§ 58-221. Definitions.

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Civil emergency is hereby defined to be:
(1)

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 by three or more persons acting together without authority of law.

(2)

Any natural disaster or manmade calamity including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the town resulting in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare.

Curfew is hereby defined as a prohibition against any person from walking, running, loitering, standing, or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the town, except persons officially designated to perform a duty with references to said civil emergency.

(Code 1976, § 18-103; Ord. of 6-10-1974)

                    
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