(a) In an emergency or when the city manager or his or her designee determines that the public safety, or public health, or public morals, or public interest demands such action, any park, square, avenue, grounds or recreational center or any part or portion thereof, may be closed against the public and all persons may be excluded therefrom until the emergency or other reason upon which the determination of the city manager or his or her designee is based has ceased, and upon the cessation thereof the park, square, avenue, grounds or recreation center or part or portion thereof so closed shall again be reopened to the public by order of proper authority.
(b) No person having knowledge of or having been advised of any closure order issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall refuse or fail immediately to remove him or herself from the area or place so closed, and no such person shall enter or remain within any such area or place known by him or her to be so closed, until the area or place has been reopened to the public by order of proper authority. (Ord. 974 § 2, 2021)