Maryville Issues Shelter in Place Order

On Sunday, the City of Maryville issued a Shelter in Place order for its residents effective April 1st and lasting until April 14th, unless extended or canceled.

All residents are required to shelter in place by remaining in their respective residences, avoiding contact with people with whom they do not reside, and avoiding public places, except when necessary to obtain food, supplies, and medical treatment.

Businesses which are non-essential shall be prohibited from operating. Essential businesses shall make reasonable efforts to require people to remain separated by six feet. Travel may only occur for the purpose of attending work, obtaining food (including from restaurants), medicine, supplies, or pet supplies. Travel in the course of participating in outdoor recreational activities may occur, except that reasonable efforts must be made to separate from other people by six feet.

No business shall provide services that require contact between a person providing the service and the customer unless the service is for necessary medical treatment ordered by a physician, such as hair salon services, nail salon services, tattooing, and massage services.

Gatherings of 10 or more people are prohibited.

Essential businesses include healthcare and public health services, law enforcement and emergence services, agriculture, food creation and distribution for human or animal consumption, Grocery stores, convenience stores, sellers of household consumer products, food establishments performing carryout, drive-thru, and delivery services, energy distribution, water distribution, logistics and transportation, infrastructure support and maintenance, communications, information technology, education and government operations, hotels and motels, community assistance and preparedness services, manufacturing of materials for the medical supply chain, transportation, energy, communications, food and agriculture, chemical manufacturing, water and wastewater treatment, emergency services, and the defense industrial base, chemical and hazardous materials and cleanup, critical financial services, military operations, construction businesses and building supply stores, any services related to real estate transactions, funeral homes and mortuary services, cleaning and sanitizing, lawn and landscaping services, support for the foregoing services, and other functions that the Nodaway County Health Department deems to be essential.

Non-essential businesses are any businesses which are not listed in the list above and which have not been deemed essential by the Nodaway County Health Department.