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Order No. 20-034
AN ORDER OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
RESCINDING ORDER NO. 20-004
WHEREAS, the St. Lucie County Administrator has made the following determinations:
1. Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 ("COVID-19") is a severe acute respiratory illness
that can spread among humans through respiratory transmission and presents with symptoms
similar to those of influenza; and
2. In late 2019, a new and significant outbreak of COVID-19 emerged in China; and
3. The World Health Organization previously declared COVID-19 a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern; and
4. In response to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China, Iran, Italy, Japan and South
Korea,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") has deemed it necessary to prohibit
or restrict non-essential travel to or from those countries; and
5. On March 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order
Number 20-51 directing the Florida Department of Health to issue a Public Health Emergency;
and
6. On March 1, 2020, the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer declared a
Public Health Emergency exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and
7. On March 7, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida directed the Director of the
Division of Emergency Management to activate the State of Emergency Operations Center to Level
2 to provide coordination and response to the COVID-19 emergency; and
8. On March 9, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order
Number 20-52 declaring that a state of emergency exists in the State of Florida as a result of the
spread of the COVID-19 virus and imminent threat to the health and welfare of the citizens of
Florida. This Order was extended by Executive Order Number 20-114 for sixty days; and
9. On March 31, 2020, the County Administrator issued Order No. 20-004, Closing
Arcades; and JOSEPH E.SMITH,CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
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10. On April 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order
Number 20-091 establishing statewide Safer at Home regulations effective April 3, 2020.; and
11. In view of the Governor's order and to avoid confusion it is appropriate to rescind
Order No. 20-004; and
12. Paragraph 2 of the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency provides that the
County Administrator may take all actions necessary and appropriate to protect human life and
prosperity, to the extent necessary to accommodate the emergency; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The determinations, orders, and declarations identified above are incorporated
herein.
2. 1 hereby rescind Order No. 20-004.
3. The County encourages arcades to enforce social distancing and business cleaning
protocols and provide free standing touchless sanitizing stations upon reopening.
Severability.
Any provision(s) within this Order that conflict(s) with any State or Federal law or constitutional
provision, or conflict(s) with or are superseded by a current or subsequently -issued Executive
Order of the Governor or the President of the United States, shall be deemed inapplicable and
deemed to be severed from this Order, with the remainder of the Order remaining intact and in
full force and effect.
This Order is effective as of 12:00 a.m. on 3rd day of April, 2020.
Prior resolutions and emergency orders remain in force and effect unless modified or superseded.
This Order shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Signed this L_Lday of May, 2020 at �� �� (a.m.) p.m�
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