For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CIVIL EMERGENCY.
(1) A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual force of violence or any threat to use force if accompanied by immediate power to execute such force by three or more persons acting together without authority of law; or
(2) Any natural disaster or human-made calamity including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake, or explosion within the town 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 persons walking, running, loitering, standing, or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property, or vacant premises within the town during the hours in which a curfew has been imposed, excepting persons officially designated to duty with reference to a civil emergency.
(1995 Code, § 13-81)