CITY OF WESTON
Emergency Declarations
On March 16, 2020, the City of Weston Declared aLocal State of Emergency in order to properly respond to the outbreak. The Local State of Emergency has been extended for one week at a time by the following declarations:
Most current Emergency Orders:
City of Weston - Emergency Order 2020-29| Suspends the requirement for in-person quorum and establishes rules of procedure for the use of technology to conduct virtual meetings of the City Commission
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-28 | Adopted Broward Emergency Order 20-28 which extends indoor dining until 12 a.m.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-27| Adopted Broward County Emergency Order 20-27 andincludes rules of procedures for hybrid public meetings.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-26| Adopted Broward County Emergency Order 20-26.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-25| Adopted Broward County Emergency Order 20-25.
All other City of Weston Emergency Orders issued pertaining to the COVID-19 emergency:
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-01 | Adopted Governor's Executive Order 20-68.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-02| Restaurants shall cease on-premises dining, but may continue to remain operational for drive-thru, delivery and pickup service.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-03| Limited public gatherings of any type, whether organized or otherwise, to 10 people or less.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-04 | Closed all non-essential businesses as per Broward County Emergency Order 20-01, and Adopted Executive Orders 20-51, 20-52, 20-68, 20-69, 20-70, 20-71 and 20-72 issued by the Governor.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-05 | "Safer at Home" order in effect as of 12:01 a.m. on March 26, 2020. Residents may travel to and from essential businesses only, and perform other essential functions, abiding by specific social distancing measures.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-06 |Implements the procedures and rules to enable the City to have public meetings utilizing Communications Media Technology according to the Governors Executive Order 20-69.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-07 | Closes all HOA/Condo common use recreational facilities.
City of Weston -Emergency Order No. 2020-08 | Encourages everyone in Weston to wear cloth masks outside of their homes, per the CDC's guidelines on cloth face coverings.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-09| Requires cloth facial coverings (over nose and mouth) in certain essential businesses (and urges the use at all other essential businesses) and for delivery personnel, urges businesses to adopt polices on personal protective equipment for employees, and adopts Broward County Emergency Order 20-06. This order supersedes Order No. 2020-08.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-10| Effective April 29, this order implements Phase I re-openings of passive parks and golf courses; and continue to require facial covering with exceptions. Facial coverings are not recommended for children under 2, those with difficulty breathing, food service personnel where it would pose as a hazard or health risk. The requirements shall not apply to the extent subject to a religious objection.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-11| Phase I reopenings for restaurants, retail, personal services, common area recreational amenities, including swimming pools within housing developments and private clubs. Also providing fortemporary expansion of outdoor seating for restaurantsas of May 18, 2020. This Emergency Order repeals all other City of Weston Emergency Orders, with the exception ofEmergency Order 20-06regarding technology.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-12| Effective May 22, this order adoptsBroward County Emergency Order 20-12, which clarifies business and resident responsibilities for adherence to social distancing, facial covering, and sanitation requirements as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Restaurants still have the opportunity to apply fortemporary expansion of outdoor seating.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-13|adopts Broward Countys Emergency Order 20-13 with no changes.This order allows for commercial gyms/fitness centers and hotels to operate in the City effective May 26, with certain capacity restrictions and operational guidelines in place.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-14| Adopts Broward County Emergency Order 2020-14 which allows for doubles-play of tennis and pickleball, lessens restrictions on the beach, allows for tattoo and massage establishments to open, and provides for additional guidelines for businesses.
City of Weston - Emergency Order 2020-15| Permits youth activities and summer camps, indoor amusement facilities and vacation rentals to operate within guidelines established by Broward County Emergency order 20-15.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-17| Adopts Broward County's Emergency Order 20-17 regarding required signage regarding facial covering and social distancing requirements for restaurants and retail.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-18| Effective Friday, June 26, strengthens enforcement of regulations for businesses -- requiring temporary shutdowns of businesses if they are deemed to be non-compliant, and providing for application requirements should a closed business wish to reopen. Requires individuals to wear facial coverings in common areas of HOA's and condos.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-19| Adopts Broward County Emergency Order 20-20 expanding and clarifying the facial covering requirements and requires restaurants and other establishments to cease on-premises dining and sale/consumption of alcoholic beverages from 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m. until further notice. Delivery, drive through, take out or pickup service may continue during these hours.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-20| Adopts Broward County Emergency Order 20-21, an all-inclusive order that clarified prior emergency orders and the mandated guidelines for businesses and amenities as well as the use of facial coverings by all Broward County residents (with some exceptions.)
