§ 30.049 POSTING OF NOTICE AND OWNER’S, OPERATOR’S, AND EMPLOYEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES.

   (A)   The owner or operator of a health care facility shall post a conspicuous sign at each entrance to the facility advising persons that smoking is prohibited and shall advise all employees working at the facility that no smoking is allowed on the premises and of their duties as specified above.

   (B)   There shall be posted at each entrance to a public facility a conspicuous sign advising persons that smoking is prohibited.

   (C)   An owner, operator, or employee of an establishment or a portion of a restaurant, wherein smoking is prohibited shall be required to orally inform persons violating this subchapter (violators) of the provisions thereof.  The duty to inform the violator shall arise when the owner, operator or employee of an establishment becomes aware of the violation.  If the violator continues to violate this subchapter after requested to cease smoking in a prohibited area, it shall then become the responsibility of the owner, operator, or employee to immediately notify the town Police Department and to file a complaint against the violator within ten days of the incident in the Municipal Court.  Any such owner, operator, or employee who knowingly violates the provisions of this subchapter when the duty arises as described in this section shall be subject to the penalties provided for herein.

(Ord. 250, passed 6-12-2003)

§ 30.050 UNLAWFUL ACTS.

   A person commits an offense if he or she:

   (A)   Knowingly, intentionally, or by criminal negligence smokes in an area designated as nonsmoking by an owner or occupier or where prohibited as provided herein;

   (B)   Knowingly, intentionally, or by criminal negligence fails to post a nonsmoking area sign as required by this subchapter;

   (C)   Knowingly, intentionally, or by criminal negligence fails to inform any person to discontinue smoking when the duty to inform arises as set forth in § 30.049; and/or

   (D)   Knowingly, intentionally, or by criminal negligence destroys or defaces a sign posted as required by this chapter.

(Ord. 250, passed 6-12-2003)  Penalty, see § 30.999

§ 30.051 PUBLICATION.

   The Town Secretary is hereby directed and authorized to cause publication of this subchapter as allowed by law.

(Ord. 250, passed 6-12-2003)

§ 30.052 EFFECTIVE DATE.

   This subchapter shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication as required by law and it is so ordained.

(Ord. 250, passed 6-12-2003)

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

§ 30.065 ORGANIZATION.

   (A)   There exists the Office of Emergency Management Director of the Town of Lakeside, which shall be held by the Mayor in accordance with state law.

   (B)   An Emergency Management Coordinator may be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Director.

   (C)   The Director shall be responsible for a program of comprehensive emergency management within the town and for carrying out the duties and responsibilities set forth in this subchapter.  He or she may delegate authority for execution of these duties to the Coordinator, but ultimate responsibility for the execution shall remain with the Director.

   (D)   The operational emergency management organization of the Town of Lakeside shall consist of the officers and employees of the town so designated by the Director in the emergency management plan, as well as organized volunteer groups.  The functions and duties of this organization shall be distributed among the officers and employees in accordance with the terms of the emergency management plan.

(Ord. 115, passed 8-13-1987)

§ 30.066 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR; POWERS AND DUTIES.

   The duties and responsibilities of the Emergency Management Director shall include the following:

   (A)   Conduct an on-going survey of actual or potential hazards which threaten life and property within the town and an ongoing program of identifying and requiring or recommending the implementation of measures which would tend to prevent the occurrence or reduce the impact of the hazards if a disaster did occur;

   (B)   Supervision of the development and approval of an emergency management plan for the Town of  Lakeside, and shall recommend for adoption by the City Council all mutual aid arrangements deemed necessary for the implementation of the plan;

   (C)   Authority to declare a local state of disaster.  The declaration may not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of seven days except by or with the consent of the City Council.  Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local state of disaster shall be given prompt and general publication and shall be filed promptly with the Town Secretary;

   (D)   Issuance of necessary proclamations, regulations, or directives which are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.  The proclamations, regulations, or directives shall be disseminated promptly by means calculated to bring its contents to the attention of the general public and, unless circumstances attendant on the disaster prevent or impede, promptly filed with the Town Secretary;

   (E)   Direction and control of the operations of the Lakeside emergency management organization as well as the training of emergency management personnel;

   (F)   Determination of all questions of authority and responsibility that may arise within the emergency Management organization of the town;

   (G)   Maintenance of liaison with other municipal, county, district, state, regional, or federal emergency management organizations;

   (H)   Marshaling of all necessary personnel, equipment, or supplies from any department of the town to aid in the carrying out of the provisions of the emergency management plan;

   (I)   Supervision of the drafting and execution of mutual aid agreements, in cooperation with the representatives of the state and of other local political subdivisions of the state, and the drafting and execution, if deemed desirable, of an agreement with the county in which the town is located and with other municipalities within the county, for the county-wide coordination of emergency management efforts;

   (J)   Supervision of, and final authorization for, the procurement of all necessary supplies and equipment, including acceptance of private contributions which may be offered for the purpose of improving emergency management within the town;

   (K)   Authorizing of agreements, after approval by the Town Attorney, for use of private property for public shelter and other purposes;

   (L)   Survey of the availability of existing personnel, equipment, supplies, and services which could be used during a disaster, as provided for herein; and

   (M)   Other requirements as specified in the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 (Tex. Gov’t Code, §§ 418.001 et seq.).

(Ord. 115, passed 8-13-1987)