City-of-Miami-Beach-to-Open-Playgrounds-Outdoor-Exercise-Equipment
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Tonya Daniels, E-mail: tonyadaniels@miamibeachfl.gov
Melissa Berthier, E-mail: melissaberthier@miamibeachfl.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2020
City of Miami Beach to Open Playgrounds
and Outdoor Fitness Equipment
– Starting Tomorrow, October 1, 2020 –
Miami Beach, FL – Today, the City Manager has extended the city’s State of
Emergency Declaration and Emergency Measures through October 7, 2020. In order to
be in compliance with Miami-Dade County’s Emergency Order (EO) 29-20, as amended,
the City’s measures include the following, effective October 1, 2020:
• Playgrounds, outdoor fitness equipment and volleyball courts will open citywide.
Facial coverings must be worn and social/physical distancing between people
from different households must be maintained.
• Park restrooms will reopen. Restroom use shall be limited to one person or one
family at a time.
• Facial coverings shall not be required while actively engaging in an organized
sport, playing tennis, or while swimming or otherwise in a pool, ocean, or other
body of water. For purposes of this exemption, organized sport means a sport
such as soccer, baseball, basketball, softball, boxing, and other recognized sport
that is part of an established athletic league or part of an organized program
(municipal or otherwise).
The facial covering exemption for organized sports includes training and practice
sessions and matches, but prior to commencing and immediately upon
concluding a training or practice session or a match, individuals must wear facial
coverings. Individuals who are exercising in their personal capacity and not
training as part of an organized sport (i.e., participating in a regular fitness class,
using gym equipment as part of a workout, including with a personal trainer or
coach, or playing a sport for leisure, excepting tennis) do not fall within the
definition of "organized sport" and are not exempted from using facial coverings.
All persons, except for members of the same household, shall observe social and
physical distancing, both within groups and with othe rs. Bleachers shall not be
open to spectators where sports team formal competitions and league play is
permitted.
For information on the city’s efforts to curb COVID-19, please visit
www.miamibeachfl.gov/coronavirus.
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