{"id":1320107,"date":"2020-05-19T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T04:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=996548"},"modified":"2020-05-19T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T04:02:24","slug":"carbondale-joins-other-valley-towns-in-requiring-face-coverings-in-places-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/carbondale-joins-other-valley-towns-in-requiring-face-coverings-in-places-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbondale joins other valley towns in requiring face coverings in places of business"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Carbondale-News-Small-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Post Independent Carbondale news graphic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Carbondale-News-Small-2.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Carbondale-News-Small-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Carbondale will follow other Roaring Fork Valley municipalities in requiring people to wear face masks to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Carbondale\u2019s Board of Trustees, at a rescheduled meeting Tuesday night, voted 6-1 in favor of an emergency temporary ordinance requiring a face covering of some sort upon entering and while inside a place of business.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance applies to both private businesses and public places of business, such as the library or town or school buildings, once they are allowed to reopen by the state or Garfield County.<\/p>\n<p>Carbondale\u2019s ordinance closely mirrors one adopted by Snowmass Village, in that it only requires people to don a face mask while inside an enclosed business, and not in outdoor public places where adequate social distancing can be maintained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Glenwood Springs became the first municipality in the state last month to require face masks in public. Aspen, Snowmass Village and Basalt soon joined in adopting their own ordinances.<\/p>\n<p>Carbondale Trustee Heather Henry agreed with the board majority that the ordinance is in the best interests of the community in terms of protecting public health and helping people feel safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will help us to reopen the economy of the community, and enacting this temporary measure will not break any civil liberties,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>As with other towns that have adopted similar measures, however, enforcement is a big question. Carbondale, like other nearby towns, will not ask its police to take a heavy handed enforcement approach, Town Manager Jay Harrington said.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance is technically punishable by a fine of $50 on the first offense and $100 on second offense, with a summons to municipal court for any subsequent offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Dan Richardson opposed the measure, but not because he disagrees with the science behind wearing masks as a way to prevent disease spread or out of disrespect for business owners who back the ordinance, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just means I believe the best approach is different than this,\u201d Richardson said in reference to Carbondale\u2019s special COVID-19 Emergency Task Force \u201cMask On\u201d educational campaign that explains the public health guidelines recommending masks as a way to control the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Several business owners and members of the public spoke both for and against the ordinance, but most were in favor.<\/p>\n<p>Main Street business owner Tamara Norton said the ordinance is about protecting employees who put their own safety on the line serving customers, some of whom don\u2019t always take public health concerns seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need you to put the weight of the town behind this important public safety measure,\u201d she said. \u201cThis will allow Carbondale to be an open and vibrant business community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carbondale resident Jerome Dayton offered, \u201cYour failure to wear a mask, if infected, is putting everyone around you at risk. To me, it\u2019s just common sense to ask people to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eaden Shantay, who operates a yoga center and holistic health spa in Carbondale, said the town should not require businesses to ask their customers to wear a face mask if they don\u2019t choose to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re for medical freedom,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t have judgment of those who do want to wear masks, but we don\u2019t want people to be made to wear them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:jstroud@postindependent.com\">jstroud@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/carbondale-joins-other-valley-towns-in-requiring-face-coverings-in-places-of-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbondale will follow other Roaring Fork Valley municipalities in requiring people to wear face masks to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Carbondale\u2019s Board of Trustees, at a rescheduled meeting Tuesday night, voted 6-1 in favor of an emergency temporary ordinance requiring a face covering of some sort upon entering and while inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1320107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 05:16:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}