2020-155 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 73 Offenses Regarding Mandatory Face Coverings To Preserve and Protect Residents

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ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 73- OFFENSES REGARDING MANDATORY FACE COVERINGS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT RESIDENTS WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois, Macon County, Illinois ("City"), is a home rule unit of government and, pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, Section 6(a) of the Illinois Constitution, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and, WHEREAS,the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11-20-5,provides that municipalities may do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of diseases; and, WHEREAS, the City has determined that the outbreak of novel coronavirus ("COVID- 19"), a highly contagious disease,jeopardizes the public health and safety of the residents of the City; and, WHEREAS, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") and the Illinois Department of Public Health ("IDPH") have identified the risks associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 and made recommendations for suppression of the disease that include all individuals wear face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures may be difficult to maintain because persons who are asymptomatic can spread COVID-19; and, WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the persons within the City, the City has determined that suppression of disease will be enhanced by implementing the following health restrictions. BE IT THEREFORE ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That the foregoing recitals shall be and are hereby incorporated as findings of fact as if said recitals were fully set forth herein. Section 2. That Chapter 73 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending language to Section 38, reflecting the amendment. Said Section 38 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: