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Ex. MET-STL-074 Order Primary source read

2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Safer At Home Order

Safer At Home Order (winter 2020 re-tightening: stay at residence except specified purposes; gatherings capped at 10; businesses 25 percent; restaurants no indoor service; bars carryout only)

St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Emily Doucette) · St. Louis County, Missouri (County)

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Jurisdiction
St. Louis County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
RSMo §§ 192.020, 192.139, 192.300; 19 CSR 20-20.010(26), 20-20.020, 20-20.050(1); Charter § 4.130; SLCRO § 600.010; Executive Orders 10-17
Issued
2020-11-12 Nov. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-11-17
End
Amended effective Jan. 4, 2021 (indoor dining at 25 percent, 10 p.m. curfew, Ex. MET-STL-064); Second Amended (11 p.m. curfew); Third Amended Feb. 9-10, 2021 (50 percent); Fourth Amended Mar. 8, 2021 (Ex. MET-STL-075); Fifth Amended Apr. 8, 2021; replaced by the Reopen STL Order May 3, 2021 (Ex. MET-STL-068) (read as 2021-01-04)
In force
Nov. 17, 2020 to Jan. 4, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • all persons in St. Louis County
  • all Businesses that provide goods or services to the public
  • restaurants
  • drinking establishments
  • exempt businesses (hospitals, transit, urgent care, medical offices, shelters, daycare, schools, polling places, professional businesses without public interaction)
Functions reached
  • CB customer base ordered to remain home except specified purposes
  • SF 25% occupancy
  • DR indoor dining closed Nov. 17, 2020-Jan. 3, 2021
  • BA carryout only
  • OF conference rooms ≤10; telework encouraged
  • GATH ≤10
  • EVT
  • CB
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

III. Safer at Home Requirements A. You must not leave or be outside of your Residence except for specific purposes. These include: 1. A person may be outside their Residence to work, or to provide voluntary or charitable services, when they cannot reasonably do so from home.... B. You must not leave or be outside your Residence for: 1. The purpose of meeting people socially who are not members of your household or in your Support Bubble... C. Gatherings. 1. No person shall organize or attend a Gathering of more than 10 people... D. Businesses are subject to the following requirements: 1. All Businesses that provide goods or services to the public are limited to twenty-five percent (25%) or less of the entity's authorized fire or building code occupancy... 2. Businesses that are not subject to capacity limitations of 25% and Gathering limitations include: Hospitals; Public transit, including airports; Urgent care centers; Medical offices; Shelters; Daycare facilities; Schools; Polling places; and Other professional businesses that do not engage in direct interactions with the public, except if those businesses have conference rooms or other areas where individuals congregate... those areas are limited to 10 individuals or less. 3. Restaurants must cease all indoor service and are only allowed to provide outdoor service, carryout and delivery. 4. All Drinking establishments must only provide carryout and delivery.... 6. Businesses shall deny entry to members of the public who refuse to wear Face Coverings... 7. Any Business that is closed as a result of this order... may still operate with respect to the minimum necessary activities 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... Employers are encouraged to support telework whenever feasible.

Enforcement

RSMo § 192.320; County Counselor civil enforcement; denial of entry duties on businesses

Notes

The County's second stay-at-residence order, issued the same day as the City's private-gathering order (Ex. MET-STL-016) and the County's Second Amended face covering order. Indoor restaurant service was prohibited in the County from Nov. 17, 2020 through Jan. 3, 2021 (Husch Blackwell; Ex. MET-STL-064).

Retrieval note

Rendering of the County's own web posting of the full order text (the signed PDF exists in the archive only as an HTTP 403 capture).