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Ex. MET-KC-057 Order Primary source read

Public Health Board Order No. 001-20

Emergency public health order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the County: large public gatherings prohibited; restaurants, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theatres closed to the public

Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman) · Johnson County, Kansas (County)

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Jurisdiction
Johnson County, Kansas · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
K.S.A. 65-119 (restriction of public gatherings), 65-129b; Article 2 of Chapter 65 K.S.A.; Disaster Emergency Declaration of Mar. 13, 2020
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-19)
End
Gatherings: 11:59 p.m. Apr. 2, 2020; closures: 12:01 a.m. Apr. 1, 2020; subsumed in the LHO stay-at-home order (Mar. 24) and Kansas EO 20-16 (Mar. 30) (read as 2020-04-02)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 2, 2020
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all restaurants, dining facilities, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theatres in Johnson County
  • organizers of gatherings of more than ten
Functions reached
  • DR dining rooms closed
  • BA bars and clubs closed
  • PE movie theatres closed
  • TO carryout, drive-through and delivery only
  • GATH
  • EVT
  • WF
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

1. All large public gatherings of people in the County are prohibited until 11:59 p.m. April 2, 2020... Large public gatherings are those with more than ten (10) people in attendance or anticipated to attend, both indoor and outdoor, except for governmental and judicial functions, healthcare facilities, and private business operations.... 2. All restaurants, dining facilities, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theatres in Johnson County, Kansas are hereby ordered closed to the public effective immediately until 12:01 a.m. on April 1, 2020, except that any such establishment may continue to provide carryout, drive-through and delivery of food and beverages.

Enforcement

Kansas public health laws (K.S.A. 65-119, 65-129b); Board delegated amendment authority to the Chairman (§ 3)

Notes

Recites that Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster had already 'issued certain public health orders relating to public gatherings, the closing of schools, restaurants and other establishments'

Retrieval note

Text layer read in full; BOCC meeting of Mar. 19, 2020 (OnBase meeting 6266, item 10786).