Proclamations issued under the terms of this subchapter shall be in essentially the following forms.
(A) Imposition.
PROCLAMATION |
WHEREAS , the Edenton Town Council of the Town of Edenton, North Carolina, has duly adopted an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to impose various restrictions after he or she determines that such restrictions are necessary as a response to an emergency,
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NOW THEREFORE I, , Mayor of the Town of Edenton, North Carolina, proclaim that: |
I. An emergency exists, and restrictions set forth in this proclamation are necessary in order to maintain an acceptable level of public order, services and protection of lives, safety and property during this emergency.
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II. I proclaim the following restrictions:
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A. Possession, consumption and transfer of intoxicating liquor |
1. No person shall possess or consume any intoxicating liquor, including beer and wine, other than on his or her premises.
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2. No person shall sell, purchase, transport or otherwise transfer any intoxicating liquor, including beer and wine.
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B. Curfew |
1. No person not exempted by this proclamation shall appear in public in the geographic area described in this proclamation between the hours of P.M. and midnight or between the hours of midnight and A.M. of any day until I remove this curfew by proclamation. |
2. This curfew shall apply to the area bounded by |
3. I find it necessary to the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare to exempt from these curfew restrictions the following classes of people in the circumstances indicated:
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(a) (Those whose appearance is essential in order to obtain or furnish a service or commodity which is immediately necessary to sustain the health of well-being of themselves or of someone within a curfew area.)
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(b) (Those whose appearance necessarily occurs in the process of leaving a place at which they were temporarily engaged and from which they could not reasonably have planned their departure so as to avoid appearing during the period which the curfew was applicable.)
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(c) . . .
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(d) . . .
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C. Possession and transfer of dangerous weapons or substances |
1. No person shall possess any dangerous weapons or substances unless they remain in a place of storage on his or her premises or, if they cannot be readily stored on his or her premises, unless they remain in a customary place of storage not readily available to the possessor. No person may transport or sell or otherwise transfer any guns, rifles, ammunition, dynamite and any or all dangerous weapons or substances.
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2. I find it necessary to the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare to exempt from these restrictions the following classes of people in the circumstances indicated:
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may possess when . |
Anyone may possess gasoline when the gasoline is in the tank of a car in his or her possession.
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may transfer when . |
D. Access to restricted areas |
1. I direct the Chief of Police and his or her subordinates to restrict or deny access to any area, location or street where such a restriction is necessary in order to help overcome this emergency or to prevent the emergency from worsening. These restrictions on access shall be indicated by means of barricades, posted notices or orders to anyone in the area.
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2. No person shall obtain access or attempt to obtain access to any area, location, or street to which the Chief of Police and his or her subordinates have restricted access according to the directions I have just given to them.
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III. Anyone violating any restriction imposed by this proclamation or under its authority is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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IV. This proclamation shall take effect immediately.
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Mayor
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(seal of the city)
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(B) Removal.
WHEREAS, the Edentown Town Council of the Town of Edenton, North Carolina, has duly adopted an ordinance requiring the Mayor to remove by proclamation the various restrictions proclaimed because of emergency as the emergency no longer requires them or when directed to do so by the Town Council, |
WHEREAS, the emergency no longer requires the imposition of such restrictions. The Town Council has directed me to remove the restrictions identified in this proclamation. |
NOW THEREFORE I, , Mayor of the Town of Edenton, North Carolina, proclaim that the restrictions on established in Part (s) II . . . of my proclamation of (date of proclamation) , as it may have been amended, are removed. |
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Mayor |
(seal of the city) |
(Prior Code, § 9-11)