[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Red Bank by Ord. No. 257-70 (Sec. 3-1 of the 1987 Revised General Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-12-2023 by Ord. No. NP2023-16]
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted thereto in N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.1, there shall be a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator in the Borough of Red Bank to be appointed by the Mayor from among the residents of the municipality.
B. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-44, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating, and the conduct of emergency management operations within the Borough of Red Bank and shall be empowered with and subject to all the powers and responsibilities delegated by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-30 et seq.
C. 
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a term of three years from the date of the initial appointment by the Mayor. Any vacancy in the position of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be filled by the Mayor for the time remaining on the unexpired term of the prior Coordinator.
[Amended 10-12-2023 by Ord. No. NP2023-16]
A. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-41, there shall be a Local Emergency Management Council in the Borough of Red Bank composed of not more than 15 members to assist the Borough in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local emergency management activities and to assist in supervising and coordinating of the Borough's local emergency management activities.
B. 
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, as authorized by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-41 and appointed pursuant to § 50-1 of the municipal Code, shall be a member of the Local Emergency Management Council and shall serve as the Chair thereof.
C. 
Notwithstanding the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, all appointments to the Local Emergency Management Council shall be by the Mayor for a term of one year from the date of the initial appointment. Any vacancy in the position of member of the Local Emergency Management Council shall be filled by the Mayor for the time remaining on the unexpired term of the prior member.
[Added 10-12-2023 by Ord. No. NP2023-16]
A. 
Pursuant to the power of N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.5, whenever, in the opinion of the Borough's Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, disaster has occurred or is imminent in the Borough of Red Bank, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the Borough.
B. 
The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety, and resources of the residents of the municipality.
C. 
The powers conferred to the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator by this chapter are confined to those conferred by N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.5 and shall be exercised in a manner strictly consistent therewith.
The proclamation of emergency provided herein shall become effective upon its issuance to news media or immediate dissemination to the public, its posting on a bulletin board in the Municipal Building and, where feasible, by public address systems throughout the Borough.
Any emergency proclaimed in accordance with the provisions of this article shall terminate after 48 hours from the issuance thereof, or upon the issuance of a proclamation determining an emergency no longer exists, whichever occurs first; provided, however, that such emergency may be extended for such additional comparable periods of time as determined necessary by the Mayor.
A. 
During the period of such emergency, no person shall make, carry, possess or use any type of Molotov cocktail, gasoline or petroleum-base fire bomb or other incendiary missile.
B. 
No person shall consume any alcoholic beverages in a public street or public place or in any motor vehicle driven or parked thereon.
C. 
No person shall carry or possess any rock, bottle, club, brick or weapon or other object capable of being used as a weapon, unlawfully against the persons or property of another, provided that anything herein contained shall apply to any law enforcement officer or other persons engaged lawfully in enforcing the emergency restrictions or thereunto authorized by the Mayor.
D. 
No person shall carry or transport gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle.
E. 
No person shall intercept or interfere with police or fire radio broadcasts.
F. 
Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize any of the prescribed conduct at any other times when it is prohibited by law.
This article shall be construed to be an addition to any other ordinances or statutes on the same subject and shall particularly be construed to be in addition to the provisions of Chapter 315, Disorderly Persons.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its final passage and publication according to law, pursuant to a resolution declaring an emergency to exist.