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The main change allows bar and restaurant goers to eat and drink while standing.
The updated guidelines over COVID restrictions were approved in a 5-1 vote during a special called meeting Friday. COVID is the demon here. I think this is not the time to give the demon more latitude, said Councilmember Fran McGuire, who voted against the amendment.
Police Chief Jorge Campos will share the new guidelines with bar and restaurant owners this afternoon. The mask mandate stays in place. Here is what it requires:
Masks must cover nose and mouth
They must be worn when outdoors, including when standing in lines to get in businesses
I m just asking, please help us out, Clemson senior and downtown bartender Hannah Rogerson asked of Clemson City Council Monday night.
After several pleas from business owners, hospitality workers, and Clemson students, council agreed to meet at noon Friday, March 5 to discuss relaxing certain rules around masks in bars and restaurants. The meeting comes following a public outcry that the rules were hurting local businesses. It s not fair to wait two weeks, Mayor Robert Halfacre said after over an hour of debate and public input about the issue Monday night.
Council will look at whether or not to allow bar and restaurant patrons to be unmasked when actively eating or drinking, a major sticking point for hospitality workers, who said the rule killed business in the downtown entertainment district.