HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-398ORDINANCE NO.' '
BE .IT ORDAINED by..the City Council of the City of. Fairhope,
Alabama:
SECTION 1 - Whenever, in the judgment of the'Mayor, or
in the event of his inability to act,the president pro tem of
the Council determines than an emergency exists as a result of
mob action or other civil disobedience causing -danger of injury tc
or damage to persons or property, he shall have power to impose
by proclamation any or.all of the following regulations necessary
to preserveAhe 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, allays,
parks or other public places; -provided, however, that physicians,
nurses and ambulance operators performing medical.services, utility
personnel maintaining essential publ:.ic services, firemen and city
authorized or requested law enforcement officers.and personnel m
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 limited to, those selling intoxi-
cating liquors,`.cereal malt beverages,.gasoline, firearms and
ammunition.
(c) To' designate any publ-i c 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 wi'thi'n or without the city to assist-.
in preserving and keeping the peace within the city.
SECTION.2 - The Proclamation of Emergency provided hereil
shall become effective upon its issuance and dissemination to.th
public by.appropriate news media.
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SECTION 3' - Any emergency proclaimed in accordance with
the provisions of this ordinance shall terminate after forty-eight
(48) hours from the issuance thereof, or upon the issuance of a
proclamation determining an emergency no longer exists, whichever
occurs first; provided, however, that such emergency may be exten-
ded for such additional periods of time as determined necessary b3
resolution of the governing body.
SECTION 4 - Any person who shall willfully fail or refus(
to comply with the orders of duly authorized law enforcement
officers or personnel charged with the responsibility of enforcinc
the Proclamation of Emergency authorized herein shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not to exceed
six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 5 - This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after its paccanp_
ADOPTED this the,�)7,tk da
ATTEST:
C�TY.CLERK