Safely REOPENING Ventura County
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Closed.

OVERNIGHT CAMPING IS NOT ALLOWED.

OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITES ARE OPEN AS LONG AS 100% MASKING AND NO GATHERING OF HOUSEHOLDS IS FOLLOWED.

Playgrounds may remain open to facilitate physically distanced personal health and wellness through outdoor exercise.  Playgrounds located on schools that remain open for in-person instruction, and not accessible by the general public, may remain open and must follow guidance for schools and school-based programs

Guidance for Outdoor Playgrounds

Closed.

• Outdoor only with modifications
• Racetracks may resume training and competition without live audiences, subject to approval by county public health officer

Guidance (indoor)

• Follow the guidance related to cohorts of children and youth.
• See the answers to frequently asked questions about cohorts and waivers for childcare providers.
• Follow the case and contact management guidance related to cohorts for childcare facilities.

Each group must be stable. The same campers and instructor stay together and do not mix with other groups, including from day to day.

Any camp activity must maintain 6-foot social distancing. Individual skills and drills can be done, but no group or contact sports such as a football or basketball games may be played.

Closed.

• Movie theaters: Closed except for Drive In Movies
• Family entertainment centers: Outdoor only with modifications for activities like kart racing, mini golf, batting cages
• Playgrounds may remain open to facilitate physically distanced personal health and wellness through outdoor exercise.  Playgrounds located on schools that remain open for in-person instruction, and not accessible by the general public, may remain open and must follow guidance for schools and school-based programs

• Outdoor only with modifications
• Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close

12 ft social distancing and masks are required in Ventura County.

Closed.

Open Indoors with modifications. Follow this guidance for hair salons and barbershops to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for hair salons in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.

Click HERE for list of commonly asked questions regarding lodging guidance.

When any California region is under a Regional Stay Home Order, no hotel or lodging entity, including Short Term Rentals, in California can accept or honor out of state reservations for non-essential travel, unless the reservation is for at least the minimum time period required for quarantine and the persons identified in the reservation will quarantine in the hotel or lodging entity until after that time period has expired.

Additionally, hotels and lodging entities in a county under a Regional Stay Home Order cannot accept or honor in-state reservations for non-essential travel.

Hotels or other commercial and residential buildings may offer lodging for essential functions and travel including COVID-19 mitigation and containment measures, treatment measures, accommodation for essential workers, or housing solutions, including measures to protect homeless populations.

• Open with modifications
• Fitness centers can be open outdoors only with modifications
• Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms must close

• Counseling
• Laundromats
• Dry Cleaners
• Auto Repair
• Car Washes
• Landscapers
• Pet Grooming
• Dog Walking
• Tanning Salon
• Cleaning Services
• HVAC
• Appliance Repair
• Electricians
• Plumbers
• Handypersons
• General Contractors

Closed unless the business supports an “Essential Business Sector.” You can find the list of Essential Services HERE.

ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES ONLY — Open Indoors with Modifications

Follow this guidance for limited services to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. A limited service is one that generally does not require close contact.

Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for limited services in your workplace to show clients and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.

Faith-based counseling can reopen within the following parameters:

1. Counseling services are permissible in-person where the service cannot reasonably be practiced remotely;
2. Counseling services should adopt state guidance on Limited Services, where applicable;
3. This designation does not permit gatherings beyond counseling to members of a single household.

Closed, except for medical massage (essential healthcare) services.

Indoor with Modifications

Personal care services can open indoors with modifications in all tiers. Follow this guidance for personal care services like nail salons, tattoo parlors, and body waxing to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. This guidance applies to services that require touching a client’s face, like facials, electrolysis, and waxing. It also applies to esthetic services, skin care, and massage therapy. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for personal care services in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.

This guidance and checklist include additional considerations for:

• Esthetic and skin care services
• Electrology services
• Nail services
• Body art professionals, tattoo parlors, and piercing shops
• Massage services (in non-healthcare settings)

Closed except for Drive In movies.

