(A) As authorized by the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11-1-6 and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305/11, as they may hereinafter be amended, as promptly as practicable after the execution of any order or proclamation by the Village President declaring, continuing, or terminating a state of emergency or a local disaster, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such declaration shall be filed with the Village Clerk and published by posting notices thereof at the following locations and transmitting through the following mediums:
(1) On the outside of the front door of the Village Hall;
(2) On the outside of the front door of the village police and fire stations;
(3) On the outside of the front door of the United States Post Office in the village;
(4) On the village's website as is practicable;
(5) Through social media and other electronic mediums for broadcast and publication if possible; and
(6) At such other place or places within the village as the Village President may in his or her discretion direct.
(B) In addition, the Village President may direct that copies of such declaration of a state of emergency or local disaster be delivered as soon as practicable to any newspapers published or circulated within the village and to such radio, television and other broadcasting stations either within or without the village as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect notice of such declaration of a state of emergency or local disaster to persons within the village as promptly as practicable. Nothing contained in this section shall be a condition to any lawful arrest, prosecution or conviction of any person for a violation of any provisions of this chapter, provided that the Village President shall not have arbitrarily or capriciously failed or refused to publish a declaration of a state of emergency or a local disaster in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(Prior Code, § 2.28.070) (Ord. 2020-O-8, passed 3-19-2020)