[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Hancock 5-10-2006 as Ch. 10
of the 2006 Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
CIVIL EMERGENCY
(1)Â
(2)Â
CURFEW
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of actual
force or violence or any threat to use force if accompanied by immediate
power to execute such force by three or more persons acting together
without authority of law.
Any natural disaster or man-made calamity, including flood,
conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion, within the
corporate limits of the Town, resulting in the death or injury of
persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary
measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
A prohibition against any person or persons walking, running,
loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public
property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the Town
during the hours in which a curfew has been imposed, excepting persons
officially designated to duty with reference to said civil emergency.
B.Â
Proclamation by Mayor. When in the judgment of the Mayor a civil
emergency as defined herein is deemed to exist, he shall forthwith
proclaim, in writing, the existence of same.
C.Â
Imposition of curfew. After proclamation of a civil emergency by
the Mayor, he may order a general curfew applicable to such geographical
areas of the Town or to the Town as a whole as he deems advisable
and applicable during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary
in the interest of the public safety and welfare.
D.Â
Additional regulations. After proclamation of a civil emergency,
the Mayor may also in the interest of public safety and welfare make
any and all of the following orders:
(1)Â
Order the closing of all retail liquor stores.
(2)Â
Order the closing of all taverns.
(3)Â
Order the closing of all private clubs or portions thereof wherein
the consumption of intoxicating liquor and/or beer is permitted.
(4)Â
Order the discontinuance of the sale of beer.
(5)Â
Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away
gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any
container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle.
(6)Â
Order the closing of gasoline stations and other establishments,
the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution or dispensing
of liquid flammable or combustible products.
(7)Â
Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or
giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever.
(8)Â
Order the closing of any or all establishments or portions thereof,
the chief activity of which is the selling, distribution, dispensing
or giving away of firearms and/or ammunition.
(9)Â
Issue such other orders as are immediately necessary for the protection
of life and property.
E.Â
Emergency powers. During the period of a declared state of emergency,
the Mayor shall have the power to invoke any or all of the following
provisions:
(1)Â
Alcoholic beverages. No person shall consume any alcoholic beverages
in a public street or place which is publicly owned or in any motor
vehicle driven or parked thereon which is within a duly designated
restricted area.
(2)Â
Weapons. No person shall carry or possess any rock, bottle, club,
brick or weapon, who uses or intends to use the same unlawfully against
the person or property of another.
(3)Â
Incendiary missiles. No person shall make, carry, possess or use
any type of "Molotov cocktail," gasoline- or petroleum-base firebomb
or other incendiary missile.
(4)Â
Restricted areas. No person shall enter any area designated by the
Mayor as a restricted area unless in the performance of official duties
or with written permission from the Mayor or his duly designated representative,
or such person shall prove residence therein.
