(A) Whenever a state of emergency has been declared to exist within incorporated city, the City Council is empowered to order and enforce the measures listed herein below.
(B) However, if circumstances prohibit the timely action of the City Council, the Mayor may order emergency measures provided that approval from a majority of the Board of County Commissioners is sought and obtained at the first available opportunity, or the Mayor’s order will become null and void.
(C) Such emergency measures may include, but not be limited to:
(1) Establish a curfew for the area designated as an emergency area which fixes the hours during which all persons other than officially authorized personnel may be upon the public streets or other public places;
(2) Prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather or congregate upon any public street, public place or any outdoor place within the area designated as an emergency area;
(3) Barricade streets and roads, as well as access points onto streets and roads, and prohibit vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or restrict or regulate the same in any reasonable manner in the area designated as an emergency area for such distance or degree of regulation as may be deemed necessary under the circumstances;
(4) Evacuate persons from the area designated as an emergency area;
(5) Close taverns or bars and prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages throughout city, or a portion thereof;
(6) Commit to mutual aid agreements;
(7) Suspend standard competitive bidding procedures to obtain necessary goods, services and/or equipment;
(8) Redirect funds for emergency use;
(9) Order the suspension of the collection of tolls or fees on any road or bridge in the city; and
(10) Order such other measures as are found to be immediately necessary for the protection of life, the environment and property.
(Ord. 362, passed 11-24-2003) Penalty, see § 33.99