  Dear Permittees,
Effective Wednesday, April 7, 2021, San Diego County has moved to the Orange Tier, or Tier 3. Below is a brief summary of allowable operations with modifications in the Orange Tier or Tier 3:
- Restaurant indoor dining (maximum 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer), outdoor dining, drive-thru, take-out, pick-up, and delivery
- Includes the removal of the curfew that previously required restaurants to stop accepting customers at 10:00 pm
- Wineries, breweries, and distilleries take out, pick up, delivery, outdoor dining, and open indoors with the modifications below:
- Maximum 25% capacity indoors, or 100 people, whichever is fewer
- A meal is not required to be served at wineries, breweries, and distilleries when operating within the stated modifications
- Bars without food are allowed to conduct only outdoor service, with modifications. Bars that serve a meal, can continue to comply with the restaurant requirements
- Shopping centers, including swap meets, open indoors with no capacity restrictions; however, common areas remain closed and food courts must follow reduced capacity restaurant requirements listed above
- Gyms and fitness centers, open indoors at a 25% maximum capacity and indoor pools are allowed to reopen. Indoor hot tubs / spas, saunas and steam rooms must remain closed
- Museums, zoos, aquariums, open indoors with 50% maximum capacity
- Body art facilities and massage establishments may continue offering indoor services with modifications outlined in the State’s COVID-19 Industry Guidance for Expanded Personal Care Services.
Reopening allowances for business sectors not listed above can be found on the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
Please continue to take all the following necessary precautions to slow the spread of COVID‐19:
Review your onsite Safe Re‐opening Plan or Food Facility Protocols, and if necessary, update it to be consistent with the new requirements.
We appreciate your continued commitment to protecting public health. If you have questions regarding this information or your operation, please contact our duty information specialist at (858) 505‐6900 or email at fhdutyeh@sdcounty.ca.gov.
For updated information about COVID‐19, including resource documents such as frequently asked questions, informational posters, and guidance, please visit www.coronavirus‐sd.com. You can also text COSD COVID19 to 468-311 to get text alert updates or follow SDCountyHHSA on Facebook or @SDCountyHHSA on Twitter.
Sincerely,
Department of Environmental Health and Quality
Food and Housing Division
Environmental and public health through leadership, partnership and science.
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