2021-05-29 COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 15

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Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 15 Page 10 of 18 EXHIBIT 2 COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 1. All County of Hawaii ("County") parks and recreational facilities: (1) listed specifically in Hawaii County Code, Chapter 15 Parks & Recreation, Article 3, Section 15-68.1 "parks and recreational facility schedule," or (2) as defined by Hawai'i County Code, Chapter 15, Article 1, Section 15-3 as a "park area" or "recreational area" are OPEN from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. pursuant to the following requirements, unless addressed separately hereinafter: a. Physical distancing requirements contained in Section B.4. of these rules and the Governor's Nineteenth and Twentieth Proclamations, as may be amended from time to time, shall be followed. b. Events or activities with the potential to generate gatherings in excess of the permitted maximum number of persons will not be allowed unless a comprehensive plan to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of participants, officials, supporters, spectators and other individuals present is pre-approved by the Director of Parks and Recreation (hereinafter "Director"). The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following: i) Reasonable means and methods to limit and enforce restrictions on gathering; and ii) Reasonablemeans to inform, and methods to ensure and enforce, physical distancing requirements for all persons present; and iii) Reasonable strategies for disinfection/sanitization of all common and high-touch surfaces. c. Concession (food, snack, beverage, merchandise, etc.) operations are not permitted without prior approval from the State Department of Health and the Director. d. All permits and reservations for use associated with all park sites and recreational facilities may be cancelled at the discretion of the Director. e. Businesses and operations with the appropriate permit(s) to operate in a park may continue, subject to specific approval of the Director and provided they adhere to applicable COVID-19 industry standards, CDC guidance, and State and County requirements. 2. The following County parks and recreational facilities remain closed to the public: a. All community centers and senior centers; b. All gymnasiums The Director may authorize limited term, specific uses of the above-listed facilities for County-operated, managed, sponsored or approved activities, programs, services and functions. The Director may authorize resumption of normal operations at any of the above-listed facilities as conditions may warrant. County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.