For the purposes of this chapter, the following words or phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
ATTACK. Any attack or series of attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or processes, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Interim Executive Succession Act, ILCS Ch. 5, Act 275 § 3(d), and as may be hereinafter amended.
CURFEW. A prohibition declared by the Mayor during a state of emergency or disaster against any person or persons (except officials of any governmental authority acting with respect to a state of emergency or disaster) being upon any alley, street, highway, parkway, sidewalk, park, playground, parking lot, public property, other open private property, or open private land adjacent to any of the foregoing within the hours specified by the Mayor in the proclamation or declaration establishing such curfew.
DISASTER. An occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or technological cause, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, hazardous materials spill or other water contamination requiring emergency action to avert danger or damage, epidemic, air contamination, blight, extended periods of severe and inclement weather, drought, infestation, critical shortages of essential fuels and energy, explosion, riot, hostile military or paramilitary action, public health emergencies, or acts of domestic terrorism, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, ILCS Ch. 20, Act 3305 § 4, and as may be hereinafter amended.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. The efforts of the state, the city, and other political subdivisions of the state to develop, plan, analyze, conduct, provide, implement and maintain programs for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, as provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, ILCS Ch. 20, Act 3305, § 4, and as may be hereinafter amended.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. The written plan of the city describing the organization, mission, and functions of the city and supporting services for responding to and recovering from disasters and shall include plans that take into account the needs of those individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, ILCS Ch. 20, Act 3305, § 4, as amended.
MOBILE SUPPORT TEAM. A group of individuals designated as a team by the governor or director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency ("IEMA") to train prior to and to be dispatched, if the Governor or Director of IEMA so determines, to aid and reinforce the state and political subdivision emergency management efforts in response to a disaster, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, ILCS Ch. 20, Act 3305, § 4, and as may be hereinafter amended.
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. An occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that: (a) is believed to be caused by any of the following: (i) bioterrorism; (ii) the appearance of a novel or previously controlled or eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin; (iii) a natural disaster; (iv) a chemical attack or accidental release; or (v) a nuclear attack or accident; and (b) poses a high probability of any of the following harms: (i) a large number of deaths in the affected population; (ii) a large number of serious or long-term disabilities in the affected population; or (iii) widespread exposure to an infectious or toxic agent that poses a significant risk of substantial future harm to a large number of people in the affected population, as defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, ILCS Ch. 20, Act 3305, § 4, and as may be hereinafter amended.
STATE OF EMERGENCY. Any riot, rout, affray, disorderly assembly or unlawful assembly by three or more persons acting together which is determined by the Mayor to be substantially characterized by the use of actual force or violence or by a clear and present danger of the use of force and violence against persons or property in the city or by the clear and present danger of the use of force and violence so as to interfere with the lawful and peaceable exercise of rights by persons within the city or the lawful and peaceable use of property within the city, as authorized by the Illinois Municipal Code, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-5-2, and as may hereinafter be amended.
(Ord. 2020-MC04, passed 3-20-2020)