The COVID Project
The record
- 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
- 2020-08-12 Aug. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-13 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-08-13)
- End
- By its terms Sept. 7, 2020; extended by Order No. 14 (Sept. 4, 2020) until rescinded; modified by Order No. 16 (Mar. 8, 2021) and Order No. 17 (May 3, 2021); rescinded by Order No. 18 (May 14, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Aug. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- bars, restaurants and nightclubs (all establishments serving alcohol for on-premises consumption, including event spaces, taverns, cocktail lounges and cabarets)
- Large Venues
- all businesses
- Functions reached
- DR dining room 50%
- BA bar 11 p.m. close
- BQ event spaces
- PE venues 50%
- WF quarantine of exposed employees
- CB
- Collection
- St. Louis MET-STL
Operative words
1. Bars, restaurants and nightclubs shall limit their capacity to 50% of their permitted occupancy or less and shall close by 11:00 p.m.... 2. Large venues shall reduce their capacity to 50% or less of their permitted occupancy... 3. All businesses shall encourage employees and volunteers to quarantine or isolate if they have or are believed to have COVID-19 or if they have come into contact with individual(s) with COVID-19.... 4. Any business that closed as a result of an enforcement action or to protect the public's health may conduct activities necessary to... maintain the value of a business's inventory, provide security, process payroll or employee benefits, or to facilitate employees of the business being able to continue to work remotely...
Enforcement
Enforcement action and closure contemplated (¶ 4); RSMo § 192.320
Notes
The 50 percent and 11:00 p.m. rule for on-premises alcohol establishments ran from Aug. 13, 2020 to Mar. 8, 2021 (midnight close thereafter) and to May 3, 2021 (distancing-based capacity, 3:00 a.m. close).