Whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor or Acting Mayor, a state of civil emergency exists as a result of mob action, riots, general civil disobedience or disorder, or the threat of the same exists, the Mayor or Acting Mayor shall, in addition to all other powers granted to him by the laws of this State and the Charter and ordinances of the City, be empowered, in order to suppress such actions and preserve the peace and order of the City and to protect its citizens and their property, to issue a proclamation declaring a state of civil emergency to exist and may thereby exercise the powers granted in the following subsections:
(a) To impose a curfew upon all or any portion of the City as designated therein as he may deem advisable during such hours of the day or night as he determines necessary in the interest of public safety and welfare. During such curfew hours, all persons shall remove themselves to their places of residence and remain off and away from the public streets, sidewalks, parkways, parks and all other public or open places, and no persons shall assemble, gather, loiter, or otherwise congregate in any manner in groups, assemblies, or meetings in any place for any purpose whatsoever. However, persons performing medical services, essential public utility services, public officials, policemen, firemen and all other persons explicitly enumerated in such proclamation may be exempted from the curfew;
(b) To order the closing of any and all business establishments throughout the City or any portion thereof during the period for which the state of emergency exists or during the curfew hours;
(c) To order discontinuance of selling, transporting, distributing, dispensing or giving away any firearms or other weapons of any character whatsoever;
(d) To order the closing of any or all establishments or portions thereof, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution, transporting, dispensing or giving away of firearms or ammunition or other weapons of any character whatsoever;
(e) To order the prohibition of selling, offering for sale and transportation of ammunition, dynamite and other dangerous explosives, incendiary devices and any necessary ingredient thereof.
(f) To order the closing of all retail and wholesale liquor stores, taverns and other places dispensing, serving or permitting the consumption of intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer.
(g) To order the discontinuance of the sale, distribution or giving away of intoxicating or nonintoxicating liquors;
(h) To order the closing of all private clubs or portions thereof wherein the consumption of intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer is permitted;
(i) To order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away gasoline or other flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixedto a motor vehicle;
(j) To order the closing of gasoline stations and other establishments, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution or dispensing of gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products;
(k) To designate any public place, public street, thoroughfare, boulevard, parking area and any other place closed to motor vehicles, persons and pedestrian traffic;
(l) To order all regular, special and auxiliary policemen, firemen and other conservators of the peace to report for duty assignment, such reporting to be in accordance with prearranged plans or under the direction of lawful authority;
(m) To issue reasonable regulations to suppress such riot or insurrection or to protect person or property from harm by reason of such riot or insurrection;
(n) To call upon the National Guard and/or State Highway Patrol for assistance. (Ord. 68-197. Passed 11-19-68.)