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.S ORDINANCE N0. 1079 BY: MR. Schmidt AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PIAYOR TO PROCLA71~i EXISTENCE OF CIVIL EMERGENCY; AUTHORIZING TIIE MAYOR TO IMPOSE CURFEW DURING CIVIL EMERGENCY; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES DURING CIVIL IaSERGENCY; PRESCRIBING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE AN f:PfERGENCY MEASURE. WHEREAS, under the Revised Code of the State of Ohio, the Mayor of this Village is the Chief Executive Officer thereof, and is made responsible for the enforcement of all laws of said Village; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and in the public interest that the Village take all appropriate act=ion to insure that orderly procedures exist to protect persons and property of i:he citizens of the Village of Mayfield. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MAY- FIELD, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO; TfL1T: Section 1. Definition.,: 1. A Civil Emergency is hereby defined to be: a. A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of force or violence or any threat to use such force by three or more persons acting together without the authority of law. b. Any natural disaster or manmade calamity, including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the Village of Mayfield, resulting or reasonably expected to result in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extra ordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare. 2. Curfew is hereby defined as a prohibition against any person or persons walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the Village of Mayfield, excepting persons officially designated to duty with reference to said civil emergency. Section 2. Powers of Mayor: Whenever, in the judgment of the Mayor, or acting Mayor, a state of civil emergency exists as a result of mob action, riots, general civil disobedience or disorder, or the threat of any of the same shall exist, the Mayor or acting Mayor shall, in addition to all other powers granted him by the laws of this state and the Ordinances of the Village, be empowered in order to suppress such actions and preserve the peace and order of the Village and to protect its citizens and their property,to issue a proclamation declaring a state of civil emergency to exist, and may thereby exercise the powers granted in the following subsections: