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Ex. MET-STL-003 Order Primary source read

Health Commissioner's Order No. 2

Order prohibiting public and private events and gatherings with more than 50 attendees; restaurant and bar room limits; City Hall entry restrictions

Fredrick Echols, M.D., Director of Health and Hospitals/Health Commissioner · City of St. Louis, Missouri (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of St. Louis, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
City
Authority
Charter of the City of St. Louis art. XIII, § 14-C(c); 19 CSR 20-20.050(c)
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-16)
End
Reevaluation date Apr. 3, 2020; superseded by Order No. 4 (10-person cap, Mar. 20, 2020) and replaced by Order No. 8 effective May 18, 2020 (read as 2020-04-03)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • event organizers
  • restaurants and bars
  • persons entering City Hall and 1520 Market Street
Functions reached
  • MK events
  • GATH
  • DR dining room
  • BA bar
  • CRT public offices (City Hall access limited)
  • CB
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

All public and private events and gatherings with more than 50 attendees are prohibited; including conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other assemblies are forbidden; this order does not include the day to day operations of schools, institutes of higher learning, and businesses. No restaurant or bar shall allow more than 50 persons to occupy a room or an outdoor space.

Enforcement

No penalty clause in the order; RSMo § 192.320

Notes

First City cap on conferences, weddings and sporting events; first limit on restaurant and bar occupancy.

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF without text layer; operative text read from the City's web posting of the same order (health-commissioner-order-2.cfm).

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