFFECTIVE THROUGH 11:59 P.M. ON MARCH 26, 2020, UNLESS
EXTENDED BY THE MIAMI BEACH CITY COMMISSION BY DULY ENACTED
RESOLUTION IN REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION, OR BY THE CITY MANAGER
PURSUANT TO CITY RESOLUTION NO. 2020-31219.
Any violation of these emergency measure(s) shall subject the individual, operator,
business entity, or organization to arrest and criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 26-36
and Section 1-14 of the City Code.
The Emergency Measures set forth herein supersede and replace all prior City of Miami
Beach Emergency Measures ordered and promulgated since March 12, 2020.
CITY F MIAMI :/`"ACH, FLORIDA
Jimm L. Mo l-s, C'ty Manager
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Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
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above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Q..,..........
the original thereof on file in this office.
WITNESS myhand and seal of said Citythis 1 ° - '":
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