Whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor or in the event of his
inability to act, the President of the City Council determines that
an emergency exists as a result of mob action or other civil disobedience
causing danger of injury to or damages to persons or property, he
shall have the power to impose, by proclamation, any or all of the
following regulations necessary to preserve the peace and order of
the City:
A. To impose a curfew upon all or any portion of the City thereby requiring
all persons in such designated curfew areas to forthwith remove themselves
from the public streets, alleys, parks or other public areas; provided,
however, that physicians, nurses and ambulance operators performing
medical services, utility personnel maintaining essential public services,
firemen and City authorized or requested law enforcement officers
and personnel may be exempted from such curfew.
B. To order the closing of any business establishments anywhere within
the City for the period of the emergency, such businesses to include,
but not be limited to, those selling intoxicating liquors, cereal
malt beverages, gasoline or firearms.
C. To designate any public street, thoroughfare or vehicle parking areas
closed to motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic.
D. To call upon regular and auxiliary law enforcement agencies and organizations,
within or without the City, to assist in preserving and keeping the
peace within the City.
The proclamation of emergency provided herein shall become effective
upon its issuance and dissemination to the public by appropriate news
media.
Any emergency proclaimed in accordance with the provisions of
this article shall terminate upon the issuance of a proclamation determining
that an emergency no longer exists.
[Amended 11-4-1987 by Ord. No. V-140]
Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with
the orders of duly authorized law enforcement officers or personnel
charged with the responsibility of enforcing the proclamation of emergency
authorized herein shall, upon conviction therefor, be punished by
a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.