City-of-Miami-Beach-Updates-State-of-Emergency-High-Impact-Period-4.6.21
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OFFICE OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS, Tel: 305.673.7575 PRESS RELEASE
Tonya Daniels, E-mail: tonyadaniels@miamibeachfl.gov
Melissa Berthier, E-mail: melissaberthier@miamibeachfl.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 6, 2021
City of Miami Beach Updates State of Emergency
Relating to the High Impact Period
– Canceling 8 p.m. Curfew –
Miami Beach, FL – Today, the Miami Beach Interim City Manager has updated the
City’s State of Emergency relating to the High Impact Period — canceling the 8 p.m.
curfew imposed each Thursday through Sunday evening in the area bounded by 5
Street on the south, 16 Street on the north, Pennsylvania Avenue on the west, and
Ocean Drive on the east (known as the “High Impact Zone”). However, the
Countywide curfew in response to the COVID-19 pandemic remains in effect from
12 a.m. to 6 a.m. daily.
On Friday, April 9, 2021 and Saturday, April 10, 2021, a license plate reader police
detail will be utilized on the eastbound lanes of the MacArthur Causeway from
approximately 10 p.m. until no later than 6 a.m. each night.
Commencing on Thursday, April 8, 2021 through the morning of Monday, April 12,
2021, from 8 p.m. through 6 a.m. each night, all sidewalk café operations, including
expanded outdoor restaurant seating, will be SUSPENDED in the High Impact Zone.
All sidewalk café operators are directed to stack or remove tables and chairs no later
than 8 p.m. each night. These measures will not apply to the Española Way corridor
between Pennsylvania Avenue and Washington Avenue.
Any violation of these emergency measures 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.
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