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How would mask ordinance be enforced?

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How would mask ordinance be enforced?
How would mask ordinance be enforced?

Prairie Village, Kansas, is thinking of creating an ordinance that would require face masks in buildings.

FACE MASKS " BUT ONELOCAL CITY IS LOOKING ATREQUIRING YOU TOWEAR ONE IN INDOORPUBLIC PLACES.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER NICK STARLINGBREAKS DOWN HOW THISWOULD BE ENFORCED.IT'S A DAY MANY PEOPLEJUST WANTED TO GET OUTOF THE HOUSE ON ABEAUTIFUL SUNDAYAFTERNOON AT THISSHOPPING CENTER INPRAIRIE VILLAGE-NOT A LOT OF PEOPLEWORE MASKS OUTSIDE.BUT ACCORDING TO APROPOSED ORDINANCE-THEY MAY BE REQUIREDTO WEAR ONE INDOORS.Paul Trainor, likes proposalI think it's a good idea, it's agood idea to protect yourselfas well as the people aroundyou.Jennifer Attig, likes proposalInside buildings probably yeahI think it should be whenyou're in a confined area.THE PROPOSEDORDINANCE PUT FORTH BYCOUNCILWOMAN JORINELSON-WOULD REQIREWEARING A MASK OR FACECOVERING BEFOREENTERING A PLACE OFBUSINESS THAT'S OPEN TOTHE PUBLIC.

BUSINESSESWOULD BE REQUIRED TOHAVE A SIGN GIVINGNOTICE OF THEREQUIREMENT.Jori Nelson:"My hope is it will be ascommon as 'no shirt, noshoes, no service' but now itwill be no mask."BUT THERE'S CONCERNOVER MANDATINGWEARING THESE FACEMASKS-AS THE POLICECHIEF HERE SAYS IT WILLBE HARD TO ENFORCE ANDCAUSE ADDITIONAL STRAINON THEIR RESOURCES ANDCONFUSION FORRESIDENTS.Prairie Village Police Chief TimSchwartzkopf."This will create more calls forservice for us and quitefrankly, we don't have thecapacity to respond,".THE PENALTY FOR NOTWEARING ONE WOULD BEAN UNCLASSIFIEDVIOLATION-AND THE FINENOT MORE THAN 25-DOLLARS.Paul Trainor, likes proposalIt's one of those things it'shard to force people to dosomething but I think it's agood idea to follow CDCrecommendations.Angela Evangelidis, PrairieVillageresident, indifferent toproposalI'm not going to forcesomeone to wear that and I'mgoing to stay distant whowould not have a mask I willchoose to stay far away fromthem.IF APPROVED IT HAS ALIFESPAN AT LEAST UNTILJUNE 15TH.REPORTING PRAIRIEVILLAGE-NICK STARLING41 ACTION NEWS

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