Mayor orders restaurants to offer delivery, drive-thru and take-out food and drinks, but no dine-in for over 10 persons, violations to be a city misdemeanor —

Peachtree City joins other Fayette County municipalities in banning gatherings of more than 10 people in any one place, including on the city’s 100 miles of cart paths.

In a video address Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Vanessa Fleisch announced her executive order that will limit more than 10 people at any gathering within the city, will close gyms, physical fitness centers and dance studios (with an under-10-person exception), will allow restaurants to continue preparing and selling food via take-out or delivery, and will shut down all bars in the city.

The exception to the under-10 rule is this: The city will allow gyms or any private facility to remain open if it admits fewer than 10 people at a time and if that under-10 group can maintain six feet of separation at all times.

Her order also incorporates state Health Department rules requiring all people with underlying medical conditions to “isolate, quarantine or shelter in place.”

The Peachtree City Police Department will enforce the rules, Fleisch said.

What her order did not do was to impose a curfew or place any restrictions on hours of operations of all other businesses — No curfew and no restrictions on hours of operation.

If the Fayette County Commission in the future authorizes a mandatory shelter at home order — in other words a general quarantine of everybody — Mayor Fleisch said the city would automatically be included in that order.

The mayor’s order lasts from 12:01 a.m. March 26 and extends indefinitely. While her order mentions that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s order set an end date of April 6, there is no end date specified in her order.

Instead, she said her order will stay in effect until she or the City Council terminates it.

Here is the text of the operative part of Mayor Fleisch’s executive order: