§ 20-19. City request for declaration of state of disaster or emergency; necessary rules and ordinances.

(a) 

When an event occurs in the City and is beyond the control of local public and private agencies to handle by utilizing the procedures set forth in § 20-5, the Mayor shall advise the Emergency Management Coordinator, who shall then contact the State Police Emergency Management Division District Coordinator and request that the Governor declare that a state of disaster or state of emergency exists in the City. The Mayor may also request assistance from the County Executive and, if applicable, ask the County Executive to declare a county state of emergency. If the event becomes beyond the control of county resources, both public and private, the County Executive may contact the Governor to declare that a state of emergency exists within the county and the City. The Mayor and City Manager shall comply with any orders issued by the County Executive, and the Director of the Department of State Police thereafter, and shall cooperate with the county and/or director in matters of emergency management.

(b) 

The City, county, or an agency appointed by the Governor may make, amend, and rescind ordinances or rules necessary for emergency management purposes and supplementary to a rule, order, or directive issued by the Governor or agency exercising a power delegated to it by the Governor. The ordinance or rule shall be temporary and shall no longer be in effect upon the Governor's declaration that a state of emergency is terminated. Emergency ordinances may be adopted upon convening a quorum of the Council and may be adopted after a single reading, without notice, and shall take immediate effect. In the event that a quorum of the Council cannot be convened due to the emergency or disaster, the City Manager may issue administrative orders that shall have the immediate and interim force and effect of an emergency ordinance adopted pursuant to this section.

3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 1348