[Adopted 6-24-2020 by Ord. No. 1945-2020]
Whenever a local state of emergency within the City of Perth
Amboy is declared, in accordance with appropriate laws and regulations
promulgated by the State of New Jersey, emergency orders and emergency
protective measures shall be implemented in the interest of public
safety. These such orders may be necessary to implement and carry
out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety,
and resources of the residents of the City of Perth Amboy. In accordance
with N.J.S.A. A:9-40.4 and A:9-40.5, shall include but not limited
to such actions as:
A. Issue of orders or proclamations regulating the hours during which
persons shall be prohibited from remaining upon the public streets,
ways and places in the City of Perth Amboy.
B. Issue orders or proclamations regulating the hours during which vehicular
traffic shall be prohibited or restricted from traveling over the
streets in the City of Perth Amboy.
Upon declaring that a state of disaster or emergency exists
in the City of Perth Amboy, the Alert Warning and Communications annex
of the Local Emergency Operations Plan shall be implemented including
but not limited to the notification of outlets and utilize available
appropriate alert warning and communication systems to announce that
a state of disaster or emergency be broadcasted.
After a declared state of disaster or emergency exists in the
City of Perth Amboy and resulted in an order or proclamation regulating
the movements of persons or vehicles in or about the City of Perth
Amboy or instituted other emergency protective measures, it shall
be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person in the
City of Perth Amboy to disobey any emergency protective measure put
in place in the interest of public safety.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of an emergency
protective measure order or proclamation issued by appropriate authorities
during a declared local state of emergency shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or be imprisoned
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
All ordinances or part of ordinances inconsistent with or in
conflict with this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.
The provisions of this article are declared to be severable,
and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof
shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this article, but they
shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this
article shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
This article shall take effect immediately upon passage, publication
and approval according to law.