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Ex. MET-KC-040 Order Primary source read

Amended Order (Jan. 13, 2021)

Amended Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County, Missouri, except Kansas City, Missouri, and Independence, Missouri, to adhere to the provisions of Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan

County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte · Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City and Independence) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City and Independence) · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
19 CSR 20-20.020-.050; Jackson County Code ch. 40; RSMo 192.300, 192.320
Issued
2021-01-13 Jan. 13, 2021
Effective
2021-01-14
End
2021-02-26 (superseded by the Amended Order of Feb. 26, 2021, Ex. MET-KC-041) (read as 2021-02-26)
In force
Jan. 14, 2021 to Feb. 26, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses frequented by the public
  • restaurants and taverns
  • gyms
  • the public
Functions reached
  • SF
  • DR
  • BA
  • FC
  • GATH
  • EMP
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

This Order re-imposes restrictions in Eastern Jackson County due to the following:... On November 13, 2020, the health directors of Kansas City, Jackson County, Platte County, Clay County, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, and Johnson County, Kansas (the 'Regional Health Directors') issued an advisory stating that the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area and in rural areas of Missouri and Kansas significantly strained healthcare resources in the region (§ 1)

Enforcement

RSMo 192.300, 192.320: class A misdemeanor

Notes

Husch Blackwell (Jan. 14, 2021 effective): masks; businesses 50 percent; restaurants and taverns 50 percent, midnight closing, seated indoor patrons masked except when eating, parties of ten; gyms 50 percent; gatherings over ten prohibited without Director approval. From this order forward Independence (own health department) is excluded

Retrieval note

Page 1 read; detail from Husch Blackwell.