The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- St. Louis County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RSMo §§ 192.020, 192.139, 192.300, 192.320; 19 CSR 20-20.010(24), 20-20.020, 20-20.050(1); Charter § 4.130; SLCRO § 600.010; Executive Orders 10-17
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20 (posted Apr. 23, 2020) (read as 2020-04-20)
- End
- Replaced effective May 18, 2020 by the Business and Individual Guidelines order of May 8, 2020 (read as 2020-05-18)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to May 18, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering cap
- Addressees
- all persons in St. Louis County
- all Businesses
- Essential Businesses (conditions); Disqualified Businesses
- Functions reached
- CB
- SF (retail occupancy 25%/10% per DHSS order)
- OP remote work
- WF
- SC
- JS construction (essential, conditioned)
- Collection
- St. Louis MET-STL
Operative words
The intent of this order is to ensure that the maximum number of people remain in their places of residence to the [maximum extent feasible while enabling essential services to continue, and to comply with Social] Distancing Requirements. This order extends the effective date of the order until it is rescinded.... The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ('DHSS') issued an order requiring all individuals residing within the State of Missouri to avoid leaving their homes or places of residences on April 3, 2020, effective on Monday, April 6 at 12:01 A.M. This order incorporates provisions of the DHSS order limiting the [occupancy] for retail businesses. Violating a public health order designed to 'prevent the entrance of infectious, contagious, communicable or [dangerous diseases' is a class A misdemeanor]... 'Disqualified Businesses' means any Essential Business that is disqualified from being an Essential Business pursuant to Section IV(I), by order of the Director of the Department of Public Health, or by judicial decree or court order... F. 'Essential Businesses' means... 21. businesses that perform construction services...
Enforcement
RSMo § 192.320 (class A misdemeanor), recited in the order; DPH may disqualify an Essential Business
Notes
Extended the County stay-at-home regime past the Apr. 22, 2020 expiry 'until it is rescinded'; the County stayed closed after the statewide order expired May 3, 2020, reopening only May 18, 2020.
Retrieval noteRendering of the County's own web posting of the order text; the page is dated Apr. 23, 2020 and the order is dated Apr. 20, 2020 (recited in the May 8, 2020 order).