Face Coverings Required Inside Establishments within Rock Hill City limits starting July 10

On July 6, City Council approved an emergency ordinance requiring face coverings be worn in certain circumstances starting Friday, July 10 at 12:01 AM. The requirement is in effect for 60 days unless City Council votes to suspend it sooner. Face coverings will be required within the Rock Hill City limits when:

• Inside City facilities
• When using or driving public or commercial transportation, including My Ride buses.
• Inside any retail, service or food service establishment.
  • Staff at retail and service establishments must wear face coverings while working in areas open to the general public or in interactions with other staff where 6 feet of separation can’t be maintained.
  • Staff at food service establishments, including delivery drivers, must wear face coverings when interacting with customers.

Face coverings are NOT required by the public:

• While exclusively with members of a family or people who live in the same household.
• For children under age 10, provided that adults accompanying children ages 2 through 9 use reasonable efforts to get the child to wear a face covering when inside any establishment.
• If outdoors or in outdoor areas of retail establishments.
• In food service establishments where 6 feet of separation is observed.
• If religious beliefs prevent wearing a face covering.
• For those with a medical or behavioral condition that prevents wearing a face covering.
• While eating or drinking at a food service establishment.
• In private, individual offices.
• In settings where it is not practical or feasible to wear a face covering, such as in a gym while exercising, swimming, or obtaining services involving the head, face or scalp, such as dental work.

Violations will be considered civil infractions—not criminal—and could be subject to fines of $25 to $100.