FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. — The Fannin County Board of Commissioners have rolled up the welcome mat for visitors while in the process of enacting a public health state of emergency and a shelter-in-place order for the county as a result of the spread of coronavirus.
The state of emergency and shelter-in-place order detailed the conditions regarding the order, including the formalization of the definition of social distancing and defining essential and non-essential businesses under the order.
In addition, as part of their move, the commissioners determined that all "tourism rentals" or rental cabins fall under the classification of non-essential businesses. As such, the board said that they all would have to immediately stop operations.
They also said that anyone who is presently in a tourism rental with a paid reservation as of March 25, would be able to complete their original reservation, but not be permitted to extend that reservation.
The county did not immediately enact a curfew, but reserved the right to do so within the body of the emergency order.
The board said that the Fannin County state of emergency would remain in effect through at least April 13.
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