Consistent with Miami-Dade County’s declared State of Emergency, City of Coral Gables Mayor Raúl Valdés-Fauli declared a City State of Emergency on March 12, 2020 due to the public health threat of COVID-19 . T his proactive measure allows the City to better ensure the public safety of our residents. The City remains in direct communication with the proper county, state, and federal authorities and stands ready to respond to the crisis as it develops. At this time, all City essential services are operational. As a precautionary measure, please be advised that the following events and facilities are affected as follows:

 

At this time (subject to change):

The City of Coral Gables Division of Emergency Management is working with the Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC), the Florida Department of Health, Miami-Dade County Health Department as well as with Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management to coordinate efforts to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our community. We encourage everyone to check our social media platforms and to visit our website at www.coralgables.com for up-to-date information regarding the novel Coronavirus. Your safety is our priority. 

Effective now: In accordance with Miami-Dade County’s latest Emergency Order, all restaurants, bars, taverns, pubs, nightclubs, banquet halls, cocktail lounges, cabarets, breweries, cafeterias, and any other alcohol and/or food service establishment with seating for more than eight people shall close on-premises service of customers.

The above-mentioned establishments may operate their kitchens for the purpose of providing delivery services, pick-up and take out services. Employees, janitorial personnel, contractors, and delivery personnel shall be allowed access to these establishments.

The order does not apply to grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, and convenience stores, except if they provide alcohol and/or food service with seating for more than eight people.

All movie theaters, concert houses, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys, arcades, gymnasiums and fitness studios shall close. The order does not apply to gymnasiums or fitness centers which are: (1) amenities of hotels and which have a capacity of 10 persons or less, (2) are an amenity of a residential building, (3) are interior to any fire or police stations, or (4) are located inside any single-occupant office building.

The City will be enforcing the County Mayor’s orders as they apply to all of Miami-Dade County. 

The City of Coral Gables continues to monitor the development of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and will be providing updates as needed.



Please check the City’s website for the latest updates, www.coralgables.com/emergency and the CDC website, www.cdc.gov .

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The Coral Gables Police Department (CGPD) wants community members to be aware of an aggressive and sophisticated consumer scam of telephone calls (or emails) made by people claiming to be members of CGPD. These law enforcement impersonators are contacting our residents claiming they have an arrest warrant for the person receiving the phone call and demand payment in gift cards in order to avoid arrest. The scammers are generating a fake caller ID (spoofing) which makes it appear as they are calling from CGPD’s non-emergency number, 305-442-1600.