A. Definitions:
CIVIL EMERGENCY: A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual force or violence or any threat to use force if accompanied by immediate power to execute by three or more persons acting together without authority of law; or
Any natural disaster or manmade calamity, including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the village, 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 health, safety and welfare.
CURFEW: A prohibition against any person or person walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the village, excepting officials of any governmental unit and persons officially designated to duty with reference to said civil emergency.
B. Declaration Of Emergency: Whenever an emergency, as defined in subsection A of this section exists, the president shall declare the existence by means of a written declaration setting forth the facts which constitute the emergency. After proclamation of a civil emergency by the president, he may order a general curfew applicable to such geographical areas of the village or to the village as a whole, as he deems advisable, and applicable during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare.
After the proclamation of a civil emergency, the president may also, in the interest of public safety and welfare, make any or all of the following orders:
1. Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle;
2. Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever;
3. Issue such other orders as are imminently necessary for the protection of life and property.
C. Time Period: The proclamation herein authorized shall be effective for a period of forty eight hours unless sooner terminated by a proclamation of the president indicating that the civil emergency no longer exists. The president shall have the power to reproclaim the existence of a civil emergency at the end of each forty eight hour period during the time the said civil emergency exists.
D. Notification: Upon issuing the proclamation herein authorized, the chief of police shall notify the news media situated within the village and shall cause three copies of the proclamation declaring the existence of the emergency to be posted to the following places within the village: the village hall, the police station, and the post office.
E. Impairment Of Powers: Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to impair the powers contained in this code giving powers to the police and fire departments, but shall be construed together with existing ordinances now in effect for the safety and welfare of the citizens of the village. (1981 Code)