[Adopted 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289 as Ch. 222, Art. I,
of the 1987 Code]
Whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor or, in the event of his
inability to act, the person designated as Acting Mayor, it is determined
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. Prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather or congregate
upon the public highways or public sidewalks or in any outdoor place,
except persons who are awaiting transportation, and further provided
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. Prohibit all access or egress upon public highways to or from the
City or any part thereof.
C. Prohibit the movement of trains, boats or any other vehicles into,
within or from the City.
D. Establish a curfew limiting the hours when persons may go upon or
travel the public streets.
E. Require the closing of taprooms and bars and prohibit the sale or
service of alcoholic beverages in any hotel, restaurant, club or other
establishment.
F. Prohibit or restrict the sale of gasoline or other flammable liquids.
G. Prohibit the sale, carrying or possession on any public street or
public sidewalk or any public park or public square of weapons, including
but not limited to firearms, bows and arrows, air rifles, slingshots,
knives, razors or missiles of any kind.
The state of emergency declared by the Mayor or Acting Mayor
shall be effective upon its issuance and dissemination to the public
by the appropriate news media.
Any emergency proclaimed in accordance with the provisions of
this article shall terminate upon the issuance of a proclamation by
the Mayor or Acting Mayor determining that an emergency no longer
exists.
[Amended 4-9-1987 by Ord. No. MC-2289; 10-12-2006 by Ord. No.
MC-4234]
Unless otherwise provided in this article, penalties against persons violating the provisions of this article shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions of §
1-15.
[Adopted 11-26-1986 by Ord. No. MC-2253 (Ch. 222, Art. II,
of the 1987 Code)]
The emergency operational plan recommended by the Emergency
Management Agency and approved by the Business Administrator is hereby
officially adopted as the official City of Camden Emergency Operational
Plan, a copy thereof being hereto annexed and incorporated herein
by reference without inclusion of the text thereof herein. Copies
of said plan have been placed on file in the office of the City Clerk
and will remain on file there for the use and examination of the public.
In the event of a natural disaster or a local disaster emergency
or war emergency, when declared by the Coordinator of the Emergency
Management Agency of the City of Camden, in accordance with federal
and state laws pertaining thereto, the provisions of the Emergency
Operational Plan shall come into force.
The following words and phrases, as used in this article, shall
have the following meanings:
DISASTER
Any unusual incident, resulting from natural or unnatural
causes, which endangers the health, safety or resources of the residents
of the City of Camden and which is or may become too large in scope
or unusual in type to be handled in its entirety by regular municipal
operating services.
LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY
Includes any disaster or the imminence thereof resulting
from natural or unnatural causes other than enemy attack and limited
to the extent that action by the Governor under state laws pertaining
thereto is not required.
WAR EMERGENCY
Includes any disaster occurring anywhere within the state
as a result of enemy attack or the imminent danger thereof.
Whenever the Camden Emergency Operational Plan shall come into
force under the terms of this article, all employees of the City shall
give full cooperation to the Director of Emergency Management and
his staff in the planning, activating, coordinating and conduct of
disaster control operations within the municipality. Prior to the
occurring of a disaster, local disaster emergency or war emergency,
for test or drill purposes, all employees of the City of Camden shall
give every possible and reasonable cooperation to the Coordinator
of Emergency Management.