{"id":"ND-059","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Governor Doug Burgum (news release)","authority":"ND Smart Restart plan (guidance)","instrument":"Governor\u0027s release, \u0027Burgum announces changes to county risk levels, recommended gathering sizes to slow COVID-19\u0027 (Oct. 14, 2020)","title":"Revised ND Smart Restart guidelines effective Oct. 16, 2020, 5 p.m.: Critical (red) non-essential businesses closed; High (orange) 25 percent occupancy, cap 50; Moderate (yellow) 50 percent occupancy, cap 100; Low (green) 75 percent, cap 200; sixteen counties moved to high risk","dateIssued":"2020-10-14","effective":"2020-10-16 17:00","end":"Superseded for bars, restaurants and venues by EO 2020-43 (Nov. 16, 2020); guidelines converted to recommendations statewide Jan. 18, 2021","startDate":"2020-10-16","endDate":"2020-11-16","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["CAP","GATH","OTHER"],"addressees":["businesses and large gatherings in counties by risk level (recommendations)","community leaders and local health authorities (approval of larger gatherings)"],"clause":"Effective 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, the updated ND Smart Restart guidelines are as follows for counties under these risk designations: Critical (red): Non-essential businesses closed; High (orange): 25% occupancy with a cap of 50 people (changed from non-essential businesses closed); encourage businesses to require face coverings; Moderate (yellow): 50% occupancy with a cap of 100 people (down from 250); encourage businesses to require face coverings; Low (green): 75% occupancy with a cap of 200 people (down from 500); New Normal (blue): operate as usual.... Larger indoor and outdoor gatherings are permitted if approved by community leaders and the local health authority.","enforcement":"Recommendations; \u0027the ND Smart Restart recommendations are intended to supplement and not replace local requirements\u0027","functions":["DR","BQ","MC","SF","GATH"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own guidance placed sixteen counties, including Cass (Fargo), at \u0027high\u0027 risk with 25 percent occupancy and a cap of 50 from October 16, 2020; the Fargo minutes of October 19, 2020 record the mayor\u0027s reliance on that escalation (Ex. ND-088).","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-announces-changes-county-risk-levels-recommended-gathering-sizes-slow-covid-19","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201017015907/https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-announces-changes-county-risk-levels-recommended-gathering-sizes-slow-covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":112140,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ND","url":"/library/ND-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-059","citation":"Office of Governor Doug Burgum (news release), Governor\u0027s release, \u0027Burgum announces changes to county risk levels, recommended gathering sizes to slow COVID-19\u0027 (Oct. 14, 2020) (Ex. ND-059)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-047","ND-053","ND-088","ND-063"]}