Ordinance 43-69 - Laserfiche WebLink

+ , ORDINANCE NO. .g s6 AN ORDINANCE granting authority to establish emergency powers for the protection of life and property and for the preservation of the public peace, safety and good order. WHEREAS the Everett City Council deems it necessary for the pro- tection of life and property and for the preservation of the public peace, safety and good order to grant certain emergency powers to the Mayor of the City of Everett, or, in the case of his unavailability, to the President of the City Council, and to grant the authority to determine the existence of any civil emergency, and thereby invoke powers imposing curfew, the closing of business, forbidding the sale or distribution of gasoline or other liquid flammables, closing public places, prohibiting the possession of firearms, and invoking such other relief as may be necessary, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF EVERETT: 1. The Mayor, or if he is unavailable, the President of the City Council, shall proclaim in writing the existence of a civil emergency, when it appears under existing circumstances that riot, unlawful assembly, insurr- ection, or the imminent threat thereof occur within the confines of the City of Everett and result in, or threaten to result in, the death or injury of persons, or the destruction of property to such extent as to require, in his judgment, extraordinary measures to protect the public peace, safety and welfare. 2. Upon the proclamation of a civil emergency, the Mayor, or if he is unavailable, the President of the City Council, during the existence of such civil emergency, may make and proclaim any or all of the following orders: A. An order imposing a general curfew applicable to the City as a whole, or to such geographical area or areas of the City as he deems necessary, and during such hours as he deems necessary, and he may from time to time modify the area or areas to which such a curfew shall apply,