Covid-19/Coronavirus Information

December 16, 2020
On behalf of the City of Chesterfield, below is the City’s official statement regarding support of our local business community during these difficult times:

As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in our city, our restaurant and business community has faced numerous challenges and hardships.   Orders issued by the St. Louis County Department of Health and the St. Louis County Executive has restricted gatherings and events, indoor dining at restaurants, and required face masks when in public places. All of these mandates have placed an incredible burden on the businesses in our community.  It is important for our community to know that the City of Chesterfield is committed to supporting our restaurants and businesses as they navigate these difficult times.

In response to the challenges facing businesses, the Chesterfield City Council approved an ordinance to relax certain zoning restrictions. This allows businesses to adapt to changing conditions due to the pandemic so that they can take proactive measures to protect the public health while allowing businesses to remain viable and support critical economic activity. These measures have again been extended by the City Council as we continue to adapt to changing circumstances.

As a point of information, the Chesterfield Police Department has no statutory authority to enforce St. Louis County Department Health or the St. Louis County Executive orders, nor do we intend to do so.  Any violations of these orders should be reported to the St. Louis County Department Health via their on-line complaint portal. 

However, at times, St. Louis County Department of Health inspectors may seek assistance from the Police Department when following up on violation complaints or serving notice to a business for a violation. In those instances, Chesterfield Police Department officers will serve only as a neutral party to maintain the peace and insure no criminal activity occurs. 

In regards to the wearing of a mask and other Health Department COVID-19 mandates, our officers are available to respond if a customer refuses to comply with business/retail management requests to leave their establishment, if the violator creates a disturbance that causes alarm to other employees or customers.  In those instances, the police officers WILL enforce trespassing and/or peace disturbance ordinances, as appropriate. The Police Department is available 24/7 to respond to the needs of our business community.

All employees of the City Government, including the Police Department, are abiding by all St. Louis County Health Department orders as it relates to COVID-19.  Officers of the Police Department and all City employees are required to wear a mask and, where practical, to practice social distancing, when interacting with members of the public or inside any business where masks are required.  All employees of the City, again, including all Police Officers are subjected to a temperature check on their reporting to work.  All vehicles and offices of the City Hall and Police Department are sanitized on a regular basis and hand sanitizer solutions have been strategically placed throughout the City Hall/Police Department Building.  Any City employee including Police Officers who are, or are believed to have been exposed to the COVID-19 are quarantined until tested and determined negative for the virus. 

We encourage all Chesterfield residents and all members of the public we serve to join with us in wearing a mask, practicing social distancing, and taking all precautions such as washing hands and frequent use of hand sanitizer.  We are all in this together; let’s work together to help keep everyone safe!     

November 20, 2020

St. Louis County COVID-19 Update

 Isolation and Quarantine

Because of the surge in COVID-19 cases, DPH may not be able to quickly contact every person who has tested positive or every person who is a close contact of someone who has tested positive. Therefore, it’s crucial that you know how to self-isolate and self-quarantine. The intent of a new order on isolation and quarantine is to assure that people who have COVID-19 immediately isolate themselves, and that people who have been exposed to COVID-19 immediately quarantine themselves. Isolation and quarantine are important components of a multi-layered strategy to prevent, limit, and contain the spread of COVID-19 in St. Louis County.

Unsure what some of these terms really mean? They are defined in the public health order as the following:

  • "Close Contact" is an individual who was within 6 feet of a Positive Person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 2 days before illness onset, or for asymptomatic Positive Persons, 2 days prior to the date of testing;
  • "Isolation" and "isolated" mean the separation of a Positive Person or of a Person Under Investigation from any other person;
  • "Quarantine" means the restriction of movement and separation of a person or group of people reasonably believed to have been exposed to COVID-19 but who is/are not symptomatic from people who have not been exposed to COVID- 19;
  •  "Self-isolate" means a person who has self-observed COVID-19 Symptoms separating themselves from others who are asymptomatic while seeking advice from a healthcare provider or DPH.

For Home Quarantine Instructions for Close Contacts to People with COVID-19 please click here. For Home Isolation Instructions for People with COVID-19 please click here and for the Third Amended Quarantine and Isolation Order its entirety please click here. 

Media Links/Resources

Article: Where masks aren't mandatory in St. Louis region, virus cases boom

 

Article: Hospital capacity 'a problem' in Missouri as governor calls on people to limit holiday gatherings

 

Article: As Missouri COVID cases surge, what does it mean to be ‘safe’ in the pandemic?

 

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