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Ex. WV-058 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 6-21

Gathering limit raised from 25 to 75; restaurants and bars up to 75 percent of seating subject to distancing between common groups

Governor Jim Justice · West Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Level
State
Authority
W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1
Issued
2021-02-19 Feb. 19, 2021
Effective
2021-02-20 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-02-20)
End
Superseded Mar. 6, 2021 (EO 8-21) (read as 2021-03-06)
In force
Feb. 20, 2021 to Mar. 6, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • all individuals
  • restaurants, bars and other facilities that serve food and drink
Functions reached
  • DR dining room (75 percent, distancing)
  • BA bars
  • GATH events (75)
  • MC banquets
Collection
West Virginia WV

Operative words

'g.... abide by a 75-person limitation on gathering size...' 'c.... Restaurants, bars, and other facilities that prepare and serve food and/or drinks for on-premises consumption... provided, that the occupancy of persons that may be indoors at such restaurant, bar, or other facility must be limited to the extent necessary to allow for proper social distance between common groups at such facility, up to 75% of such facility's seating capacity to the extent that square footage and the number of seats and tables, and the spacing of seats and tables, permits. 'Common groups' means groups of individuals that live together or otherwise arrive together...'

Enforcement

EO 9-20 paragraph 7

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