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Ex. MET-STL-075 Order Primary source read

Fourth Amended Safer At Home Order

Fourth Amended Safer At Home Order (businesses 50 percent; banquet facilities 25 percent; gatherings 20 indoors and 30 outdoors; curfew moved from 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.)

St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Faisal Khan) · St. Louis County, Missouri (County)

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Jurisdiction
St. Louis County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
RSMo §§ 192.260, 192.280, 192.290, 192.300; 19 CSR 20-20.010(26), 20-20.020, 20-20.040(2)(G), 20-20.050(1); Charter § 4.130; SLCRO §§ 600.010, 600.030, 602.010, 602.020
Issued
2021-03-08 Mar. 8, 2021
Effective
2021-03-08
End
Fifth Amended Order Apr. 8, 2021 (gatherings 20/30, 50 percent; Husch Blackwell); replaced by the Reopen STL Order May 3, 2021 (read as 2021-04-08)
In force
Mar. 8, 2021 to Apr. 8, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • all persons
  • all Businesses that provide goods or services to the public
  • restaurants, Drinking Establishments and Banquet facilities
  • outdoor event facilities
Functions reached
  • CB stay-at-residence rule continuing in March 2021
  • SF 50%
  • DR 50%, midnight curfew
  • BQ banquets 25%
  • MC conference centers
  • GATH 20/30
  • EVT outdoor venues
  • CB
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

As COVID-19 case numbers started rising rapidly... in the Fall of 2020, DPH issued its Safer At Home Order, dated November 12, 2020 and effective November 17, 2020.... The Second Amended Order allowed restaurants and Drinking Establishments to operate at reduced capacity with a closure at 11 p.m. with restrictions. The Third Amended Order further expanded capacity in public accommodations... This Fourth Amended Order... expands capacity in banquet facilities and conference centers, increases capacity for outdoor event facilities, increases the maximum number of individuals recommended for private gatherings and changes the curfew in certain instances to 12:00 a.m.... This amended order enables certain Businesses to operate with a capacity of fifty percent (50%) and limits certain Businesses, such as banquet facilities, to twenty-five percent (25%)... III.A. You must not leave or be outside of your Residence except for specific purposes... 4. No person shall organize or attend a Gathering of more than 20 people indoors and 30 people outdoors... D.1. All Businesses that provide goods or services to the public are limited to fifty percent (50%) or less of the entity's authorized fire or building code occupancy...

Enforcement

RSMo § 192.320; County Counselor civil enforcement

Notes

Primary evidence that the County's stay-at-residence rule, 50 percent caps, gathering limits and curfew were in force on the last day of 2021 Q1 and the first day of 2021 Q2. Its recitals fix the sequence of the Safer At Home amendments.

Retrieval note

Rendering of the County's own web posting of the full order text.