The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- St. Louis County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RSMo §§ 192.006, 192.200, 192.300; 19 CSR 20-20.050; St. Louis County Charter § 4.130; SLCRO § 600.010; Executive Orders 10 and 15
- Issued
- 2020-03-21 Mar. 21, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-23 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-23)
- End
- By its terms 11:59 p.m. Apr. 22, 2020; amended Apr. 2, 2020 (Ex. MET-STL-045); extended 'until rescinded' by the Extension and Amendment of Apr. 20, 2020 (Ex. MET-STL-077); replaced effective May 18, 2020 by the reopening order of May 8, 2020 (Ex. MET-STL-078) (read as 2020-04-22)
- In force
- Mar. 23, 2020 to Apr. 22, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
- Addressees
- all persons in St. Louis County
- all businesses (non-essential businesses closed; essential businesses conditioned)
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home
- SF premises closed to the public
- OP office closed; remote work
- WF workforce confined to home
- GATH
- SC County suppliers closed
- Collection
- St. Louis MET-STL
Operative words
[Per the County's own FAQ, Ex. MET-STL-057:] The order is in effect from 12:01 a.m. on March 23 until 11:59 p.m. on April 22, 2020.... All non-essential businesses are closed. Please review the DPH order or refer to the list of essential businesses included in this document.... This order applies to all of St. Louis County.... This is a mandatory order.... Only essential services are allowed to stay open.
Enforcement
RSMo § 192.320 (class A misdemeanor for violating a public health order, recited in the Apr. 20, 2020 extension); 'St. Louis County has considered a variety of enforcement measures and will implement them as needed' (FAQ)
Notes
Essential list (FAQ, as amended Mar. 30, 2020) included health care, grocery, food production, manufacturers and distributors 'producing and supplying essential products and services', gas stations and auto repair, banks, insurance and real estate firms, hardware stores, trades necessary to residences, mailing and shipping, educational institutions for distance learning, and others. The County's May 8, 2020 reopening order recites that 'DPH issued a Stay at Home Order on March 23, 2020, as further amended in subsequent orders'.
Retrieval noteThe archived PDF is a scan without a text layer; the operative terms are read from the County's own FAQ (Ex. MET-STL-057) and the recitals of the County's later orders (Ex. MET-STL-077, -078). The order was announced by the County Executive on March 21, 2020 with Executive Order 15 (Ex. MET-STL-053); the County's recital gives March 23, 2020 as the issue date.