§ 95.09. POLICE EMERGENCIES.

(A)

A public emergency may be declared because of civil unrest or imminent threat to public peace or order when the Chief of Police, or if unavailable, the next highest ranking officer in the Police Department chain of command, certifies to the City Manager (or, if unavailable, the Acting City Manager) that an emergency condition arising from hostile actions of others, armed or unarmed or other imminent threat to public peace or order, requires extraordinary measures for control, including, but not limited to curfew; blockade; proscription of the sale of firearms and other weapons, alcoholic beverages; explosives and combustibles; evacuation; and other like actions. The City Manager, or if unavailable, the Acting City Manager, shall report said certification to the officials in the order named in Section 95.05 regarding the need to declare a state of emergency. Pursuant to Section 95.05, a declaration of emergency may then [be] issue[d].

(B)

Declaration of a public emergency because of civil unrest or imminent threat to public peace or order shall authorize the Mayor, Vice-Mayor, City Manager or Assistant City Manager or other designated official to exercise the powers provided in Section 95.05 or require automatic emergency measures pursuant to F.S. Section 870.44 et seq. In addition, additional discretionary emergency measures pursuant to F.S. Section 870.045 may be issued.

(Ord. No. 7-92, passed 2/11/92; Ord. No. 12-05, § 3, passed 4/5/05)