(A) If an existing or threatened state of emergency endangers the lives, safety, health and welfare or threatens damages to or destruction of property, the Mayor, or in his or her absence, the Mayor Pro Tempore, is hereby authorized and empowered under G.S.§ 166A-19.31 to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such state of emergency and, in order to more effectively protect the lives and property of people within the city, to place in effect the restrictions authorized by this chapter.
(B) The proclamation shall be in writing. The Mayor or, in his or her absence, the Mayor Pro Tempore shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it and shall post a copy of it in the City Hall. The Mayor shall send reports of the substance of the proclamation to the mass communication media which serves the affected area. The Mayor shall retain a text of the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of it.
(2005 Code, § 22-2) (Ord. passed 6-6-1988)