(A) The Mayor or the Village Council shall have the authority to determine and proclaim the existence of a state of emergency and to impose any of the prohibitions and restrictions allowed under the N.C. Emergency Management Act, including the following prohibitions and restrictions or such other prohibitions and restrictions that may be allowed under the N.C. Emergency Management Act, as amended from time to time:
(1) Of movements of people in public places, including any of the following:
(a) Imposing a curfew;
(b) Directing and compelling the voluntary or mandatory evacuation of all or part of the population from any stricken or threatened area within the governing body’s jurisdiction;
(c) Prescribing routes, modes of transportation, and destinations in connection with evacuation;
(d) Controlling ingress and egress of an emergency area, and the movement of persons within that area; or
(e) Providing for the closure, within the emergency area, of streets, roads, highways, bridges, public vehicular areas, or other areas ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except to the movement of emergency responders and other persons necessary for recovery from the emergency;
(2) Of the operation of offices, business establishments, and other places to or from which people may travel or at which they may congregate;
(3) Upon the possession, transportation, sale, purchase, and consumption of alcoholic beverages;
(4) Upon the possession, transportation, sale, purchase, storage, and use of gasoline, and dangerous weapons and substances, except lawfully possessed firearms or ammunition; and
(5) Upon other activities or conditions, the control of which may be reasonably necessary to maintain order and protect lives or property during the state of emergency.
(B) Upon the Mayor’s declaration of a state of emergency, an emergency meeting of the Council shall automatically be called and proper notice given.
(C) If any person shall violate any curfew or prohibition imposed under this section, he or she shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $500, subject to the provisions in G.S. § 14-4.
(Ord. 2003-07, passed 5-27-03; Am. Ord. 2020-01, passed 5-26-20; Am. Ord. 2022-03, passed 4-25-22)