City Of Peoria Urges Essential Businesses To Follow Social Distancing Rules

Press release from the City of Peoria:

April 6, 2020

On March 31st, 2020, Governor Pritzker extended his Executive Order, closing all non-essential businesses through the end of April to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Local governments are responsible for enforcing the Order based on guidance from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).

The Order allows restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food to remain open through in-house delivery, third party delivery, drive through, curbside pickup and carry-out. However, restaurants must provide safety measures to ensure social distance is occurring. Restaurants should limit the amount of people inside their locations, provide safe waiting spaces for customers getting carry-out, and ensure all other health regulations are followed.

“It is crucial for us to do as much as we can to engage essential businesses,” said Assistant City Manager, Deborah Roethler. “We want to ensure essential businesses remain open and that the safety of our residents is not compromised. We believe both can occur by complying with the recommendations from our State and National officials.”

If you have a question about whether a business is essential, please contact the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s helpline 1-800-252-2923 or CEO.support@illinois.gov.

The City of Peoria’s Economic Development Department has created a webpage to provide businesses with support and information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The site, Combating COVID-19, can be accessed at growpeoria.com/combating-covid-19/. Business owners and operators are encouraged contact the department by phone at 309-494-8640 or email at economicdeveloment@peoriagov.org.

For more information on COVID-19 and the latest recommendations from public officials, please visit the Peoria City/County Health Department’s website at https://www.pcchd.org/289/COVID-19-Coronavirus

This press release was produced by the City of Peoria. The views expressed here are the author’s own.