re: #314 stpaulbear

Wait a minute. That’s not maximum 50%, that’s minimum. Does that mean that restaurants can open up to 100% and have to be prepared to handle 50%+ capacity? If a 100 seat restaurant is serving 40 people and feels it is at safe capacity, can a new customer file a complaint with the state if they’re not seated?

It sounds to me like he’s trying to do a preemption of local regulation - if Broward County says 25% capacity (or even takeout only), he’s giving restaurant owners there the opportunity to ignore that and open at 50% in spite of the local rule. I don’t think he’s mandating 50% for businesses that don’t want to do it. But it’s DeathSantis, so who knows?

Either way, it guarantees there’s no way I’m planning a vacation down there this winter, as desperately as my seasonal depression needs the sunshine.