(A) A local Emergency may be declared only by the Mayor or their legal successor. It shall not be continued for a period in excess of three days except by or with the consent of the Council. Any order, or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local Emergency shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk-Administrator
(B) A declaration of a local Emergency shall invoke necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or inter-jurisdictional Disaster plans and may authorize aid and assistance thereunder.
(C) No jurisdictional agency or official may declare a local Emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an inter-jurisdictional Disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions.
Penalty, see § 33.99