• Movie theaters: Closed except for Drive In Movies
• Family entertainment centers: Outdoor only with modifications for activities like kart racing, mini golf, batting cages
• Playgrounds may remain open to facilitate physically distanced personal health and wellness through outdoor exercise.  Playgrounds located on schools that remain open for in-person instruction, and not accessible by the general public, may remain open and must follow guidance for schools and school-based programs

Closed.

Closed.

Indoor with Modifications

Personal care services can open indoors with modifications in all tiers. Follow this guidance for personal care services like nail salons, tattoo parlors, and body waxing to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers.

• Eyelash Extensions
• Esthetic and skin care services
• Waxing
• Electrology services
• Nail services
• Body art professionals, tattoo parlors, and piercing shops
• Massage services (in non-healthcare settings)

Closed.

Indoor with Modifications

Personal care services can open indoors with modifications in all tiers. Follow this guidance for personal care services like nail salons, tattoo parlors, and body waxing to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. This guidance applies to services that require touching a client’s face, like facials, electrolysis, and waxing. It also applies to esthetic services, skin care, and massage therapy. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for personal care services in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.

This guidance and checklist include additional considerations for:

• Esthetic and skin care services
• Electrology services
• Nail services
• Body art professionals, tattoo parlors, and piercing shops
• Massage services (in non-healthcare settings)

Closed.

TAKEOUT SERVICE ONLY. WINERIES AND BARS ARE CLOSED.

Restaurants: Outdoor only with modifications

Wineries: Outdoor only with modifications

Bars, breweries, and distilleries (not serving food): Closed. If serving sit down meals, follow guidance for restaurants

Alcohol can only be sold in the same transaction as a meal. Wineries and wine tasting rooms may open outdoor operations even if they do not offer sit-down, outdoor dine-in meals. Curbside service is allowed. Local cities may have additional restrictions regarding outdoor operations. Please check with your local city before starting any outdoor operations.

In addition to complying with the State orders and guidance, these businesses must comply with the following requirements:

• only members of the same household may sit together at a single table
• bars must be closed to the public between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Live music is allowed outdoors with the following modifications:

• Live solo or duet (from same household) singers/musicians can perform outdoors at restaurants, bars, or wineries.
• The soloist/duet must stay at least 20 feet away from patrons and not amplify the music to the point where people have to lean in to be heard.
• The live music cannot cause people to gather. It should be for the benefit of the business patrons who are already seated and not to attract people to gather around the performers and/or stage.

Template for Dine-In

OPEN AT 20% CAPACITY (35% FOR STANDALONE GROCERY STORES)

In order to ensure that California’s grocery stores are able to safely deliver sufficient quantities of food to California households, it is necessary to ensure capacity for grocery stores. Therefore, in the Regions that are subject to my Regional Stay At Home Order of December 3, 2020, stand-alone grocery stores where the principal business activity is the sale of food may operate at 35% of capacity (based on fire department occupancy limits). All access to grocery stores must be strictly metered to ensure compliance with the limit on capacity. The sale of food, beverages, and alcohol for in- store consumption is prohibited.

Open Indoors with Modifications

• Open with modifications
• Retail capacity must be limited to 25%
• Grocery store capacity must be limited to 50%

OPEN AT 20% CAPACITY

Open with Modifications

• Indoor capacity must be limited to 25% for shopping malls, destination shopping centers, and swap meets
• Closed common areas
• Closed food courts

Closed.

Open Indoor with Modifications. See guidance for Personal Care Services

Closed.

Open outdoors only with modifications

• Live solo or duet (from same household) singers/musicians can perform outdoors at restaurants, bars, or wineries.
• The soloist/duet must stay at least 20 feet away from patrons and not amplify the music to the point where people have to lean in to be heard.
• The live music cannot cause people to gather. It should be for the benefit of the business patrons who are already seated and not to attract people to gather around the performers and/or stage.

• Follow this guidance for youth sports programs, including school-based, club, and recreational programs. Review the guidance and prepare a plan to support a safe environment for players, coaches and trainers, families, spectators, event/program/facility managers, workers, and volunteers.
  • Check the questions and answers about youth sports.
  • Follow the guidance related to cohorts of children and youth.