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Black Hawk County Iowa
JUDITH A MCCARTHY RECORDER
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This Ordinance prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
ORDINANCE NO. 4937
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY
ADDING ARTICLE B, CIVIL EMERGENCIES, OF
CHAPTER 2, GENERAL OFFENSES, OF TITLE 5,
POLICE REGULATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA,
That Article B, Civil Emergencies, of Chapter 2, General
Offenses, of Title 5, Police Regulations, of the 2007 Code of
Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, is hereby added as
follows:
CHAPTER 2
GENERAL OFFENSES
ARTICLE B. CIVIL EMERGENCIES
5-2B-1. DEFINITIONS:
As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
CIVIL EMERGENCY:
A. A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of
actual force or violence or any threat to use force if
accompanied by immediate power to execute such force by
three (3) or more persons acting together without
authority by law.
B. Any natural disaster or human made calamity, including
flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or
explosion within the corporate limits of the city
resulting in the death or injury of persons or the
destruction of property to such extent that
extraordinary measures, must be taken to protect the
public health, safety and welfare.
C. Any act of war, hostile m�'ssile or bomb directed at or
near the city.
CURFEW:
A prohibition against any person or persons walking, running,
loitering, standing or motoring upon an alley, street,
highway, public property or vacant premises within the
corporate limits of the city during the hours in which a
curfew has been imposed, excepting persons officially
designated to perform duties with reference to said civil
emergency.
5-2B-2. PROCLAMATIONS; CURFEW; EVACUATION:
A. Proclamation by Mayor: When, in the judgment of the
mayor, a civil emergency, as defined herein, is deemed
to exist, the mayor shall forthwith proclaim, in
writing, the existence of the same.
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B. Imposition Of Curfew: After a proclamation of a civil
emergency by the mayor, the mayor may order a general
curfew applicable to such geographical areas of the
city or to the city as a whole as the mayor deems
advisable and applicable during such hours of the day
or night as the mayor deems necessary in the interest
of the public safety and welfare.
C. Mandatory Evacuation: After proclamation of a civil
emergency by the mayor, the mayor may mandate that all
or any part of the City of Waterloo be evacuated as the
mayor deems advisable and applicable for the
preservation of life or other disaster mitigation,
response or recovery.
D. Extraordinary Measures: After proclamation of a civil
emergency by the mayor, the mayor may order that any
other extraordinary measures be taken for the
preservation of life or other disaster mitigation,
response or recovery.
E. Violation of Order: The violation of a curfew order,
evacuation order or other order regarding extraordinary
measures issued by the mayor hereunder or any directive
or order issued pursuant thereto by any peace officer
shall be unlawful and shall be punishable as a
municipal infraction as provided in subsection 1-3-2 of
this code.
INTRODUCED: January 12, 2009
PASSED lst CONSIDERATION:, January 12, 2009
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION:. January 12, 2009
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: January 12, 2009
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, on the 12th day of January, 2009, and approved by
the Mayor on the 14th day of January, 2009.
ATTEST:
Nancy Eck CMC
City Cle k
Tim Hurley, M-1, yor
CERTIFICATE
I, Nancy Eckert, City Clerk Of the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
do hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy
of Ordinance No. 4937 as passed and adopted by the Council of the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 12t'h day of January, 2009.
Witi;gss my hand and seal of office this 14th day of January,
2009.
SEAL'. f Nancy Ecke CMC
City Cler