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EVENTS AND GATHERINGS
What is an event or gathering?
The Amended Orders define an event or gathering as a temporary grouping of individuals for defined purposes, that takes place over a limited timeframe, such as hours or days. For example, events and gatherings include fairs, festivals, concerts, or shows and groupings that occur within larger, more permanent businesses, such as shows or performances within amusement parks, individual showings of movies on a single screen/auditorium within a multiplex, business meetings or conferences, or each party or reception within a multi-room venue.
Conversely, groups of people who share a space within a building in the ordinary course of operations, such as in an office building, classroom, licensed child care and non-licensed school-age programs, production floor or similar regularly occurring operation of a business or organization, are not events or gatherings
What are the occupancy limits for an event or gathering under the Amended Orders?
Indoor events and gatherings are limited to 15% of maximum occupancy. Outdoor events and gatherings are limited to 20% of maximum occupancy.
What if I am hosting an event or gathering within my business?
Under the Amended Orders, gatherings and events such as meetings, wedding receptions, catered events, concerts, conferences, fairs, festivals, sporting events, performances, and similar events are subject to specific conditions. Specifically, facilities and venues must follow the occupancy limits for any discrete gathering or event within the facility or venue.
All facilities and venues must enforce physical distancing requirements, which may further limit occupancy.
Why do indoor events have a lower capacity than outdoor?
The virus more easily spreads indoors person-to-person, meaning any person at an indoor gathering is at a higher risk, according to a nearly universal assessment of experts. The CDC advises that COVID-19 can spread, in some cases, through the air to people who are even more than six feet away from an infectious person when indoors.
Do the gathering limitations in the Orders include staff?
Yes, all individuals present count towards gathering limitations and must comply with the Face Covering Order, as amended and its future updates, and physical distancing guidelines.
Are event hosts required to maintain a list of all guests in attendance?
Yes. Event hosts must maintain a list of all guests in attendance including phone number and expected location 14 days after the event. This information may be critical for contact tracing or further outreach. Information provided to the Department in the course of its disease control function is confidential and is not released unless to do so furthers the purpose of the act or is required by law.
Do attendees need to be physically distanced while at an event?
Yes. It is imperative that attendees practice physical distancing while attending an event. Organizers should maintain at minimum 6-foot physical distancing radius between household members or individuals that arrive together. Consider both horizontal space (side to side) and vertical space (front to back) when physical distancing.
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Updated March 1, 2021
EVENTS AND GATHERINGS
What is an event or gathering?
The Amended Orders define an event or gathering as a temporary grouping of individuals for defined purposes, that takes place over a limited timeframe, such as hours or days. For example, events and gatherings include fairs, festivals, concerts, or shows and groupings that occur within larger, more permanent businesses, such as shows or performances within amusement parks, individual showings of movies on a single screen/auditorium within a multiplex, business meetings or conferences, or each party or reception within a multi-room venue.
Conversely, groups of people who share a space within a building in the ordinary course of operations, such as in an office building, classroom, licensed child care and non-licensed school-age programs, production floor or similar regularly occurring operation of a business or organization, are not events or gatherings
What are the occupancy limits for an event or gathering under the Amended Orders?
Indoor events and gatherings are limited to 15% of maximum occupancy. Outdoor events and gatherings are limited to 20% of maximum occupancy.
What if I am hosting an event or gathering within my business?
Under the Amended Orders, gatherings and events such as meetings, wedding receptions, catered events, concerts, conferences, fairs, festivals, sporting events, performances, and similar events are subject to specific conditions. Specifically, facilities and venues must follow the occupancy limits for any discrete gathering or event within the facility or venue.
All facilities and venues must enforce physical distancing requirements, which may further limit occupancy.
Why do indoor events have a lower capacity than outdoor?
The virus more easily spreads indoors person-to-person, meaning any person at an indoor gathering is at a higher risk, according to a nearly universal assessment of experts. The CDC advises that COVID-19 can spread, in some cases, through the air to people who are even more than six feet away from an infectious person when indoors.
Do the gathering limitations in the Orders include staff?
Yes, all individuals present count towards gathering limitations and must comply with the Face Covering Order, as amended and its future updates, and physical distancing guidelines.
Are event hosts required to maintain a list of all guests in attendance?
Yes. Event hosts must maintain a list of all guests in attendance including phone number and expected location 14 days after the event. This information may be critical for contact tracing or further outreach. Information provided to the Department in the course of its disease control function is confidential and is not released unless to do so furthers the purpose of the act or is required by law.
Do attendees need to be physically distanced while at an event?
Yes. It is imperative that attendees practice physical distancing while attending an event. Organizers should maintain at minimum 6-foot physical distancing radius between household members or individuals that arrive together. Consider both horizontal space (side to side) and vertical space (front to back) when physical distancing.
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