§ 95.12. WEATHER EMERGENCIES.  


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  • (A)

    A public emergency may be declared because of weather conditions when the National Weather Service or a State, County or local emergency management agency informs the City or the public that emergency conditions resulting from meteorological conditions are present or imminent. Meteorological conditions covered by this Section shall include, but are not limited to, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, or other severe weather conditions and the results therefrom. The City Manager, or, if unavailable, the Acting City Manager, shall request a declaration of a state of emergency from the officials in the order named in Section 95.05. Pursuant to Section 95.05, a declaration of emergency may then [be] issue[d].

    (B)

    Declaration of a public emergency because of weather 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, § 6, passed 4/5/05)