(A) Pursuant to F.S. § 870.042(2) the Town Manager or designee is designated as the town official empowered to declare that a civil disorder or disturbance exists within the boundaries of the town and to exercise the emergency powers conferred in F.S. §§ 870.041 through 870.047. In the absence of the Town Manager or designee, the Mayor shall be the designated town official to exercise the powers to declare that a civil disorder or disturbance exists within the boundaries of the town; in the absence of the Mayor, the Town Marshal shall be the designated town official; or in their absence, the Town Council President shall be the designated town official to exercise the powers to declare that a civil disorder or disturbance exists within the boundaries of the town.
(B) Whenever a civil disorder or disturbance is declared as stated above, the sale of, or offer to sell, with or without consideration, any ammunition or gun or firearm of any size or description shall be prohibited throughout the town; and the intentional display by or in any store or shop of ammunition or gun or firearm of any size or description shall be prohibited throughout the town; and the intentional possession in a public place of a firearm by any person other than a duly authorized law enforcement official or person in military service acting in the official performance of their duty shall be prohibited throughout the town, in accordance with F.S. § 870.044.
(C) Whenever a civil disorder or disturbance is declared as stated above, measures regarding the imposition of curfews, restricting the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages, closing public assemblages, and prohibiting the sale or distribution of gasoline and other flammables, as provided in F.S. § 870.45, may be invoked in whole or in part, with limitations and conditions as may be deemed appropriate.
(D) Upon the declaration of civil disorder or disturbance under this subchapter, a written notice of such declaration shall be posted on the bulletin board at Town Hall, and as promptly as practical, the notice shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and delivered to local news media for publication and radio and television broadcast.
(Ord. 03-2020, passed 5-28-2020)