ESSENTIAL & NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES - City of Fresno

Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:30 p.m.

ESSENTIAL & NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES

  CITY OF FRESNO EMERGENCY ORDER – COVID-19
            Effective until further notice
         Updated Thursday, May 21 5:30 PM
                    Essential and Non-Essential Businesses (PDF)

This list prevails over all other orders or lists for individuals and business or facility
locations in the City of Fresno.

All establishments that are allowed to remain open to any extent shall practice adequate
social distancing, sanitizing for both employees and patrons, both inside and outside the
facility, and employees wearing facial coverings as required. Businesses that may
remain open must limit the number of employees and customers allowed in the facility
at any given time to maintain social distancing. They also must post signs detailing their
Social Distancing Protocol (Appendix A to Emergency Order 2020-13), and put
markings such as tape in six foot intervals at cash registers and self-checkout stations
as well as outside their establishment where customers line up waiting to enter.
https://www.fresno.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Emergency-Order-2020-13-
Shelter-in-Place-Extended-and-Expanded-with-Appendix-A.pdf)
Businesses within shopping malls are treated on an individual basis. A business may
not remain open if a permitted activity is merely incidental to the primary business or
function.
No one is prohibited from working remotely from their home, but no customers on site. If
a business is required to close, proprietors or employees may not conduct that business
elsewhere in the City, including customers’ or their homes.
For all businesses, the standards applied shall be the nature of the business as of
March 3, 2020, prior to the State Declaration of Emergency.
Anyone providing direct relief efforts is permitted to do so, with all required safety
precautions observed, but that does not then allow a business to be open for other
purposes. Such efforts should be confirmed in advance with the City by emailing
EmergencyOrderFAQs@fresno.gov
Compliance is mandatory. Failure to comply may subject businesses to administrative
fines and penalties, which may include fines of $1,000 for the first violation, $5,000 for
the second, and $10,000 for the third and subsequent; violations of conditions upon
remaining open may also result in a business being shut down completely.
Below are non-exhaustive lists of businesses that may remain open and those that shall
close. If you have questions about whether a business may remain open, please
contact the Fresno City Attorney’s Office e-mail EmergencyOrderFAQs@fresno.gov or
call (559) 621-8400, and check this list for updates.

Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:30 p.m.

ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT MAY REMAIN OPEN
      Accounting, bookkeeping, payroll
      Agriculture
      Airlines
      Alarm and security companies
      Animal boarding
      Appliance sales, repair (in home only)
      Auto repair, service, supplies, and smog testing
      Auto sales (provided transactions are handled electronically and delivery of
       vehicles is to the customers’ home; showrooms and vehicle lots shall not be
       open to customers; no test drives)
      Banks and other financial services
      Beauty and health supply stores
      Bed and breakfasts
      Blood donation centers
      Businesses that supply essential businesses with necessary supplies (e.g., office
       or restaurant supply stores
      Businesses that supply items required to work from home
      Businesses that provide training and/or certification for employment, or to
       maintain or renew a government approved license or permit, but solely for those
       purposes (not for recreation)
      Busses
      Car washes (exterior only, customer remains in vehicle)
      Cemeteries (no more than 10 people total, counting family members, funeral
       home employees, etc. and all participants must wear masks, per Fresno County
       Health Dept. 4/15/2020 guidance)
      Childcare and adult care facilities*
      Churches (only for counseling, providing relief, and broadcasting religious
       services permitted - but no congregations of more than 10 people)
      Community garden
      Construction (only construction in progress may continue)
      Construction - housing and care facilities
      Construction supplies
      Convenience stores
      Counseling and behavioral health
      Craft and fabric stores (only to fulfill orders curbside, or providing limited
       selection in the front 20% of floor space for fabric and supplies to be used for
       COVID-19 relief)
      Distribution and delivery of essential consumer or business goods
      Distribution centers (no customers are allowed at the center)
      Domestic violence shelters
      Drug stores
      Dry cleaners
      Electricians
      Exterminators
      Farmer’s markets
      Farming (all agriculture)

Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:30 p.m.

