For the purposes of this Article IV, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual
force or violence or a threat to use force if accompanied by immediate
power to execute by two or more persons acting together without authority
of law.
Any man-made calamity within the Village resulting in the death
or injury of persons or the destruction of property to an extent that
extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health,
safety, and welfare.
A prohibition against a person walking, running, standing,
or motoring upon an alley, street, highway, public property, or vacant
premises within the Village, except persons officially designated
to duty relating to the civil emergency and those persons who are
in public places by reason of their employment or a private emergency
involving health, safety, or protection of property.
A.
When, in the judgment of the Village President and the Board of Trustees
of the Village, a civil emergency is deemed to exist, they shall proclaim
in writing the existence of a civil emergency.
B.
After proclamation of a civil emergency by the President and the
Board, they may order a general curfew applicable to certain geographical
areas of the Village or to the Village as a whole, as they deem advisable,
and applicable during those hours of the day or night as they deem
necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare.
C.
After proclamation of a civil emergency, the President and the Board
may also, in the interest of public safety and welfare, make any or
all of the following orders:
[Amended 5-22-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-12]
(1)
Order the closing of all retail liquor stores;
(2)
Order the closing of all public places where liquor is served;
(3)
Order the closing of all private clubs or portions thereof wherein
the consumption of intoxicating liquor and/or beer is permitted;
(4)
Order the discontinuance of the sale of beer and/or liquor;
(5)
Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, or giving
away gasoline or other flammable or combustible liquids or products
in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a
motor vehicle;
(6)
Order the closing of gasoline stations and other establishments,
the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution, or dispensing
of flammable or combustible liquids or products;
(7)
Order that no person shall carry, possess, or use any club,
brick, or gasoline-filled bottle or container with a fuse-type wick
inserted in the neck, or gasoline- or petroleum-based fire-bomb or
other incendiary missile or weapon who uses or intends to use the
same unlawfully against the person or property of another;
(8)
Order, if deemed necessary, the closing of any and all business,
commercial, and industrial establishments;
(9)
Call upon regular and auxiliary law enforcement agencies and
organizations within or outside the Village to assist in preserving
and keeping the peace;
(10)
Designate any public street, thoroughfare, or vehicle parking
areas closed to motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic; and
(11)
Issue any other orders that are imminently necessary for the
protection of life and property.
Upon filing with the Village Clerk, the proclamation as provided in § 141-402 shall become effective, having the force of law, and it shall remain in full force and effect until it has been terminated by filing a copy of the termination with the Clerk by the President and the Board.
