(A) A local emergency may be declared only by the Mayor, or his or her legal successor. It shall not be continued for a period in excess of three days, except by or with the consent of the Council. Any order, or proclamation declaring, continuing or terminating a local emergency, shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer.
(B) A declaration of a local emergency shall invoke necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or inter-jurisdictional disaster plans and may authorize aid and assistance thereunder.
(C) No jurisdictional agency or official may declare a local emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an inter-jurisdictional disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions.
(Prior Code, § 303.05)