§ 33.02 DECLARATION; CURFEW AUTHORIZED.

   (A)   In the event of a state of emergency threatening or endangering the lives, safety, health, and welfare of the people within the city or threatening damage to or destruction of property or when directed to do so by the City Council, the Mayor of the city shall be authorized and empowered to issue a public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of such a state of emergency; in order to more effectively protect the lives, safety, and property of people within the city, the Mayor may define and impose a curfew applicable to all persons within the jurisdiction of the city.

   (B)   The Mayor shall proclaim the end of such state of emergency and curfew as soon as circumstances warrant or when directed to do so by the City Council.

   (C)   If the Mayor is not available during the state of emergency, then the Mayor Pro Tem or three members of the City Council shall be empowered to act in the Mayor’s absence.

   (D)   The City Council shall be called into session within 24 hours after a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Mayor.

(Prior Code, § 34.02)

§ 33.03 ACTS DEEMED UNLAWFUL DURING CURFEW.

   During the existence of a proclaimed state of emergency when a curfew has been defined and imposed, it shall be unlawful for anyone subject to curfew:

   (A)   To be or travel upon any public street, alley, or roadway or upon public property, unless such travel is necessary to obtain medical assistance;

   (B)   To possess off one’s own premises, buy, sell, give away, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any explosives, firearms, ammunition, or dangerous weapon of any kind;

   (C)   To sell beer, wines, or intoxicating beverages of any kind or to possess or consume the same off one’s own premises;

   (D)   To sell gasoline or any other similar petroleum products or any other combustible or inflammable substances, except as expressly authorized by the provisions of the curfew imposed.

(Prior Code, § 34.03) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 33.04 CURFEW LIMITATIONS.

   The Mayor may and, when directed by the City Council, shall limit the application of a curfew imposed, as provided in § 34.02, to any area specifically designated and described within the jurisdiction of the city and to specific hours of the day or night. He or she shall exempt from the curfew police officers, firefighters, doctors, nurses, and other such 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 city.

(Prior Code, § 34.04)