The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- S.C. Code §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 16-7-10, 25-1-440
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20 5:00 p.m. (retail); 2020-04-21 12:00 p.m. (beaches) (read as 2020-04-20)
- End
- Retail occupancy cap deleted June 11, 2020 (EO 2020-40 § 5(B)); local beach-closure authority continued through the emergency (read as 2020-06-11)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to June 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- the retail stores closed by EO 2020-18 § 1(C)
- every retail business previously permitted to operate
- agencies and localities controlling beach access
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor (20 percent cap)
- CU curbside
- ML malls
- CB customer base
- Collection
- South Carolina SC
Operative words
any retail business identified by general description above, or previously authorized to continue operations... shall be subject to the following emergency rules and restrictions... 1. Emergency Maximum Occupancy Rate. The business shall limit the number of customers allowed to enter and simultaneously occupy the premises so as not to exceed five (5) customers per 1,000 square feet of retail space, or twenty percent (20%) of the occupancy limit as determined by the fire marshal, whichever is less. 2. Social Distancing Practices. The business shall not knowingly allow customers, patrons, or other guests to congregate within six (6) feet of one another, exclusive of family units. 3. Sanitation.
Enforcement
§ 16-7-10(A); § 1-3-440(4); Department of Commerce determinations
Notes
The first reopening step; the cap applied to every open retailer, not only the reopened ones.