507.01 Definitions.
507.02 Authority of Mayor.
507.03 Proclamation.
507.04 Termination.
507.05 Effect of other laws; habeas corpus.
507.06 Action by Council.
507.07 Obedience to enforcement officers.
507.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Appointment of additional safety personnel - see Ohio R.C. 737.10
Power to suppress disorder and keep peace - see Ohio R.C. 1905.20
Use of force to suppress riot - see Ohio R.C. 2917.05
Cordoning off riot areas, prohibiting sales of firearms and explosives - see Ohio R.C. 3761.16
Emergency suspension of permits and sales by Director of Liquor Control - see Ohio R.C. 4301.251
Criminal trespass - see GEN. OFF. 541.05
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Civil emergency" means:
(1) A riot or any civil disturbance, disorder or other occurrence that constitutes a clear and present danger to the health, safety and property of the residents of the Municipality, or substantially impairs the functioning of the Municipal government and its ability to protect the lives and property of the people; or
(2) Any natural disaster or man-made calamity, or clear and present danger thereof, including, but not limited to, flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the Municipality resulting in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public peace, health, safety or welfare.
(b) "Curfew" means a prohibition against any person or persons walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the Municipality, excepting persons officially designated to perform duties with reference to such civil emergency.
(a) Whenever the Mayor determines that a civil emergency exists, he shall have power to impose by proclamation any or all of the following regulations necessary to preserve or restore peace and order in the Municipality:
(1) Prohibiting or limiting the number of persons who may gather or congregate upon the public streets, highways or sidewalks or any outdoor place, or in any theater, restaurant, place of public assembly or commercial establishment to which the public has access;
(2) Restricting or prohibiting movement within, above or beneath any area which in his judgment is imperiled by the civil emergency;
(3) Establishing a curfew during such hours of the day or night as he deems advisable and prohibiting persons from being out of doors during such curfew;
(4) Prohibiting or restricting the retail sale, distribution or giving away of gasoline or other flammable liquid or any other flammable or combustible product in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle;
(5) Ordering the closing of gasoline stations and other establishments engaged in the retail sale, distribution or dispensing or giving away of flammable liquid or any other flammable or combustible product;
(6) Prohibiting or restricting the sale, distribution, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever;
(7) Ordering the closing of any and all establishments or portions thereof engaged in the sale, distribution, dispensing or giving away of firearms and/or ammunition;
(8) Prohibiting or restricting the carrying or possession on the public streets or side- walks or in any public park or square or any other public place a weapon or any object intended to be used as a weapon, including, but not limited to, firearms, bows and arrows, air rifles, sling shots, knives, razors, broken bottles, firebombs, missiles of any kind, clubs, blackjacks, billies, chains or similar items;
(9) Prohibiting or restricting the retail sale, distribution, dispensing or giving away of acids, caustics or any chemicals or other substances capable of being used singly or in combination to cause injury or damage to persons or property;
(10) Calling upon regular and auxiliary law enforcement agencies and organizations within or without the Municipality to assist in preserving and keeping the peace within the Municipality;
(11) Prohibiting the sale of beer, wine and intoxicating liquor;
(12) Designating any public place, public street, thoroughfare, boulevard, parking area and any other place closed to motor vehicles, persons and pedestrian traffic;
(b) The Mayor shall also have power to impose by proclamation such other regulations which are similar to those set forth in divisions (a)(1) through (12) of this section as he deems necessary to preserve or restore peace and order.
When the Mayor determines that a civil emergency exists, he shall forthwith proclaim in writing the existence of the same and the time of its inception, and he shall issue a proclamation thereof to the public through the news media and such other means of dissemination as he deems advisable.
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