§ 95.11. UTILITY EMERGENCIES.

(A)

A public emergency may be declared because of utility conditions when the Director of [the] Environmental Services Department, or if unavailable, the next highest ranking Environmental Services Department official, certifies to the City Manager (or, if unavailable, the Acting City Manager) that:

(1)

A condition exists or is imminent that endangers the safety, potability, quantity, availability, collection, conveyance, transmission, distribution, treatment, or storage of water or waste water through or within the City's water or waste water utility system; or

(2)

A condition exists or is imminent that endangers the safety, quality, quantity, availability, transmission, distribution, or storage of gas through or within the City's gas utility system; and

(3)

Extraordinary actions to control and correct the situation are required, including, but not limited to, emergency purchase; call-in of off-duty personnel; assistance by other communities and agencies; 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 utility conditions shall authorize the exercise of emergency powers provided in Section 95.05.

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