(A) A proclamation of a state of emergency shall activate any local civil preparedness plan and shall authorize the town to seek assistance from the county, state and federal governments in accordance with the provisions of G.S. Ch. 166A.
(B) The Mayor is authorized in the proclamation to impose a curfew applicable to all persons within the area described in the proclamation. The curfew may be made effective during all or any portion of any day during the state of emergency. During the curfew, no person may, within the area affected by the curfew:
(1) Possess off his or her own premises, buy, sell, give away or otherwise transfer or dispose of any explosives, firearms ammunition or dangerous weapon of any kind;
(2) Sell beer, wines or intoxicating beverages of any kind or possess or consume the same off his or her own premises;
(3) Sell gasoline or any similar petroleum products except when pumped or piped directly into the tank of a motor vehicle; or
(4) Travel upon any public street or highway or upon public property unless the person is in search of medical assistance, food or other commodity or service necessary to sustain the well-being of himself or herself or his or her family or some member thereof or unless the person is engaged in the performance of some function necessary to preserve the public health or safety, such as police and fire officers, other emergency service personnel, utility employees, doctors and nurses and the like.
(1981 Code, § 9-5) Penalty, see § 34.99