(A) The Mayor of the city may declare an energy emergency.
(1) The declaration must be based on and contain information received from energy suppliers, including, but not limited to, heating fuel suppliers, electricity suppliers, transportation fuel suppliers and other utility services.
(2) The declaration must be ratified by the Board of Commissioners within 48 hours.
(B) The energy emergency declaration may impose restrictions on the use of energy in business operations, the use of energy in industrial operations, and on the use of energy in personal residences. Those restrictions include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Limiting the hours of operation of business and industry.
(2) Limiting the use of lights by business and industry.
(3) Establishing the thermostat setting in business and industry.
(4) Establishing the thermostat setting in personal residences.
(5) Establishing priorities in businesses, industry and in personal residences for the use of any and all energy sources.
(C) The energy emergency declaration imposing restrictions on businesses or personal residences must request voluntary compliance with its terms.
(D) Should the energy emergency declaration not be voluntarily complied with immediately, an order will be issued directing compliance within 12 hours. This order shall be served upon the person who has not voluntarily complied with the energy emergency declaration restrictions. Should the order then not be complied with, the energy supplier will discontinue energy service to the person to whom the order was directed.
(E) Any person aggrieved by the energy emergency declaration may appeal to the Board of Commissioners.
(F) The following are exempt from the provisions of this section:
(1) Hospitals.
(2) Nursing homes.
(3) Housing centers for the elderly.
(4) Pharmacies.
('79 Code, § 2-1) (Ord. 77-1, passed 2-2-77) Penalty, see § 34.99