(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Civil emergency" means:
A. A tumult, riot, mob or body of people acting together with the intent to commit or facilitate the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor, to do or offer violence to person or property or, by force and violence, to break or resist the law.
B. Any natural disaster or man-made calamity, including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, blizzard, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the City, which results in the death or injury of any person or the destruction of property, or which substantially impairs the functioning of the City government to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
(2) "Curfew" means a prohibition against any person walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the City, except persons officially designated to duty with reference to such civil emergency.
(b) Proclamation of civil emergency. When there is, in the opinion of the Mayor, a civil emergency, or a reasonable apprehension thereof, he is hereby authorized and directed to forthwith proclaim in writing the existence of such civil emergency and shall publish such proclamation by use of the newspapers and radio and television facilities of the City to the residents of the City.
(c) Authority to order curfew. When a state of emergency has been proclaimed, as provided in division (d) of this section, the Mayor may order, in addition to any other provisions of this chapter or of State law, a general curfew applicable to such geographic areas of the City, or to the City as a whole, and applicable to such age groups as the Mayor may specify, as he deems advisable and necessary, during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary in the interests of the public safety and welfare.
(Ord. 232-68. Passed 9-12-68.)
(d) Authority to prohibit weapons.
(1) When a state of civil emergency has been proclaimed, as provided in division (b) of this section, the Mayor may order that no person shall carry on or about his person a pistol, rifle, shotgun, knife having a blade two and one-half inches in length or longer, knuckles, a billy club or other dangerous weapon.
(2) Such order shall be applicable to such geographic areas of the City, or to the City as a whole, as the Mayor may specify, as he deems advisable and necessary, during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary in the interests of the public safety and welfare.
(Ord. 244-69. Passed 8-1-69.)
(e) Compliance with police orders.
(1) No person shall fail to obey any executive order issued pursuant to divisions (b) through (d) of this section and no person shall fail to obey the lawful order of any police officer or militiaman or other authorized person. No person shall in any way purposely or knowingly interfere with any person in the protection or preservation of life or property during the existence of a state of emergency as proclaimed according to the provisions of division (b) of this section.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any news media representative with proper identification in the legitimate exercise of his or her duties.
(Ord. 245-69. Passed 8-1-69.)