HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3273-Enforcement of Health or Quarantine OrdinanceBILL NO. 14
ORDINANCE NO. 3273
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE §§ 50-304 AND 50-^06,
TO IMPLEMENT BY APPROPRIATE ORDER ANY MEASURES, AT HIS
DISCRETION AND UNTIL 9:00PM ON APRIL 20, 2020, THAT ARE RECOMMENDED
BY PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-ll9;
PROVIDING FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO BE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS AND PARTS THEREOF, IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. '
WHEREAS, the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic
by the World Health Organization; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States has declared a state of emergency in
response to the national threat of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Idaho has declared a state of emergency for the
state of Idaho in response to the state threat of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Idaho Code § 46-1011, has issued an Emergency
Declaration, dated March 2020 in response to COVID-19, which the City Council, on|that
same date, confirmed and extended until April 6, 2020, pursuant to Idaho Code § 46-1011; and
WHEREAS, the local governments in Idaho look to the Idaho Department of Health and
Welfare and its local health district, the Governor's Coronavirus Working Group, and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Office of the Surgeon General, ("public health agencies") for guidance on the
appropriate level of response to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to be in position to carry out recommendations of public
health agencies as quickly as possible; and
WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-304, may "pass all ordinances and
make all regulations necessary to preserve the public health; prevent the introduction of contagious
diseases into the city; make quarantine laws for that purpose and enforce the same;" and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-606, the Mayor "shall have such jurisdictipn as
may be vested in him by ordinance ... for the enforcement of any health or quarantine ordinance
and regulation thereof...." '