Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 4

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Harry Kim Mayor Roy Takemoto Managing Director Barbara J. Kossow Deputy Managing Director County of Hawaii Office of the Mayor 25 Aupunl Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai'i 98720 • (808) 981-8211 • Fax (808) 981-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohok8lole Hwy., Bldg C • Kallua-Kona, Hawai'i 98740 (808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 Mayor’s COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 4 Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Chapter 127A and due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, I hereby find that immediate promulgation of this rule is necessary and do so in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of this County. This rule consolidates and amends Mayor’s Covid-19 Emergency Rules Nos. 1, 2, and 3. This rule also incorporates the Governor’s Sixth Supplementary Proclamation Amending and Restating Prior Proclamations and Executive Orders Related to the Covid-19 Emergency issued on April 25, 2020. “COVID-19” disease is easily transmitted, especially in group settings, and it is essential that the spread of the virus be slowed to protect the ability of public and private health care providers to handle an influx of new patients and to safeguard public health and safety. Because of the dangerous conditions caused by the risk of rapid spread of the disease and the need to protect the residents of this County, this rule requires all individuals anywhere in this County to stay at home or in their place of residence except for conducting permitted essential activities, performing permitted activities outside the home or place of residence, operation of an essential business or governmental operation, or other designated businesses and operations. Know the importance of staying mentally, physically, and socially healthy within these rules. I.Definitions A.Permitted Essential Activities include: 1.Engaging in solitary outdoor exercise activity including walking, hiking or running; 2.Obtaining necessary services or supplies for an individual or that individual’s family or household members, such as getting food, pet food, and supplies necessary for staying at home; 3.Performing work related to operation of an essential business or essential government function (defined below); 4.Caring for a family member in another household; 5.Caring for elderly, minors, dependents, persons with a disability, or other vulnerable at-risk persons; and 6.Tasks related to maintain health and safety, such as obtaining medicine or seeing a doctor.