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(A) The Mayor by proclamation may impose the prohibitions and restrictions specified in divisions (1) through (4) below in the manner described therein. The Mayor may impose as many of those prohibitions and restrictions as he finds are necessary, because of an emergency, to maintain an acceptable level of public order and services, and to protect lives, safety, and property. The Mayor shall recite his findings in the proclamation. The proclama- tion shall be in writing. The Mayor shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it and shall post a copy of it in the city hall. The Mayor shall retain a text of the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of it for use as evidence. The proclama- tion may contain the following.
(1) The proclamation may impose a curfew prohibiting in certain areas and during certain periods the appearance in public of anyone who is not a member of an exempted class. The proclamation shall specify the geographical area and the period during each 24-hour day to which the curfew applies. The Mayor may exempt from some or all of the curfew restrictions classes of people whose exemption he finds necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare. The proclamation shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted. Unless otherwise specified in the proclamation, the curfew shall apply during the specified period each day until the Mayor by proclamation removes the curfew.
(2) The proclamation may prohibit the possession or consumption of any intoxicating liquor, including beer and wine, other than on one's own premises, and may prohibit the transfer of any intoxi- cating liquor. The prohibition, if imposed, shall apply to transfers of intoxicating liquor by employees of alcoholic beverage control stores as well as by anyone else within the city. If imposed, the restrictions shall apply throughout the city.
(3) The proclamation may prohibit the possession of any dangerous weapon or substance unless it remains in a place of storage within the possessor's premises, or, if the weapon or substance cannot be readily stored in the possessor's premises, unless it remains in a customary place of storage not readily available to the possessor. The proclamation may also prohibit the sale or other transfer or the transportation of any dangerous weapon or substance. The Mayor may exempt from some or all of the restrictions classes of people whose possession, transfer, or transpor-tation of certain dangerous weapons or substances is necessary to the preservation of the public health, safety, or welfare. The proclamation shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted. If imposed, these restrictions shall apply throughout the jurisdiction of the city. For purposes of this division, "DANGEROUS WEAPON OR SUBSTANCE" means any of the following.
(a) Any deadly weapon, ammunition, incendiary device, or other instrument or substance designed for a use that carries a threat of serious bodily injury or destruction of property.
(b) Any other instrument or substance that is capable of being used to inflict serious bodily injury or destruction of property, when the circumstances indicate that there is some probability that the instrument or substance will be so destructively used.
(c) Any part or ingredient in any instrument or substance included in divisions (a) and (b) above.
(4) The proclamation may prohibit obtaining access or attemp- ting to obtain access to any area designated in the manner described in this division, in violation of any order, clearly posted notice, or barricade indicating that access is denied or restricted. Areas to which access is denied or restricted shall be designated by the Chief of Police and his subordinates when directed in the proclamation to do so by the Mayor. When acting under this authority, the Chief of Police and his subordinates may restrict or deny access to any area, street, or location within the city if that restriction or denial of access or use is reasonably necessary to promote efforts being made to overcome the emergency or to prevent further aggravation of the emergency.
(B) The Mayor may amend the proclamation from time to time, making any modifications as he would have been authorized to include in the original proclamation.
(C) The Mayor shall by proclamation remove the prohibitions and restrictions as the emergency no longer requires them, or when directed to do so by the City Council.
(D) The Mayor in his discretion may invoke the restrictions authorized by this section in separate proclamations, and may amend any proclamation by means of a superseding proclamation.
('58 Code, § 10-24.1)
(A) The Mayor by proclamation may prohibit assemblies of three or more persons in specified geographic areas of the city after he finds that these assemblies constitute a clear and present danger of prolonging or aggravating an existing emergency which endangers lives, safety, and property. The proclamation shall be in writing and state the Mayor's findings. The Mayor shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it, and shall post a copy of it in the city hall. The Mayor shall retain a text of the proclamation and upon request shall furnish certified copies of it for use as evidence.
(B) The proclamation authorized by division (A) above shall specify the geographical area or areas in which the restrictions apply. The Mayor may amend the proclamation from time to time, making any modifica- tions in the geographical area to which it applies as he determines to be necessary to maintain the purposes of the prohibition. The Mayor shall by proclamation remove the prohibi- tion when the emergency no longer requires it, or when directed to do so by the City Council.
(C) Any police officer may order any assembly prohibited by a proclamation authorized by this section to disperse.
(D) The failure of any member of an assembly ordered to disperse by a police officer acting under authority of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(E) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
('58 Code, § 10-24.2) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Every person engaged in the business of selling firearms and ammunition or both shall comply with the following rules.
(1) No ammunition shall be displayed on an open counter or in any other place readily accessible to the public.
(2) No ammunition or firearms shall be displayed in windows or display areas when the business is not regularly open.
(3) During any period in which firearms or ammunition or both are unattended, they shall be stored in a place meeting the requirements of regulations promulgated by the City Council under authority of this section, or, if no regulations have been promulgated, in a place difficult for access to unauthorized persons.
(B) The City Council is authorized to promulgate regulations governing the construction, location, and accessibility of storage places for firearms and ammunition required to be used by this section. The Council may adopt any regulations under this authority that in its judgment will reasonably and effectively serve to prevent unauthorized persons from obtaining the stored firearms and ammunition.
(C) The City Council shall take reasonable steps to notify all persons that it can reasonably identify as being affected by these regulations of their requirements. The notification shall sufficiently precede the effective date of the regulations to permit compliance with them. The city shall maintain on file an official copy of the regulations.
(D) Any person failing to comply with any requirements of this section or of any reasonable regulations promulgated under authority of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(E) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
('58 Code, ' 10-24.3) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99