Essential Businesses

Is your business an essential business? How do you know?

We understand it's difficult for many businesses to understand how the City's Ordinance impacts them. For your convenience, the following is a great resource that can help you quickly determine if your business is an essential business and if it's allowable for you to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Essential businesses include:

  • Hospitals / Medical Facilities / Doctors offices 
  • Childcare services / nanny services
  • Grocery / Food service / Gas stations
  • Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing services
  • Transportation (Lyft, Uber, bus providers, etc)
  • Veterinary services
  • Food service / restaurants -- ONLY IF SERVING FOOD TO GO OR VIA DELIVERY
  • Skilled nursing / in home nursing services

Non essential businesses include:

  • Hair salons/barber shops
  • Tattoo parlors
  • Sport facilities
  • Retail clothing / apparel / home decor

 

Need additional help determining if your business is providing essential services? Use this form to tell us more about the types of services you are providing. 

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