DISASTER: A situation causing, or threatening to cause, widespread damage, social disruption, or injury or loss of life, or property, resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomenon or technological hazard.
EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSOR: A person designated to exercise the emergency powers and discharge the emergency duties of an office when the person legally exercising those powers and duties of the office is unavailable.
LOCAL EMERGENCY: A condition which requires that emergency assistance be provided by the city to save lives and protect property within its jurisdiction in response to an emergency or disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster.
PLACE OF GOVERNANCE: The physical location where the powers of an office are being exercised.
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARD: Any hazardous material accident, mine accident, train derailment, truck wreck, or crash, radiation incident, pollution, structural fire or explosion.
UNAVAILABLE: Either: a) not physically present at the place of governance or not able to be communicated with for two (2) hours or b) mentally or physically impaired, during a disaster that seriously disrupts normal government operations, provided that if a vacancy exists in the office of the mayor pursuant to section 2.04.060 of this code, the provisions of section 2.04.060 of this code shall prevail over the provisions of this chapter. "Unavailable" does not include a person who is reachable by telephone, radio or any electronic means. (Ord. 54-13, 2013)