Emergency Measures Effective March 21, 2020EMERGENCY MEASURES
TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
(Revised on March 20, 2020, at 5:00 p.m.)
EFFECTIVE MARCH 21, 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. The Purdy Boat Ramp at the Maurice Gibb Park will be
CLOSED. All other marinas, boat launches, docking, fueling, marine supply and other
marina services shall remain OPEN, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to sunset only.
• 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,
scooters, 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 baywalks.
• All public gatherings of ten (1 O) or more persons on the City's beachwalks and
baywalks shall be PROHIBITED.
• Monument Island will be CLOSED.
• All museums, memorials, and cultural institutions will be CLOSED.
SIDEWALK CAFES
• All sidewalk cates 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).
Additional Em ergency Measures
March 20, 2020
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CURFEW
• A curfew is hereby established within the boundaries of the MXE district (bounded by
5th 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.
(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). The curfew
for the MXE district shall be in effect through March 23, 2020.
• Effective March, 24, 2020, at 12:00 a.m., a general curfew is hereby established
throughout the City. The curfew will be in effect daily from 12:00 a.m. (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 1 O
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 07-20, 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.
Additional Emergency Measures
March 20, 2020
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• Commercial lodging establishments
o Commercial lodging establishments including, but not limited to, hotels, suite
hotels, hotel units within apartment-hotels, hostels, dormitories, motels, and
temporary vacation rentals (i.e. short-term rentals) shall immediately begin to
shut down operations and vacate guests from their premises, and shall be fully
closed to guests and renters by 11 :59 p.m. on March 23, 2020. No extensions
shall be permitted.
o Commercial lodging establishments shall cancel all existing reservations, and
shall refrain from accepting new guests or making new reservations for stays
for the booking period commencing at 12:00 a.m. on March 24, 2020 through
11:59 p.m. on April 22, 2020.
o Restaurants located within commercial lodging establishments may continue to
operate their kitchens for take-out, pick up or delivery services only.
o Commercial lodging establishments may be permitted to maintain security and
other essential personnel on-premises, as necessary, to maintain and secure
their facilities.
o This Order shall not apply to (i) residents of residential apartment buildings
and/or residential condominiums which may include hotel units; or (ii) a
commercial lodging establishment that has received approval from a City,
County, State, or Federal governmental entity for the limited purpose of
providing emergency healthcare services or other essential services, including,
without limitation, to serve as shelters, or to house patients (for any health-care
related purposes, such as pre-admission, observation, recovery, or
rehabilitation), patients' families, healthcare workers, first responders, law
enforcement or other essential personnel, or displaced residents or visitors.
• 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.
• Religious institutions and places of worship
Religious institutions and places of worship shall be required to reduce their
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occupancy to no more than ten (1 O) 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 21, 2020, AND
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE THROUGH 11 :59 P.M. ON MARCH 26, 2020, UNLESS EXTENDED
BY THE MIAMI BEACH CITY COMMISSION BY DUL Y 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 .
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ATTEST:
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE
I, RAFAEL E. GRANADO, City Clerk of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of
the original thereof on file in this office.
WITNESS my hand and seal f said City this
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