2020 COVID-19 Order 18 - 4-17-21 - Outdoor Dining, Service Uses and Retail

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1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CITY OF RIVERSIDE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REVISED ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OUTDOOR DINING, SERVICE USES AND RETAIL WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the California Governor Gavin Newsom (“Governor”) declared a State of Emergency due to the threat of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), which orders in part that “all residents are to heed the advice of emergency officials with regard to this emergency in order to protect their safety”; and WHEREAS, on March 8, 2020, the Riverside County Public Health Officer declared a local health emergency based on the imminent threat to public health from COVID-19 in Riverside County; and WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the County of Riverside proclaimed a local emergency; and WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, the Governor issued Executive Order N-25-20 which orders in part that “[a]ll residents are to heed any orders and guidance of state and local public health officials, including but not limited to the imposition of social distancing measures, to control the spread of COVID-19”; and WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States of America declared a national emergency and announced that the federal government would make emergency funding available to assist state and local governments in preventing the spread of and addressing the effects of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code § 8550, et seq.) empowers the City Council of the City of Riverside to declare a Local Emergency when there exists conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of the City of Riverside (‘City”) which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City; and / / /