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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE XXIX ENTITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS" OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO CREATE A NEW CHAPTER TO ESTABLISH A LICENSE REQUIREMENT FOR OUTDOOR DINING PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK'S PUBLIC RIGHT-OF WAY.
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WHEREAS, Coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") is a contagious, and at times fatal, respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus; and
WHEREAS, over one (1) year ago, on March 9, 2020 Governor Phillip D. Murphy of the State of New Jersey ("Governor Murphy") issued Executive Order 103, declaring a Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency due to the spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Ras J. Baraka declared a State of Emergency in the City of Newark on March 12, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2020, the City of Newark (the "City") had its first confirmed case of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the City of Newark had its first confirmed death of a Newark resident from COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, since March 18, 2020, Mayor Ras J. Baraka signed approximately eighteen (18) Executive Orders throughout 2020, which set forth restrictions and protocols in our effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, and to provide some economic relief to Newark businesses; and
WHEREAS, the United States Food and Drug Administration's Emergency Use Authorization has facilitated the availability and use of medical countermeasures to fight COVID-19, and vaccines are now available to prevent the severe effects leading to hospitalization and death that often resulted from COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, citizens are following the science, heeding the message of the doctors and medical experts and following the example set by President Biden, Governor Murphy, and others to get vaccinated; and
WHEREAS, due to all of these advancements and steps towards stemming the spread of COV...
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