(A) Whenever this chapter applies as provided in § 32.35, it shall be unlawful and a penal ordinance violation for any person to:
(1) Willfully obstruct, hinder, or delay the Commissioners, the Director of Civil Defense, participating emergency services, authorized emergency management volunteers, or other authorities from implementing, carrying out, and enforcing emergency plans and procedures;
(2) Fail to observe, abide by, and comply with any emergency management duties, orders, regulations, and procedures as made applicable to such person by the appropriate authorities; or
(3) Falsely wear or carry identifications as a member of the county’s Department of Civil Defense, or to otherwise falsely identify or purport himself or herself to be a county emergency management authority.
(B) Any regular or reserve police officer of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, or any member of the county’s Department of Civil Defense or a participating emergency service, is hereby empowered to issue and serve a civil citation against any person found to be committing an offense described above. Any person who commits an offense as described above shall be deemed to have violated this chapter and shall be guilty of a Class A infraction and subject to a fine of up to $2,500, which fine shall be subject to the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event a person commits an offense as described above on an ongoing basis, each day such violation of this chapter continues, such person is hereby deemed to have committed a new and separate offense and is subject up to the maximum fine of $2,500 per day for each day such violation continues.
(Ord. 1989-11, passed 10-2-1989)