{"id":229,"date":"2020-08-21T08:18:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/?p=229"},"modified":"2020-08-21T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:18:17","slug":"covid-19-philadelphia-to-lift-indoor-dining-and-theatre-and-movie-ban-on-september-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/2020\/08\/21\/covid-19-philadelphia-to-lift-indoor-dining-and-theatre-and-movie-ban-on-september-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Philadelphia to lift indoor dining (and theatre and movie) ban on September 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

As of September 8, 2020<\/strong>, Philadelphia will allow indoor dining at restaurants.

Key elements of the dining restrictions include:

1.\u00a0 Restaurants cannot be filled to more than 25% capacity<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

2.\u00a0 No more than 4 diners<\/strong> per table.<\/p>\r\n

3.\u00a0 Tables must be arranged so that diners at separate tables are at least 6 feet apart<\/strong> or have an impermeable barrier between them.<\/p>\r\n

The indoor dining ban will lift a day after Labor Day in an attempt to avoid holiday crowds. Indoor dining has been banned since mid-March.

Per the Philadelphia Business Journal, restaurant owners are also being urged to increase ventilation in their establishments to further decrease the risk of Covid-19 transmission.<\/p>\r\n

Outdoor dining<\/strong> is permitted to\u00a0continue under current restrictions, including having no more than 50 people<\/strong> outside.

Other restrictions will include:

1.\u00a0 Servers must wear both masks and face shields for additional protection.<\/p>\r\n

2.\u00a0 Continuation of no bar service<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

3.\u00a0 Alcohol can be served only for on-premises consumption when in the same transaction as a meal.<\/p>\r\n

4.\u00a0 Last call for all indoor dining orders will be at 11 p.m<\/strong>. and establishments will be required to be closed for service by midnight.<\/p>\r\n

5.\u00a0 Restaurants must install physical barriers such as sneeze guards or partitions in restaurant kitchens and at cash registers, host stands, and food pick-up areas where maintaining physical distance of at least six feet is difficult.<\/p>\r\n

6.\u00a0 Restaurants are required to\u00a0 screen<\/strong> every employee for symptoms before every shift and prevent them from remaining on-site if they have a cough, shortness of breath, fever, chills, muscle pain, or new loss of taste or smell.

Indoor theaters and movie theaters will also be allowed to reopen on Sept. 8 with venues not to exceed 50% capacity, with a maximum of 25 people allowed.<\/p>\r\n

Duane Morris<\/strong> has created a COVID-19 Strategy Team to help organizations plan, respond to and address this fast-moving situation. Contact your Duane Morris attorney for more information. Prior Alerts on the topic are available on the team\u2019s webpage.<\/p>\r\n

If you have any questions about this post, please contact Brad A. Molotsky, Eve Klein, Jonathan Segal, Elizabeth Mincer<\/strong> or the attorney in the firm with whom you are regularly in contact.

Be well and stay safe!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of September 8, 2020, Philadelphia will allow indoor dining at restaurants. Key elements of the dining restrictions include: 1.\u00a0 Restaurants cannot be filled to more than 25% capacity. 2.\u00a0 No more than 4 diners per table. 3.\u00a0 Tables must be arranged so that diners at separate tables are at least 6 feet apart or … <\/p>\n

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