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Ex. KS-090 Order Primary source read

Emergency Order of Local Health Officer restricting bars, restaurants and night clubs (July 7, 2020)

Dance floors closed; closing times of 11 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and midnight Sunday-Wednesday; mandated cleaning; 50 percent capacity for establishments over 100 persons

Shawnee County Health Officer (Shawnee County Health Department, Linda K. Ochs, Director) · Shawnee County, Kansas (Topeka) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Shawnee County, Kansas (Topeka) · Kansas
Level
County
Authority
K.S.A. 65-119, 65-202
Issued
2020-07-07 July 7, 2020
Effective
2020-07-07
End
Replaced by the July 24, 2020 order (effective 12:01 a.m. July 25, 2020) (read as 2020-07-24)
In force
July 7, 2020 to July 24, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • bars
  • restaurants
  • night clubs
Functions reached
  • BA bars (curfew; dance floors)
  • DR dining (curfew; capacity)
  • GATH
Collection
Kansas KS

Operative words

Closure of dance floors; closure of all bars/restaurants/night clubs at 11pm Thursday through Saturday and 12am Sunday through Wednesday; mandated deep cleaning from 2pm to 3pm every day; those establishments with more than 100 person capacity as established by the Fire Marshall can only operate at 50% of that capacity (Husch tracker summary of the order; the exhibit is the county's signed order).

Enforcement

K.S.A. 65-119, 65-129; 'Any business or entity that does not operate in accord with these requirements is subject to closure by an Order of the Shawnee County Local Health Officer' (July 24 order).

Retrieval note

Wayback raw capture (8 pp., scanned); page 1 read; operative detail from Husch.