(a) Intent and Purpose of Section. It is the intent and purpose of this section to authorize a proclamation of a state of emergency, to prescribe the President's powers and duties with respect thereto and to prescribe penalties for violations of orders, rules and regulations.
(b) Proclamation of State of Emergency; Designation of Affected Area. During times of great public crisis when the public health or safety is imperiled because of disaster, rioting or other similar public catastrophe, or where there is reasonable apprehension of danger to the public health or safety therefrom, the Village President may proclaim a state of emergency and designate the area within the Village involved.
(c) Promulgation of Orders, Rules and Regulations. Following such proclamation, the Village President may promulgate such reasonable orders, rules and regulations as he or she deems necessary to protect life and property or to bring the emergency situation within the affected area under control. Said orders, rules and regulations may provide for the control of traffic; the designation of specific zones within the area in which the occupancy and use of buildings and egress and ingress of persons and vehicles may be prohibited or regulated; the control of places of amusement and assembly and of persons on public streets and thoroughfares; the establishment of a curfew; the control of the sale, transportation and use of alcoholic beverages and liquors; and the control of the sale, carrying and use of firearms or other dangerous weapons, ammunition, explosives and inflammable materials or liquids deemed to be dangerous to the public safety. The Village President may also issue other orders, rules and regulations, without being limited by the foregoing.
(d) Effective Date of Orders, Rules and Regulations. Such orders, rules and regulations shall be effective from the date and in the manner therein prescribed and shall be made public as provided therein. Such orders, rules and regulations may be amended, modified or rescinded in like manner from time to time by the Village President during the pendency of the emergency, but shall cease to be in effect upon declaration by the Village President that the emergency no longer exists.
(e) Violation of Orders, Rules and Regulations. No person shall violate or fail to comply with any order, rule or regulation promulgated under authority of this chapter.
(f) Absence of Village President. In the absence of the Village President or in the event of his or her disability, the Village President Pro Tem shall have the power and authority herein given the Village President, and if neither the Village President nor the Village President Pro Tem is able or available to exercise such power and authority, then the Village Council, either at a regular or special meeting, shall have such power and authority.
(Ord. 108. Passed 11-9-70.)