      Florists (only to supply funerals)
      Food and goods delivery services
      Food banks and other organizations that provide assistance to the
       disadvantaged
      Food preparation facilities
      Food trucks (but no tables or chairs for customers)
      Funeral parlor and interment services (no more than 10 people total at any
       funeral, memorial, or graveside service, counting family members, funeral home
       employees, etc. and all participants must wear masks, per Fresno County Health
       Dept. 4/15/2020 guidance)
      Gas stations
      Golf courses and driving ranges (subject to the City’s Golf Social Distancing and
       Safety Plan available online)
      Government services and facilities essential to maintain critical infrastructure
       (each public agency to make its own determination - minimize employees and
       congregations of people)
      Grocery stores
      Hardware stores
      Healthcare providers -- doctors, dentists, mental health professionals, nurses,
       optometrists, hospice, etc. should follow the guidance of the California
       Department of Public Health, the Fresno County Department of Public Health
       and their respective licensing authorities
      Home-based care for all
      Home repair and maintenance (landscaping, pool service, repairs; stores that
       primarily sell supplies for pool or spa maintenance, but only for those purposes)
      Homeless service providers
      Hospitals and clinics
      Hotels and motels
      HVAC services
      Laundromats
      Law firms
      Mailing and shipping services
      Malls, if certain businesses within the mall may remain open
      Manufacturing of essential consumer and business goods
      Media
      Pawn shops
      Pet grooming
      Pet supply
      Pharmacies
      Phone centers
      Plumbers
      Produce stands
      Professional services - legal, accounting, payroll, insurance, etc. (as needed to
       assist with legally mandated activities)
      Property management
      Real estate sales**
      Railroads

Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:30 p.m.

      Recyclers, including electronics recyclers
      Re-entry/rehabilitation facilities
      Rental cars, trucks, trailers
      Residential facilities for all
      Restaurants -- take-out, delivery, drive thru and effective on May 21, 2020, dining
       rooms can open as long as notify the Fresno County Department of Public Health
       via a form on their website (https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/public-
       health/environmental-health) and follow State guidelines
      Rideshare
      Schools - public and private*** (online, administration, and food only)
      Shooting ranges (only for CCW or other license renewals; recreational shooting
       is not permitted)
      Sporting goods
      Storage facilities
      Taxis
      Towing
      Trucking and truck stops (but no dining in)
      Tutoring (one-on-one school curriculum and students with Individualized
       Education Programs only)
      Utility companies - water, power, cable, internet, cell service
      Veterinarians
NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT SHALL CLOSE
All businesses not listed as May Remain Open shall close, with these additional
clarifications:
      Amphitheaters
      Amusement and theme parks
      Amusement arcades
      Archery ranges
      Arenas
      Art galleries
      Arts
      Banquet halls
      Barbers and hair salons
      Bars
      Bookstores
      Botanical gardens
      Bowling alleys
      Casinos and cardrooms
      Dance halls
      Dances
      Day spas
      Drive-in theaters
      Fitness centers
      Furniture stores
      Gymnasiums
      Health clubs

Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:30 p.m.

      Historical sites
      Ice rinks
      Industrial and manufacturing not expressly permitted
      Libraries
      Liquor stores (but grocery and convenience stores permitted)
      Massage parlors
      Miniature golf courses
      Motorcycle clubs
      Movie theaters
      Museums
      Music events
      Nightclubs
      Performing arts centers
      Pool and billiards lounges
      Private social clubs
      Public swimming pools
      Riding stables
      Roller skating rinks
      Second hand/thrift stores
      Sports stadiums and facilities - all
      Swap meets/flea markets
      Tasting rooms
      Tattoo and body piercing
      Tennis clubs
      Trampoline and bounce houses
      Water parks
      Zoos

For all of the following, all persons in the facilities shall fully comply with the health and
safety requirements in Emergency Order 2020-13 and Appendix A: Social Distancing
Protocol, referenced above:
*Childcare facilities providing services that enable employees exempted in this Order to
work as permitted. To the extent possible, childcare facilities must operate under the
following mandatory conditions: (1) Childcare must be carried out in stable groups of 10
or fewer (“stable” means that the same 10 or fewer children are in the same group each
day); (2) Children shall not change from one group to another; (3) If more than one
group of children is cared for at one facility, each group shall be in a separate room.
Groups shall not mix with each other; (4) Childcare providers shall remain solely with
one group of children.
**Sales Offices and Model Homes can be open by appointment only. An appointment
consists of one sales associate and one family (defined as immediate family who
currently lives in the same residence and less than 9 individuals) at a time in the sales
office or any model home. Have enough hand sanitizers for the employees and the
customers. Disinfect the sales offices and model homes prior to opening each day.
***Schools for purposes of facilitating distance learning or performing essential functions
(including but not limited to administration and provision of community meal programs).

Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2020 5:30 p.m.

This is not an exhaustive list of businesses that may remain open or must close. For
more information, see Emergency Order No. 2020-13, e-mail
EmergencyOrderFAQs@fresno.gov, or call (559) 621-8400.