Small Businesses

The US Small Business Administration has compiled a list of resources to help small businesses facing financial challenges due to COVID-19. https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources  

Service providers like plumbers, electricians, and exterminators can keep working and providing services to the public that are necessary to maintain a livable, sanitary, and functional household.  You can call your building manager or one of these service providers, or you can also visit your hardware store to assist with making your own repairs. 

Businesses that include an Essential Business component at their facilities alongside non-essential components must scale down their in-person operations to the Essential Business component only.  For instance, if 20% of manufacturing capacity in your business is devoted to essential products, and 80% of capacity is devoted to non-essential products, you can only operate at 20% capacity.  The one exception to this rule is that retail businesses that sell a significant amount of essential products like food, personal hygiene, and consumer household products may keep their entire retail storefronts open even if some of the products they sell are non-essential. 

No.  If your business is covered in the list of essential businesses in the Order, then you may operate your business from a facility in the County so long as you create, post, and implement a Social Distancing Protocol for each facility using the template attached to the Order.  You do not need to obtain any specific authorization from the County to run your business.  The County does not issue written determinations or authorizations. 

No.  Only essential businesses as defined in the Order may continue operating while this order in in place.  Non-essential businesses, including but not limited to, arts and crafts supply stores, golf courses, gun shops, and other alike are not permitted to continue physical sales of their goods under this Order.  Further, stores are not allowed to modify their operations in order to keep their doors open to the public, including limiting hours, sales or the number of customers in a store at one time.