CHAPTER 15
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND RESPONSE
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND RESPONSE
SECTION:
12-15-1: Purpose
12-15-2: Definitions
12-15-3: Local Emergency; Proclamation
12-15-4: Mayor's Powers During Local Emergency
12-15-5: Penalty For Violation Of Emergency Proclamation, Rule Or Order
12-15-6: Emergency Program Manager; Duties
12-15-7: Emergency Operations Plan
12-15-8: Additional Duties Of The Emergency Program Manager
12-15-9: Emergency Procurements
12-15-10: Emergency Interim Succession To City Offices
12-15-11: Declaring Emergency Seat Of Government
12-15-12: Official Acts At Emergency Seat Of Government; Validity
This chapter is enacted to set out and clarify the authority of the city and its officers and employees with regard to emergency and disaster situations. It is intended to grant as broad a power as permitted by statutory and constitutional authority.
(Ord. 2001-65, 11-20-2001, eff. 12-9-2001)
The following terms shall have the following meanings:
ABSENT: Not physically present or not able to be communicated with for twelve (12) hours. "Absent" does not include a person who can be communicated with via telephone, radio, or telecommunications.
ATTACK: A nuclear, conventional, biological, or chemical warfare action against the United States of America or this state.
CITY OFFICER: The elected and appointed officers of the city, including the members of the city council, council chair, council vice chair, mayor, chief administrative officer, fire chief, police chief, city attorney, and department directors. It shall also include those officers of the city vested by statute or ordinance with certain powers and duties that may be required in the event of an emergency, including, but not limited to, the city recorder, the city treasurer, the city engineer, the finance officer, the purchasing agent, and the building official.
DISASTER: A situation causing, or threatening to cause, widespread damage, social disruption, or injury or loss of life or property resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomenon, or technological hazard.
EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSOR: A person designated under this chapter to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a city office when the person legally exercising the powers and duties of such office is unavailable.
INTERNAL DISTURBANCE: A riot, prison break, disruptive terrorism, or strike.
NATURAL PHENOMENON: Any earthquake, tornado, storm, flood, landslide, avalanche, forest or range fire, drought, epidemic, or other catastrophic event.
PLACE OF GOVERNANCE: The physical location where the powers of an office are being exercised.
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT: The Ogden City municipal building.
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARD: Any hazardous materials accident, mine accident, train derailment, air crash, radiation incident, pollution, structural fire, or explosion.
UNAVAILABLE: Absent from the place of governance during a disaster that seriously disrupts normal governmental operations, whether or not that absence or inability would give rise to a vacancy under existing constitutional or statutory provisions.
(Ord. 2001-65, 11-20-2001, eff. 12-9-2001)
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