(A) A state of emergency shall be deemed to exist whenever there is a disaster, which shall include an occurrence, or imminent threat, of widespread, or severe, damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural, or human-made, accidental, military, or paramilitary cause.
(B) In the event of an existing or threatened state of emergency endangering the lives, safety, health, and welfare of the people within the town, or threatening damage to, or destruction of, property, the Mayor is hereby authorized, and empowered, to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such a state of emergency, and, in order to more effectively protect the lives, safety, and property of people within the town, to place in effect any, or all, of the restrictions authorized by this chapter.
(C) Any proclamation may be extended, altered, or repealed in any particular during the continued, or threatened, existence of a state of emergency by the issuance of a subsequent proclamation.
(D) During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of any restriction imposed by any proclamation authorized by this chapter, and such violation shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(Code 1976, § 2.26(a), (b), (10), (g)) Penalty, see § 1-111
Cross-reference:
Town Council, §§ 2-201 et seq.