FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The City of Fresno is updating and clarifying information to citizens about its services.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a statewide “stay at home” order last week to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
Residents can still go to work or run essential errands during the emergency order.
Local leaders continue to clarify what are essential and non-essential businesses during the ‘stay at home order that for Fresno continues through the end of the month.
Mayor Lee Brand says vital services such as the Fresno police department and Fresno fire will continue as normal.
Until further notice, the City of Fresno will be updating their list of essential and non-essential businesses twice a week, at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
You can get the updated list by clicking the link on front page of the City’s website or the COVID-19 page at www.fresno.gov/coronavirus.
Businesses that WILL remain open:
Accounting, bookkeeping, payroll
Agriculture
Airlines
Alarm and security companies
Animal boarding
Auto repair and service
Banks and other financial services
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
Buses
Car washes (exterior only, customer remains in vehicle)
Cell Phone Only Stores
Cemeteries
Childcare facilities *
Community garden
Construction – all construction in progress may continue
Construction – emergency housing and care facilities
Convenience stores
Distribution and delivery of essential consumer or business goods
Domestic violence shelter
Drug stores
Dry cleaners
Electricians
Essential government services (each public agency to make its own determination – minimize employees and congregations of people)
Exterminators
Farmer’s markets
Farming (all agriculture)
Food and goods delivery services
Food banks and other organizations that provide assistance to the disadvantaged
Food preparation facilities
Funeral parlor and internment services
Gas stations
Government agencies and facilities as necessary to maintain critical infrastructure
Grocery stores
Hardware stores
Healthcare providers – doctors, dentists, mental health professionals, nurses
Home-based care for all
Home repair and maintenance (landscaping, pool service, repairs)
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
Pet supply
Pharmacies
Phone centers
Plumbers
Produce stands
Professional services – legal, accounting, payroll, etc. (as needed to assist with legally mandated activities)
Property management
Real estate sales**
Railroads
Recyclers, including electronics recyclers
Re-entry/rehabilitation facilities
Residential facilities for all
Restaurants (take-out, delivery, drive thru only)
Rideshare
Schools – public and private*** (online, admin, and food only)
Storage facilities
Taxis
Trucking
Utility companies – water, power, cable, internet, cell service
Veterinarians
Businesses that WILL NOT remain open:
Amphitheaters
Amusement and theme parks
Amusement arcades
Archery ranges
Arenas
Art galleries
Arts
Auto sales
Banquet halls
Barbers and hair salons
Bars
Bookstores
Botanical gardens
Bowling alleys
Car washes
Casinos and cardrooms
Churches (counseling, providing relief, and broadcasting religious services permitted – but no congregations of people)
Clothing stores
Dance halls
Dances
Day spas
Drive-in theaters
Fitness Centers
Furniture stores
Golf courses and driving ranges
Gymnasiums
Health clubs
Historical sites
Ice rinks
Industrial and manufacturing not expressly permitted
Libraries
Liquor stores (grocery and convenience stores permitted)
Massage parlors
Miniature golf courses
Model homes
Motorcycle clubs
Movie theaters
Museums
Music events
Nightclubs
Performing arts centers
Pet grooming
Pool and billiards lounges
Private social clubs
Public swimming pools
Riding stables
Roller skating rinks
Second hand/thrift stores
Shooting ranges
Sports stadiums and facilities – all
Swap meet/flea market
Tasting rooms
Tattoo and body piercing
Tennis clubs
Trampoline and bounce houses
Water parks
Zoos
All other retail or recreational facilities not listed are under “May Remain Open.”
