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All officers and employees of this city, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during an emergency, and all groups, organizations, and persons who may by agreement or operation of law, including persons impressed into service under the provisions of Section 2.60.020(A)(6)(c) of this chapter, be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this city during such emergency, shall constitute the emergency organization of the city.
(Ord. 39 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.40.040)
The city disaster council shall be responsible for the development of the city Emergency Plan, which plan shall provide for the effective mobilization of all of the resources of this city, both public and private, to meet any condition constituting a local emergency, state of emergency, or state of war emergency; and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services, and staff of the emergency organization. Such plan shall take effect upon adoption by resolution of the city council.
(Ord. 39 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.40.045)
Any expenditures made in connection with emergency activities, including mutual aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the city as provided by Section 53021 of the Government Code.
(Ord. 39 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.40.050)
It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or both, for any person, during an emergency, to:
A. Wilfully obstruct, hinder, or delay any member of the emergency organization in the enforcement of any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, or in the performance of any duty imposed upon him or her by virtue of this chapter.
B. Do any act forbidden by any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this ordinance, if such act is of such a nature as to give or be likely to give assistance to the enemy or to imperil the lives or property of inhabitants of this city, or to prevent, hinder, or delay the defense or protection thereof.
C. Wear, carry, or display, without authority, any means of identification specified by the emergency agency of the state. (Ord. 39 § 1 (part), 1992: Ord. 3 § 1 (part), 1991: prior code § 2.40.055)