§ 34.04 CURFEW AUTHORIZED.

   The Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the proclamation set out in § 34.03 the application of all or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically designated or described within the corporate limits and to specific hours of the day or night and to exempt from all or any part of such restrictions law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees, doctors, nurses, employees of hospitals, and other medical facilities, on-duty military personnel, whether state or federal; on duty employees of public utilities, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting corporations operated for profit; and such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and welfare needs of the people.

(2013 Code, § 6-4)

§ 34.05 TERMINATION.

   The Mayor shall proclaim the end of such state of emergency or all or any part of the restrictions imposed as soon as circumstances warrant or when directed to do so by the governing body.

(2013 Code, § 6-5)

§ 34.06 RESTRICTIONS.

   During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency, the Mayor may impose by proclamation any or all of the following restrictions:

   (A)   Prohibit or regulate the possession of explosives, firearms, ammunition, or dangerous weapons of any kind, and prohibit the purchase, sale, transfer, or other disposition thereof;

   (B)   Prohibit or regulate the buying or selling of beer, wine, or intoxicating beverages of any kind, and their possession or consumption off one’s own premises;

   (C)   Prohibit or regulate any demonstration, parade, march, vigil, or participation therein taking place on any of the public ways or upon any public property;

   (D)   Prohibit or regulate the sale of gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, or any other explosive or inflammable fluids or substances;

   (E)   Prohibit or regulate travel upon any public street, alley, or roadway, or upon any other public property, except by those in search of medical assistance, or other commodity or service necessary to sustain the well-being of themselves or their families; or

   (F)   Prohibit or regulate the participation in, or carrying on of any business activity, and prohibit or regulate the keeping open of places of business, places of entertainment, and any other places of public assembly.

   (G)   Pursuant to G.S. § 14-4, any person found guilty of violating the above restrictions during a declared state of emergency shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and fined $500.

(2013 Code, § 6-6) (Ord. 2022-04, passed 10-11-2022)

Cross-reference:

   Alcoholic Beverages, see Ch. 110

   Town Offenses, see Ch. 130

§ 34.07 EXTENSION, ALTERATION, OR REPEAL.

   Any proclamation may be extended, altered, or repealed, in part or in whole, during the continued or threatened existence of a state of emergency by the issuance of a subsequent proclamation.

(2013 Code, § 6-7)

§ 34.08 VIOLATION OF RESTRICTIONS.

   During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of any restriction imposed by any proclamation authorized by this chapter.

(2013 Code, § 6-8) Penalty, see § 34.99