CHAPTER 37:  CIVIL EMERGENCIES

Section

General Provisions

   37.01   Purpose

   37.02   Definitions

   37.03   National Incident Management System adopted

Administration and Enforcement

   37.15   Duties of Chief of Police

   37.16   Notice to Governor and Sheriff

   37.17   Proclamation of emergency

   37.18   Emergency orders

   37.19   Duration of emergency

   37.20   Authorization of city departments to act

Violations

   37.30   Failure to obey laws during emergency

   37.31   Interfering with lawful authority in time of emergency

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 37.01 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of this chapter shall be to define and authorize actions and procedures to be taken by the City Manager and the Mayor and other officials of the city in time of public danger or emergency.  Nothing herein shall be interpreted as limiting the authority of the City Manager and Mayor or other officials to take any appropriate action in time of public danger or emergency which is authorized under any other provisions of the city ordinances, the City Charter, the statutes or Constitution of the State of Ohio, or the laws and Constitution of the United States of America.

('91 Code, § 91.01)  (Ord. 2231, passed 6-6-68)

§ 37.02 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   ABSENCE.  Incapacity of the City Manager, Mayor, Vice-Mayor, or Chief of Police or inability to make immediate contact with the City Manager, Mayor, Vice-Mayor, or Chief of Police.

   PUBLIC DANGER OR EMERGENCY.

      (1)   A riot, as defined in any degree by the Ohio Revised Code, any civil disturbance, disorder, or other occurrence that constitutes a clear and present danger to the health, safety, and property of the citizens of the city or substantially impairs the functioning of the city 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 city 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.

('91 Code, § 91.02)  (Ord. 2231, passed 6-6-68)