(A) In the event of an existing or threatened state of emergency endangering the lives, safety, health and welfare the people within the town, or threatening damage to or destruction of property, the Mayor of the town 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 more effectively to protect the lives, safety, and property of the people within the town, to define and impose a curfew applicable to all persons within the jurisdiction of the town.
(B) The Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to limit the application of such a curfew to any area specifically designated and described within the corporate limits of the town and to specific hours of the day or night; and to exempt from the curfew police officers, firefighters, doctors, nurses, and such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and welfare needs of the people within the town.
(C) The Mayor shall proclaim the end of such state and curfew as soon as circumstances warrant or when directed to do so by the Board of Commissioners of the town.
(Prior Code, § 7-1)