(A) The Mayor, upon certification by the City Manager, is hereby empowered to declare a State of Local Emergency in the event of an affray, riot, rout, or unlawful assembly, or the imminent threat thereof. A certification of emergency conditions by the City Manager to the Mayor may be verbal, but each verbal certification shall be confirmed in writing within twenty-four (24) hours following an emergency declaration.
(B) In the absence of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, the City Manager, or the Chief of Police, in that order, is designated to declare a State of Local Emergency pursuant hereto.
(Ord. 2003-11, passed 3-20-03)