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(1) By proclamation, the Mayor may do any of the following when an emergency exists threatening injury or damage as a result of riot, mob action, civil disturbance, social disruption, attack, natural phenomena, chemical or hazardous waste, technological hazard or similar event or happening:

(a) impose a curfew upon all or any portion of the City thereby requiring all persons in designated curfew areas to forthwith remove themselves from the public streets, alleys, parks or other public places; provided, however, that physicians, nurses and ambulance operators performing medical services, utility personnel performing essential public services, firefighters, law enforcement officers, City officials and other persons authorized by law or requested by City officials or their agents shall be exempt from such curfew;

(b) order the closing of any business establishment, public street, thoroughfare, alley, park or other areas anywhere within the City for the period of the emergency;

(c) regulate the supply of goods and services anywhere within the City for the period of the emergency;

(d) call upon regular and auxiliary fire or law enforcement agencies and organizations, within or without the City, to assist in preserving and keeping the peace within the City;

(e) issue such other orders as are imminently necessary for the protection of life and property, including those authorized in Chapter 5 or 5a of Title 63, Utah Code, as amended; and

(f) issue orders as are imminently necessary for the protection of the public’s health, safety, morals and general welfare, including but not limited to, the taking of property, subject to constitutional requirements and rights requiring due process of the law and the providing of just compensation.

(2) The proclamation of emergency provided for in this section shall become effective upon its execution by the Mayor and dissemination to at least one (1) news media source having a general circulation within the City in order to give the public reasonable notice of the proclamation.

(3) The proclamation shall state:

(a) the nature of the “local emergency”;

(b) the area or areas threatened; and

(c) the conditions which caused the emergency.

(4) The proclamation shall not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days except by or with the written consent of the Municipal Council, as established by resolution.

(Enacted 1995-80)