Current Environmental Health Services Operations
Author: Environmental Health Services Staff
Date:
7/8/2020 12:11:59 PM
Operational Changes and COVID-19 Guidelines and Information
Please visit the ReadySLO Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint Activity for Business Tiers document for the latest information and guidance on reopening restaurants, public swimming pools, water parks, and body art facilities, as well as future reopening plans for organized overnight camps.
Effective April 28th, 2021
California has a Blueprint for a Safer Economy for reducing COVID-19 in the state with revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities. As of April 28th, 2021, the County of San Luis Obispo is in the Moderate (Tier 3- Orange) county risk level of the color-tiered framework.
• Restaurants may open indoors with modifications with a maximum of 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer.
• Bars may open outdoors with modifications where no meal is provided. For indoor service, alcohol sales are made in the same transaction as a meal with a maximum of 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer, using restaurant guidance.
Note: Bars can provide outdoor alcoholic beverage-only service as long as ABC and their local jurisdiction allow it. Seating at bars and counters is limited to maintain at least six feet of distance from customers and work areas/stations.
• Wineries, breweries, and distilleries may open indoors with modifications with a maximum of 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer.
• Outdoor public swimming pools are allowed to remain open.
• Outdoor hot tubs/spas can open only for use by household groups or in cases where six feet of distancing can be maintained.
• Indoor Pools that are under the same roof as a gym, can open with modifications with a maximum of 25% capacity.
• Indoor Pools that are not under the same roof as a gym, can open with modifications.
• Indoor hot tubs/spas, saunas and steam rooms are required to continue to suspend operations.
• Outdoor Water Parks must limit visitors to a maximum of 25% capacity and Indoor Water Parks with pools and rides limited to a maximum of 15% capacity. Please see the CDPH guidelines released April 28, 2021.
• Body art facilities can open indoor with modifications during any Tier.
• Organized Overnight Camps, under current state guidance, can open with modifications after June 1, 2021 once CDPH Overnight Sleepaway Camps guidelines are released.
For general COVID-19 information, please visit ReadySLO or call (805) 543-2444.
To file a COVID-19 related complaint, please call (805) 788-2222.
COVID-19 Supplemental Guidance Documents
Ready to Reopen Toolkit
Face Covering Signage English
Face Covering Signage Spanish
Model On-Site Dining Signage for Food Facilities
Model Social Distancing Signage for Grocery Stores
Model Social Distancing Signage for Hazmat Facilities
Ready to Reopen Toolkit
General Cleaning and Disinfection
Disinfection Guidance (English)
Disinfection Guidance (Spanish)
Do Not Mix These Cleaning Products
Workplace Guidance for Worker Positive for COVID-19
Workplace Guidance for Worker Positive for COVID-19
Food Safety
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Guidance for Restaurants, Bars, and Wineries
Retail Food Facilities Guidance Planning Checklist English
Retail Food Facilities Guidance Planning Checklist Spanish
Guidance for Food Facilities InfoGraphic English
Guidance for Food Facilities InfoGraphic Spanish
Outdoor Dining Consideration Points
Guidance for Food Delivery and Pickup
Use of Temporary Structures for Outdoor Business Operations
Certified Farmers' Markets
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Guidance for Certified Farmers' Markets InfoGraphic English
Guidance for Certified Farmers' Markets InfoGraphic Spanish
Community Events with Temporary Food Facilities
Please monitor the County’s COVID-19 website at ReadySLO to identify when Community Events, such as street fairs, can complete the process of approval to operate. COVID-19 modification procedures for Community Events will be posted on ReadySLO once they are made available by the California Department of Public Health. Please also consult with other relevant permitting agencies before planning for your event. Environmental Health Services only permits food operations at these events. Please feel free to contact Environmental Health Services at 805-781-5544 regarding questions about interim application processing for all food-related programs.
Supplemental Guidelines
ReadySLO Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hazardous Materials
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Guidance for Hazmat Facilities InfoGraphic English
Guidance for Hazmat Facilities InfoGraphic Spanish
Body Art Facilities
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page or the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Supplemental Guidelines
Expanded Personal Care Services
Body Art Facilities InfoGraphic English
Body Art Facilities InfoGraphic Spanish
Body Art Guidance Planning Checklist English
Body Art Guidance Planning Checklist Spanish
Body Art Sample Cleaning Log
Public Swimming Pools, Public Spa Pools, and Water Parks
For reopening procedures and to refer to state guidelines for modified conditions to operate, please visit ReadySLO's Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page or Blueprint for a Safer Economy page.
Campgrounds / RV Parks
Outdoor Recreation (including apartments and HOAs)
Fitness Centers / Gyms
Hotels
Water Parks
Supplemental Guidelines
Public Swimming Pool InfoGraphic English
Public Swimming Pool InfoGraphic Spanish
Public Swimming Pool Reopening Procedures Checklist English
Public Swimming Pool Reopening Procedures Checklist Spanish
Organized Camps (Overnight Sleepaway Camps)
Organized Camps (Overnight Sleepaway Camps) can open with modifications after June 1, 2021 as long as the county does not revert to Tier-1 Widespread (Purple). Once the California Department of Public Health releases the guidelines, they will be available on the ReadySLO Guidance and Instructions for Safe Operations page.