The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Johnson County, Kansas · Kansas City · Missouri
- Level
- County
- Authority
- K.S.A. 65-119 (restriction of public gatherings), 65-129b; Article 2 of Chapter 65 K.S.A.; Disaster Emergency Declaration of Mar. 13, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-19)
- End
- Gatherings: 11:59 p.m. Apr. 2, 2020; closures: 12:01 a.m. Apr. 1, 2020; subsumed in the LHO stay-at-home order (Mar. 24) and Kansas EO 20-16 (Mar. 30) (read as 2020-04-02)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 2, 2020
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
- Addressees
- all restaurants, dining facilities, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theatres in Johnson County
- organizers of gatherings of more than ten
- Functions reached
- DR dining rooms closed
- BA bars and clubs closed
- PE movie theatres closed
- TO carryout, drive-through and delivery only
- GATH
- EVT
- WF
- Collection
- Kansas City MET-KC
Operative words
1. All large public gatherings of people in the County are prohibited until 11:59 p.m. April 2, 2020... Large public gatherings are those with more than ten (10) people in attendance or anticipated to attend, both indoor and outdoor, except for governmental and judicial functions, healthcare facilities, and private business operations.... 2. All restaurants, dining facilities, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theatres in Johnson County, Kansas are hereby ordered closed to the public effective immediately until 12:01 a.m. on April 1, 2020, except that any such establishment may continue to provide carryout, drive-through and delivery of food and beverages.
Enforcement
Kansas public health laws (K.S.A. 65-119, 65-129b); Board delegated amendment authority to the Chairman (§ 3)
Notes
Recites that Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster had already 'issued certain public health orders relating to public gatherings, the closing of schools, restaurants and other establishments'
Retrieval noteText layer read in full; BOCC meeting of Mar. 19, 2020 (OnBase meeting 6266, item 10786).