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Mayor's Emergency Rule No. 19

Mayor's Emergency Rule #19 (Kauai Business and Recreational Guidelines: four tiers; face coverings; travel threshold)

Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami · Kauai County (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kauai County · Honolulu and the Hawaiian counties · Hawaii
Level
County
Authority
Haw. Rev. Stat. 127A-25; Governor's Thirteenth Proclamation
Issued
2020-10-15 Oct. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-10-15
End
2021-10-13 (repealed by Rule 27); amended Oct. 16, 2020 (Ex. 096), May 6, 2021, May 25, 2021 (Ex. 081) and July 8, 2021 (Ex. 082) (read as 2021-10-13)
In force
Oct. 15, 2020 to Oct. 13, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all indoor and outdoor social gatherings, businesses, operations, and activities
  • the public
Functions reached
  • GATH
  • SF
  • DR
  • BA
  • FC
  • EVT
  • EMP
  • CB
  • TRAV
Collection
Honolulu and the Hawaiian counties MET-HNL

Operative words

this rule establishes the threshold, with the concurrence of the Governor, at which the County of Kaua'i will take action to revoke the negative test [exception for persons] entering into the County of Kaua'i.... This rule also updates the County's policies on face coverings. This rule supersedes and repeals Mayor's Emergency Rules #6, #10, #11, #12, and #13.... I. Gatherings, Businesses, Operations, & Activities: all indoor and outdoor social gatherings, businesses, operations, and activities are subject to the [Kaua'i Business and Recreational Guidelines]... The Kaua'i Business and Recreational Guidelines for COVID-19 strategy is based on four tiers.... METRICS TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3 TIER 4: Test Positivity Greater than 5% / 2.5-5% / 1-2.49% / Less than 1%... In order to move from a lower tier to a higher tier... the County must: 1) have been in the current tier for at least four consecutive weeks.

Enforcement

Haw. Rev. Stat. 127A-29

Notes

The Kauai analogue of Honolulu's framework; the Business and Recreational Guidelines chart (part 2) sets sector-by-sector limits per tier. In force through the whole of 2021 Q3.