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Ex. MET-KC-038 Order Primary source read

Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan)

Amended Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County, Missouri, except Kansas City, Missouri, to adhere to the provisions of Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan

County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte · Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City) · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
19 CSR 20-20.020-.050; Jackson County Code ch. 40; RSMo 192.300, 192.320
Issued
2020-11-18 Nov. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-11-20 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-11-20)
End
2020-12-14 (superseded by the Amended Order of Dec. 14, 2020, Ex. MET-KC-039, continuing the regime) (read as 2020-12-14)
In force
Nov. 20, 2020 to Dec. 14, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses frequented by the public
  • restaurants, taverns and all other venues serving food and drink indoors
  • gyms, fitness and recreational centers
  • organizers of gatherings
  • the public
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor at 50 percent and refusal of unmasked customers
  • DR and BA at 50 percent, 10:00 p.m. closing, parties of ten
  • BQ/EVT event spaces
  • FC gyms at 50 percent
  • GATH over ten by approved protocol
  • EMP posted Social Distancing Protocol
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

Businesses shall deny entry to and refuse to serve members of the public who refuse to wear face coverings, unless a medical exemption applies or the individual is a child under the age of five.... both essential and non-essential businesses that are frequented by the public can open provided they limit the number of individuals (staff and customers) in the building or room to 50 percent of the lowest occupancy load on the certificate of occupancy... Restaurants, taverns, and all other venues, including public and private or membership-only event spaces, serving food and drink indoors shall continue to limit the number of occupants to no more than 50 percent of building occupancy, but shall now close at 10:00 p.m. Indoor patrons must be seated, and masked at all times except when actively eating or drinking. Indoor and outdoor parties are limited to ten (10) or fewer persons... Gyms, fitness, and recreational centers... shall be limited to 50% capacity... All gatherings shall not exceed ten (10) people unless attendees wear a face covering and maintain 6 feet of distance... All gatherings exceeding 10 people are required to submit a Gathering Protocol at least 7 business days in advance of the event.... All essential and non-essential businesses that are open to the general public are required to complete and post a Social Distancing Protocol (§ 2.a.i-vi)... This Order shall be effective at 12:01 a.m, on November 20, 2020 (§ 7)

Enforcement

RSMo 192.300, 192.320: class A misdemeanor; § 6: violation 'constitutes an imminent threat and menace to public health, constitutes a public nuisance, and is punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both'

Notes

Recites the Nov. 13, 2020 Regional Health Directors' advisory (Kansas City, Jackson, Platte, Clay, Wyandotte, Johnson) on 'dangerously low' acute-care beds; parallel Kansas City Eleventh Amended Order (Nov. 20), Clay and Platte orders (Nov. 23) and Johnson County Order 002-20 (Nov. 16)

Retrieval note

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