§ 8-9. Declaration of civil emergency.

(a)

In the event of an actual or threatened occurrence of a disaster or emergency, which may result in the large-scale loss of life, injury, property damage or destruction or in the major disruption of routine community affairs, business or governmental operations in the city and which is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant extraordinary assistance by federal, state and local departments and agencies to supplement the efforts of available public and private resources, the governing authority may declare a civil emergency for the city. The declaration shall be signed by the governing authority and filed in the office of the city clerk and shall be communicated to the citizens of the affected area using the most effective and efficient means available. The declaration shall state the nature of the emergency or disaster, the conditions that require the declaration and any sections of this chapter which shall be in effect.

(b)

Consistent with a declaration of civil emergency, the governing authority or manager may request the Governor to provide assistance, provided that the disaster or emergency is beyond the capacity of the city to meet adequately and state assistance is necessary to supplement local efforts to save lives and protect property, public health and safety, or to avert or lessen the threat of a disaster.

(c)

The declaration of local emergency shall continue until the convening of the city council finds that emergency conditions no longer exist, at which time, the governing authority shall execute and file with the city clerk an order marking the end of the state of emergency. No state of local emergency shall continue for longer than 30 days, unless renewed by the governing authority.

(Ord. No. 2013-51, § 2, 8-13-13)