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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawaii <br />Office of the Mayor <br />Roy Takemoto <br />Managing Director <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br />Deputy Managing Director <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (B08) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 <br />Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 9 <br />Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 127A <br />and due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, I hereby find that immediate <br />promulgation of this rule is necessary and do so in order to protect the health, safety <br />and welfare of the people of this County. This rule amends and restates all Mayoral <br />Covid-19 Emergency Rules. <br />In accordance with Governor David Y. Ige's Ninth Supplementary <br />Proclamation ("9th Supplementary"), the County and State of Hawaii is within the <br />"Act with Care" phase of the "State Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience." With <br />the decline of active COVID-19 cases in the County of Hawaii, reopening of more <br />medium risk operations and activities can be allowed. Unless otherwise specified in <br />this rule, all businesses, operations, and activities are permitted to re -open but <br />remain subject to all restrictions and physical distancing requirements of this rule, <br />the 9th Supplementary and any subsequent proclamations or orders, the State <br />Department of Health Reopening Hawaii Safe Practices, the Centers for Disease <br />Control and Prevention ("CDC") and industry guidelines. <br />A_ Work in Businesses or Operations <br />All businesses, operations, and activities are permitted to open except those <br />businesses, operations and activities delineated in Exhibit 5, as otherwise provided <br />by this rule, and subject to all restrictions and physical distancing requirements of <br />this rule, the 9th Supplementary and any subsequent proclamations or orders, the <br />State Department of Health Reopening Hawaii -Safe Practices, and any CDC and <br />industry guidelines. <br />B. Safe Practices <br />All persons shall implement the following physical distancing and sanitation <br />requirements to the fullest extent possible: <br />1. Face covering. Persons over the age of five (5) years old shall wear a <br />face covering as described and recommended by the CDC while in <br />public settings. This requirement shall not apply to persons engaging <br />