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-21| No establishment shall serve or transact any business with any person or patron who fails to comply with facial covering requirements.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-22| Adopted Broward County Emergency Order 20-22.
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-23| Adopted Broward County Emergency Order 20-23
City of Weston - Emergency Order No. 2020-24| Adopted Broward County Emergency Order 20-21
Broward County Emergency Order 20-28| Extends indoor dining until 12 a.m.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-27| Clarifies requirements for amenities, establishments and facial coverings.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-26| Permits all businesses to open effective immediately, but must operate.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-25| Permits event function space to open with limitations, spectators may attend non-professional sports games (such as high school athletic events) with certain restrictions, small groups of ten (10) or less individuals may engage in athletic activities, and additional flexibility for HOA common area amenities within housing developments.
All other Broward County Emergency Orders issued pertaining to the COVID-19 emergency:
Broward County Emergency Order 20-01| Closed all non-essential businesses
Broward County Emergency Order 20-02| Closed all County parks and provided for other measures to encourage social distancing.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-03| Announcing a Shelter-in-Place: Safer at Home Policy for residents.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-04 | Further clarified essential businesses.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-05 | Closure of recreational amenities.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-06| Further clarifies the operation of essential businesses, which replaces prior orders 20-01 and 20-03.
Broward County has issuedEmergency Order 20-07| Requires the use of facial coverings at all essential businesses.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-08| Phased reopening of parks, golf courses and boating/marina activities.
Emergency Order 20-09added further detail to order 20-08.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 2020-10| Phase I reopening effective at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, May 18, with capacity restrictions and other guidelines for restaurants, retail, personal services, community room and fitness centers located within housing developments, community pools located within private clubs or housing developments and museums.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-12| Effective May 22, this order consolidates directives contained in several previous orders and clarifies business and resident responsibilities for adherence to social distancing, facial covering, and sanitation requirements as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-13| Relating to beaches, commercial gyms and hotels.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-14| Allows for additional activities on the beach, double play is now permitted for tennis and pickleball, tattoo and massage establishments may now open and additional guidelines for businesses are provided.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-15| Permits youth activities and summer camps, indoor amusement facilities (like movie theaters and bowling alleys) and vacation rentals to operate within specific guidelines and capacity restrictions.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-16| Allows for local pari-mutel facilities to open Friday, June 12 instead of Monday, June 15, with certain parameters established for operations.
Broward County Emergency Order 20-17| Specific signage required for restaurants and retail establishments. The signage is intended to alert customers to local emergency orders about facial coverings, social distancing, and methods to report violations.
Signage can be found here:
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-18|Effective Friday, June 26, 2020, outlines penalties forestablishments that fail to comply withEmergency Orders mandating sanitization, social distancing, facial coverings and other requirements intended to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-19|All beaches in Broward County will be closed from 12:00 a.m. on July 3, through 11:59 p.m. on July 5, 2020.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-20|Expands the requirements for use of facial coverings and limits restaurants and other establishments to take out and delivery only (no onsite consumption) during the hours of 12:01 a.m. until 5 a.m.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-21| an all-inclusive order clarifying all prior orders in effect and increasing penalties for those who violate emergency orders, effective July 10, 2020.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-22| Implements a countywide curfew from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m., updates guidelines for certain businesses, limits private gatherings to ten (10) people or less, plus additional clarifications from prior orders.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-23| Extends countywide curfew until August 3, further clarifies facial covering requirements, extends signage requirements to all businesses, prohibits outdoor events unless permitted by Broward County, extracurricular and non-academic school activities must comply with County EO 20-21, attachment 16, among other requirements.
Broward CountyEmergency Order 20-24 | Extends on premises dining at restaurants until 11 p.m. and prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption after 11 p.m. (through 5 a.m.)
To view all Broward County Emergency Declarations and Orders, click here.
To view all of the Executive Orders issued byGovernor Ron DeSantis , click here.
Highlights of Emergency Orders with widespread impact:
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