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- Jurisdiction
- North Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- ND Smart Restart plan (guidance)
- Issued
- 2020-10-14 Oct. 14, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-10-16 17:00 (read as 2020-10-16)
- End
- Superseded for bars, restaurants and venues by EO 2020-43 (Nov. 16, 2020); guidelines converted to recommendations statewide Jan. 18, 2021 (read as 2020-11-16)
- In force
- Oct. 16, 2020 to Nov. 16, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capOther
- Addressees
- businesses and large gatherings in counties by risk level (recommendations)
- community leaders and local health authorities (approval of larger gatherings)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- North Dakota ND
Operative words
Effective 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, the updated ND Smart Restart guidelines are as follows for counties under these risk designations: Critical (red): Non-essential businesses closed; High (orange): 25% occupancy with a cap of 50 people (changed from non-essential businesses closed); encourage businesses to require face coverings; Moderate (yellow): 50% occupancy with a cap of 100 people (down from 250); encourage businesses to require face coverings; Low (green): 75% occupancy with a cap of 200 people (down from 500); New Normal (blue): operate as usual.... Larger indoor and outdoor gatherings are permitted if approved by community leaders and the local health authority.
Enforcement
Recommendations; 'the ND Smart Restart recommendations are intended to supplement and not replace local requirements'
Notes
The State's own guidance placed sixteen counties, including Cass (Fargo), at 'high' risk with 25 percent occupancy and a cap of 50 from October 16, 2020; the Fargo minutes of October 19, 2020 record the mayor's reliance on that escalation (Ex. ND-088).