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During any fire or public or private disaster and continuing emergency effect thereof, occurring within the City of Flint, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, or for the driver or operator of any motor bus or any pedestrian to disobey any order relating to the control of traffic and the congestion of streets or sidewalks within the area of necessary control of the site of any such fire or major public or private disaster when said order is given by a regular, auxiliary or reserve police officer, or a State police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or authorized military or civilian personnel of the State or Federal government.
(Ord. 1333, passed 6-25-1956)
During a civil defense test or in a civil defense emergency, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, or for the driver or operator of any motor bus or trolley bus or any pedestrian, to disobey any order relating to the control of traffic given by a regular, auxiliary, or reserve police officer, or a State police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or authorized military or civilian personnel of the State or Federal government, or any officer or civil defense worker of any county of the State of Michigan participating or assisting in a civil defense test or emergency involving the City of Flint.
(Ord. 1333, passed 6-25-1956)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, to park, cause to be parked, or allow to remain parked in a vehicle or vehicles during a civil defense test or an emergency involving civil defense in those areas of evacuation where parking has been prohibited by the Division of Traffic Engineering of the Flint Police Department.
(Ord. 1333, passed 6-25-1956)
ARTICLE II. STATE OF EMERGENCY
During times of great public crises, disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar public emergency within this City, or reasonable apprehension of immediate danger thereof, when public safety is imperiled, the Mayor may, and is hereby authorized to, after consultation with the Mayor, the Chief Legal Officer, the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief, or their designated representatives, or those of said officials who are then reasonably available, and any other Department Head deemed necessary to the consultation by the Mayor, proclaim a state of emergency and designate the area or areas involved.
(Ord. 2214, passed 5-11-1970)
The determination that a state of emergency exists shall be made in writing by the Mayor and shall be supported by written reports from the heads of those City departments directly responsible for bringing the emergency under control. The reports shall set out in detail the exact nature of the crisis, disaster, rioting, catastrophe or other public emergency and shall indicate a need for emergency measures. Such written determination and supporting reports shall be filed with the City Clerk within a reasonable time after the state of emergency has been declared and shall be public records.
(Ord. 2214, passed 5-11-1970)
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