The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Clay County, Missouri (Clay County Public Health Center jurisdiction, outside Kansas City) · Kansas City · Missouri
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RSMo 192.300; 19 CSR 20-20.040 et seq.; Clay County state of emergency (Mar. 2020)
- Issued
- 2021-03-01 Mar. 1, 2021
- Effective
- n/a (chronology) (read as 2021-03-01)
- End
- n/a
- In force
- Mar. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hours
- Addressees
- Clay County residents and businesses outside Kansas City
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Kansas City MET-KC
Operative words
a State of Emergency is declared in Clay County by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte. A Public Health Emergency Order is then signed by Director Zaborac, limiting public gatherings to less than 10 people and orders restaurants, bars and movie theaters to close or only provide take-away service.... [stay at home] orders for Clay County residents to stay home... March 24 until Friday, April 24.... April 17: The public health emergency order is extended to May 15 due to continued community spread. April 22: The public health emergency order is amended so that it will now expire on Sunday, May 3 at 11:59 p.m.... June 1: The transition from Step 1: Slow the Spread into Step 2: Recovery from the Clay County Recovery Plan begins. Businesses and houses of worship must maintain 50% [occupancy]... [June 15/16] Gatherings must remain under 250 people and pools can open to 50% capacity.... July 1: The emergency order is amended to allow over 50% capacity if masks are worn. July 15: The emergency order is updated to require face masks in all indoor areas of public accommodation. The measure goes into effect July 19 and ends August 23.... August 21: The public health emergency order for Clay County is extended until further notice. This includes the requirement that masks be worn in all areas of public [accommodation]... November 17: Due to increased spread in the county, the emergency order is updated... operate at 50% capacity and close by 10 p.m., masks are required outdoors when physical distancing cannot be [maintained]... 50% capacity and require masks. Also, indoor gatherings are limited to 10
Enforcement
RSMo 192.300 (county public health orders); Environmental Health staff reviewed applications for gatherings of 10+ (report p. 6)
Notes
The Center's own account, published in its Annual Report 2020: emergency order Mar. 17-19, 2020 (gatherings under ten; restaurants, bars and theaters take-away only); stay-home Mar. 24-Apr. 24, extended Apr. 17 to May 15, amended Apr. 22 to May 3, 2020; Recovery Plan Apr. 29; Step 2 June 1 (50 percent); gatherings 250 and pools 50 percent (June 15); over-50-percent with masks July 1; indoor masks July 19-Aug. 23; extended Aug. 21 'until further notice'; Nov. 17 update (50 percent, 10 p.m., gatherings of ten, masks) effective Nov. 23 (Husch); Orders 01132021 (midnight) and 02212021 (masks; distancing) per Husch Blackwell;
Retrieval noteThe authority's own published description of its orders (not the order texts); timeline on pp. Publication date approximate (early 2021).