Three Lancaster County restaurants are among 24 businesses the state ordered to close last week for violations of COVID-19 mitigation requirements.
The âclosed by noticeâ orders from the state Department of Agriculture were issued for the week ending Jan. 10. A three-week ban on indoor dining was not in place then, but there are still limits on indoor dining as well as masking requirements for employees, among other continuing rules. Lancaster city, which does its own restaurant inspections, did not issue any closure orders last week.
An agriculture department spokeswoman said the 24 restaurants were given closure orders after they refused to correct violations of dining capacity limits or masking rules while an inspector was present.