(A) The Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners of the county by proclamation may impose the prohibitions and restrictions specified in §§ 30.32 through 30.37 in the manner described in those sections. The Chairperson may impose as many of those specified prohibitions and restrictions necessary, because of the declared emergency, to maintain an acceptable level of public order and services and to protect lives, safety, and property. The Chairperson shall recite the findings underlying their decision in the declaration.
(B) The declaration shall be in writing. For purposes of this subchapter, and when circumstances do not permit the issuance of a traditional document, an electronic document such as email, or a pdf bearing an electronic signature shall constitute a writing. The Chairperson shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the declaration to those affected by it and shall post a copy of it in the county courthouse, with the Clerk to the Board, and on the county's website. The Chairperson shall send reports of the substance of the declaration to the mass communications media which serve the affected area. The Chairperson shall retain a text of the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of it.
(C) The Chairperson is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the declaration the application of all or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically designated or described within the county and to specific hours of the day or night and to exempt from all or any part of such restrictions, classes of people whose exemption the Chairperson finds necessary for the preservation of the public order, public health, safety, or welfare needs of people within the county while they are acting within the scope of their official duties, or are acting under the direction of emergency response/recovery force personnel. Those exempt from restrictions may include, but not be limited to, firefighters, law enforcement personnel, EMS personnel, doctors, nurses, military personnel, public utility employees, public transportation employees, and newspaper, radio and television employees. The declaration shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted.
(Ord. passed 5-3-21)