HomeMy WebLinkAbout2784 AN ORDINANCE providing for the proclaiming
of an emergency situation by the Mayor, or
acting Mayor, establishing the contents of
the proclamation and providing penalties.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor
or in the event of his inability to act, the acting Mayor, deter-
mines that an emergency exists as a result of mob action or other
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 of Bremerton:
(a) To impose a curfew upon all or a portion of
the City thereby requiring all persons in such designated curfew
areas to forthwith remove themselves from the public streets, alleys,
parks or other public places; provided however, that nurses and
ambulance operators performing medical services, utility personnel
maintaining public essential services, firemen and city authorized
or requested law enforcement officers and personnel may be exempted
from such curfew.
(b) To order the closing of any business establish-
ments anywhere Within the City~for the period of the emergency,
such businesses to include, but not be limited to, those selling
intoxicating liquors, cereal malt beverages, gasoline or firearms.
(c) Designate any public street, thoroughfare or
vehicle parking areas closed to most vehicles and pedestrian traf-
fic.
(d) To call upon regular and auxiliary law enforcement
agencies and organizations within or without the City to assist in
preserving and keeping the peace within the City of Bremerton.
Section 2. The Proclamation of Emergency provided herein
shall be effective upon its issuance and dissemination to the public
by appropriate news media.
Section 3. Any emergency proclaimed in accordance
with provisions of this Ordinance will terminate after forty-eight
(48) hours from the issuance thereof, or upon the issuance of a
proclamation determiningthat an emergency no longer exists, which-
ever occurs first; provided, however, that such emergency may be
extended for such additional periods of time as determined necessary
by resolution of the governing body.
Section ~. Any person who shall willfully fail or
refuse to comply with the orders of duly authorized law enforcement
officers or personnel charged with the responsibility of enforcing
the Proclamation of Emergency to be authorized herein shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300)
or by imprisonment in jail for a period of not to exceed three (3)
month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 5. That an emergency exists affecting the
public peace, health and safety of the citizens of the City of
Bremerton, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately following
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passage and publication.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the
City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the
City Clerk in authentication of such passaKe this /~7~day of
GLENN K. JARST~j~, Mayor
ATTEST:
E. H, T. McGOWAN, City Clerk
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PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY
I, GLENN K. JARSTAD, Mayor of the City of Bremerton,
by virtue of the power vested in me by the provisions of Ordinance
No. , do hereby declare and determine that due to mob
action and civil disobedience, a state of emergency exists within
the City of Bremerton:
And I do hereby, order and direct the following emer-
gency regulations to be effective, to-wit:
1. A curfew is ordered from o'clock to
o'clock for the area located
and all persons not law enforcement officers and personnel, firemen%'
and
shall be off the streets and away from the public places during the
period of said curfew.
2. The following businesses are hereby ordered closed:
(A) Taverns
(B) Retail and Wholesale liquor establishments
(C) Gasoline Service Stations
(D) Any establishments selling firearms or ammunition
(E)
3. Ail regular police and firemen are hereby ordered
to report for duty immediately.
THIS PROCLAMATION shall be effective immediately and shall
extend for a period of forty-eight (48) hours.
DATE: CITY OF BREMERTON
GLENN K. JARSTAD, Mayor