St. Louis County Updates Re-Opening Orders And Issues New Guidelines

Effective June 29, 2020, the St. Louis County Department of Public Health ("DPH") amended its Business and Individual Guidelines for Social Distancing and Re-Opening (the "Second Amended Order"). As previewed in our prior Alert, the Second Amended Order eliminates restrictions on intentional gatherings of more than 10 people and increases the capacity limitations to 50% of the occupancy capacity limitations of all business facilities regardless of their square footage or industry sector. In so doing, the Second Amended Order removes prior occupancy capacity limitations that were based upon whether the facility was under or over 10,000 square feet.

DPH has also published new Guidelines for Businesses Restricted by Capacity Limitations (the "Capacity Guidelines") that limit the number of individuals in any particular location to 50% or less of the facility's authorized fire or building code occupancy. The Capacity Guidelines apply to businesses that engage in direct