As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the words and terms used in this Chapter have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the State Act and/or in the Illinois Emergency Interim Executive Session Act (5 ILCS 275), provided, however, whenever any of the following terms are used in this Chapter, they shall have the meaning indicated.
ATTACK: | Any attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or processes. |
CURFEW: | Curfew shall mean that period of time during which any person or persons are prohibited from being present at or upon any public assembly, including but not limited to any public building, place, street, highway, right-of-way, and/or waterway, including the prohibition of any vehicle movement, with the exception of fire, police, hospital services, utilities vehicles and physicians on emergency cases and/or any officials of any governmental unit and persons officially designated to duty with reference to a state of emergency duly declared by written executive order pursuant to this Chapter. |
DISASTER: | An occurrence or threat of catastrophic and widespread injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, outbreak of disease, epidemic, pandemic, and explosion. |
EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSOR: | A person designated pursuant to this Section, in the event the officer is unavailable, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by the applicable statutes and/or Village ordinances or until the lawful incumbent is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office. |
HIGH-RISK GATHERING: | Groups of over ten (10) persons which include one (1) or more members of high-risk populations, but this shall not include or prohibit a gathering of a single household or living unit. |
LARGE GROUP GATHERING: | Planned or spontaneous events or groups of persons with more than two hundred fifty (250) people in attendance. |
MASS GATHERING: | Planned or spontaneous events or groups of persons with one thousand (1,000) or more people in attendance. |
OFFICE: | Includes all Village offices, the powers and duties of which are defined by the applicable statutes and/or Village ordinances. |
SMALL GROUP GATHERING: | Planned or spontaneous event(s) or groups of persons with fifty (50) or more people in attendance. |
STATE OF EMERGENCY: | State of emergency shall mean circumstances requiring immediate action as duly declared by written executive order of the Governor or Mayor due to an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, where extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare from injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or technological cause, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, hazardous material spill or water contamination requiring emergency action to avert danger or damage, outbreak of disease, epidemic and/or pandemic of infectious or communicable disease, air contamination, blight, extended periods of inclement weather, drought, infestation, critical shortages of essential fuels and energy, explosion, riot or hostile enemy, military or paramilitary action. |
UNAVAILABLE: | Either a vacancy in office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, or the lawful incumbent of the office (including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of an office because of a vacancy) and his duly-authorized deputy are absent or unable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. (Ord. 2020-03-02, 3-25-2020) |