The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Johnson County, Kansas · Kansas City · Missouri
- Level
- County
- Authority
- K.S.A. 65-119; state of local disaster emergency declared Mar. 19, 2020 and renewed May 28, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-11-13 Nov. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-11-16)
- End
- 2021-01-31 by its terms; extended Jan. 28, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021; curfews removed Feb. 25, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-063); expired Mar. 31, 2021 and replaced by the LHO order of Mar. 25, 2021 (read as 2021-01-31)
- In force
- Nov. 16, 2020 to Jan. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- individuals within a public space
- every business or organization operating in a public space
- bars, night clubs, restaurants and businesses licensed to sell alcohol
- entertainment venues with attendance over 2,000
- nail salons, barber shops, hair salons, tattoo parlors, dentists and other personal services
- fitness centers and health clubs
- youth sports
- Functions reached
- GATH conferences, weddings and mass gatherings
- EVT venues over 2,000 (Sprint Center-scale events barred)
- MK fairs, festivals, parades
- BA and DR midnight curfew and four-hour closure
- SL personal services by appointment only
- FC locker rooms closed; youth sports two attendees per participant
- WF
- CB
- Collection
- Kansas City MET-KC
Operative words
Mass gatherings within specific enclosed, confined, or designated public spaces, whether indoors or outdoors, shall be limited to 50 total individuals or 50 percent of the capacity permitted under the applicable fire code, whichever is less... Any business or organization hosting or organizing a mass gathering (e.g. a conference) shall be responsible for ensuring individuals' compliance (§ I.4)... Outdoor and indoor entertainment venues with attendance in excess of 2,000 people may not host events for the duration of this Order. (§ I.5)... Nail salons, barber shops, hair salons, tattoo parlors, dentists and other personal services businesses where 6 feet of physical distancing is not feasible must only serve customers for pre-scheduled appointments or online or text message check-in. (§ II.1)... Fairs, festivals, carnivals, parades, and other similar events shall not occur. (§ II.3)... All bars, night clubs, restaurants or other businesses licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption must abide by a curfew and close by 12:00 A.M. (midnight) and remain closed for a minimum of four (4) hours. (§ II.4)... All restaurants must cease all in-person dining and abide by a curfew to close such in-person dining areas by 12:00 A.M. (midnight) (§ II.5)... Masks or Other Face Coverings: Kansas Governor's Executive Order 20-52 regarding face coverings remains in effect. (§ I.7)
Enforcement
Resolution No. 108-20 (Nov. 19, 2020): noncompliance is a violation of the Johnson County Code prosecutable in Codes Court with fines up to $500 (Ex. MET-KC-062); cities' enforcement agreements
Notes
Exempts restaurants, bars, fitness centers, health care, funeral services and retail from the numeric mass-gathering cap (but not from distancing or curfew); religious institutions, polling places, child care, schools and courts exempt from the cap and 'encouraged' to distance; recites Kansas 109,225 cases and Johnson County ICUs at 'imminent risk of incapacity'
Retrieval notePages 1-4 read from rendered images; Special BOCC meeting of Nov. 13, 2020 (4-3 vote per KCUR); Jan. 28, 2021 extension appears in the BOCC agenda of that date ('Consider extending Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 002-20, which currently expires on January 31, 2021') and the LHO order of Mar. 25, 2021 recites it 'now expires on March 31, 2021'.